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SSIR Post: Swine Flu or Why Local Organizations Matter

Amy Sample Ward

In a recent Op-Ed piece in the New York Times , David Brooks compared the global response vs localized response to the outbreak. Brooks shows that if the world had a global approach to outbreaks like Swine Flu, then the decision-making and directive power would be in a really bumped up World Health Organization-like group.

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Women in Nonprofit Technology Who Rock: Adding to Fast Company's Most Influential Women in Technology List

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, when Lynne Johnson from Fast Company asked me to blog a list, I thought I'd create a nonprofit technology category and acknowledge the work of these awesome women: Nonprofit Technology Marnie Webb is the Co-CEO of TechSoup Global and creator of Netsquared and was voted most valuable person in the nonprofit technology field in 2008.

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12 Ways We Made our Santa Cruz Collects Exhibition Participatory

Museum 2.0

Process: A sample exhibition label for one of the collections - incredible toasters from 1906 to 1960. We have a rule that every prototype must be used to answer a specific question we can act on, whether that's an A/B comparison, figuring out what's confusing, etc. You can find several more photographs here. Memory Jars installation.

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[VIDEO] Measure Of Success: Creating Tools And Process To Report Impact

Bloomerang

Was there anything helpful about that comparison between service engagement and impact? So a couple samples here this is from Charity Water. If you’re not familiar with Charity Water, they’re a leading nonprofit at the global level. Sample metrics. Does that make sense? And I’m looking over.

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Steve Bridger

Friday, September 26, 2008 at 7:50 pm | Permalink Gerhard Buttner wrote: Interesting comparison (and thanks for that oxfam link): obviously too simplistic as you point out, Steve, but it surely shows something is a bit rotten. Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at 10:32 am | Permalink Amy Sample Ward wrote: Great list, Steve!

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