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Dancing for Peace: Big Vision Podcast with Sara Potler

Have Fun - Do Good

In conjunction with Aulas en Paz (Peaceable Classrooms), a multi-component pedagogical project designed to promote social and civic competencies and conflict resolution among primary-school students, Dance 4 Peace was designed, implemented, and evaluted in public schools in the outskirts of Bogotá. Today, the program works in Washington, D.C.,

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Based on that message, at the following 30th TED conference in Vancouver, Canada, I delivered an onstage exhortation to fellow technologists to secure their customers’ sensitive information in response to Edward Snowden’s surprise virtual TED interview. And we do this at a per-book cost less than one-tenth of the traditional approaches!

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What’s Your Calling?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 1992, I discovered the Internet, Well, and was hired by the New York Foundation of the Arts to be the Network Weaver for a network for artists, Arts Wire. In my interview, I shared that I didn’t know a modem from microwave, but that I had the passion and curiosity to learn and teach others.

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Digital Natives and Twitter (and RSS)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While I was there, I got a tour, visited some classrooms, and talked to a few students. In one classroom, I queried the students about their social media use. In the article, the author interviewed Walter J. Last week, I did a workshop for a board of a secondary school interested in taking the first steps into social media.

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Six New Games for Change: Check Out the Future of Gaming for Good

NTEN

This " Demo Spotlight " highlighted six upcoming games to present their work in front of a stellar jury: Frank Lantz of Zynga New York and NYU, Ken Perlin of the Games for Learning Institute , and Connie Yowell from the MacArthur Foundation. SOS_SLAVES. JURY FEEDBACK. THE BOTTOM LINE.

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NpTech Roundup: Grasshoppers and Ants - Social Fundraising Off Season

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Global Giving's " Giving Made Green " launched last week and was written up in the New York Times. Michael Stein has an interview with Jonathan Coleman about his success building a donor base on Facebook. Amy Sample Ward writes about the new plugin launched by Social Actions that will place ???possibly

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From Community Arts To Community of Online Learners: Janet Salmons, Ph.D

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I met Janet Salmons many years ago while I working on various arts and technology projects in New York State for the New York Foundation for the Arts. To celebrate this accomplishment, I interviewed her! Earlier this month, Janet sent me a note that she had completed her Ph.D. Reference the source.

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