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Storymakers Past Winners: In Their Own Words

Tech Soup

” She also told us that their Youth Projects’ video was aired nationally on the Foxtel network in Australia. Our audience choice award for 2012 went to Alliance Center for Independence (ACI) in Edison, New Jersey. They are all very proud of us too.” Sometimes a video is worth a thousand words.

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Cause Camp 2017 Speaker Lineup Announcement

NonProfit Hub

John has spoken at the Nonprofit Technology Conference, New England Federation of Human Societies, New Media Expo, BBCon, Social Media 4 Nonprofits, AFP New Jersey and various regional conferences throughout the United States and Canada. Tyler Riewer is the Brand Content Lead at charity: water in New York City.

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Lawsuit over denying access to a student with learning disabilities

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We're up to more than 125,000 users, with over 95,000 books available, and our users are now accessing content at a rate of more than million downloads per year! We're really proud of the rapid growth of our Bookshare online library for people with print disabilities. What is the school signup process for Bookshare? More than half of U.S.

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How Indigenous Peoples’ Day is Supplanting Columbus Day

Whole Whale

Roosevelt made Columbus Day a national holiday. 1946: The United Nations Charter is signed, without any mention of indigenous peoples. 1972: The United Nations finally recognizes the rights of indigenous people with the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities.

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The Bold, Focused Ideas of Breakthrough Nonprofit Brands: Book Giveaway Winners Announced

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We want to reach new markets and better engage with existing supporters to bring them closer to the caring Entoure community. We also want to better empower our participants and supporters to spread the word about Entoure by developing content for our social media channels that is unique, exclusive and kick-ass!”.

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Guest Post: World Maker Faire and the New York Hall of Science: Radical Trust

Museum 2.0

In this guest post, Eric Siegel, Director and Chief Content Officer of NYSCI, describes the partnership to develop and manage the World Maker Faire and its impact on his science center. At the same time, others in New York were pitching for a more urban setting on Governors Island or a more suburban setting in New Jersey.