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DonorsChoose Interview & Social Media Challenge

Amy Sample Ward

DonorsChoose: open source philanthropy from JD Lasica on Vimeo. At Socialbrite, we’d like to call on our readers to support students in public school classrooms in low-income areas. There are 12,000 to 14,000 classroom project requests on the site at a time. . This year, Twitter has joined the fray. The cool part?

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Transform Your Communications & Collaboration With Slack

Saleforce Nonprofit

Slack officially joined the Salesforce family, combining the #1 CRM and the trailblazing digital platform for the ultimate work-from-anywhere world. The university now uses the collaboration tool to host classroom discussions, develop new courses, and support students — both on campus and online.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Face-to-Face or Mediated Experience, Open Source Software Communities, and Blog Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Adopt a classroom project from DonorsChoose and lead a blog fundraising campaign. OpenSource and Software Communities Jon Stahl has a thoughtful essay on Nonprofits, Open Source and Leadership. t documentation" from the list of what open source communities can learn from nonprofits.

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The Social Website: Integrating Social Media into Website Design and Function

NTEN

Open source. Open Source – API. Debra worked for almost 20 years in the nonprofit field, originally as a community organizer and later as a program director, executive director and fundraiser. We categorized the (almost limitless) social media integration possibilities into five categories: Show. Authenticate.

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Speaking too soon

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

. :-) I first started doing technology consulting for nonprofit organizations in 1996, with a project for a local public television station ( WGBY in Springfield, MA ), to design a technology center for teachers to learn about technology and the internet, so they could apply that in their classrooms.

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Ask Britt: Using Twitter to Answer, "What Tools Can I Use to Teach Classes Online?"

Have Fun - Do Good

NancyWhite of Full Circle Associates suggested using a Google Group , a blog, or Moodle, a free, open source course management system. She also said I should check out the work of @ leighBlackall at Otago Polytechnic. askbritt online classroom learning education career advice.

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Building the Tech Capacity of Nonprofits Everywhere with TechSoup's NetSquared Events

Tech Soup

But did you know that our work is global? Nairobi, Kenya: Mobile Solar Computer Classroom Project in Kenya. Birmingham, United Kingdom: Open-Source Software for Charities. Sunday, November 27, 2016. Cotonou, Benin: Nous Allons Parler de Toutes les Maniere de Web à Utiliser PR Lutter Contre VIH. Kampala, Uganda.