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Tribute to My Mentor

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I needed help with business negotiations and software licensing and Gerry jumped in teaching me everything I know about doing business. I was always coming up with new, crazy ideas of social ventures, and Gerry was a great sounding board. And stuck was the operative word: I stayed in that role for seven years.

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First trip to China

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Hadley's brand of distance education for the blind (and people who care about blind people) has been adapted to focus on teaching of English in China. In addition, Hong Kong passed a copyright exemption just in the last year, and the leaders in Hong Kong are considering how to utilize this new tool. It's unusual for a U.S.

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Martin Luther King Day 2015

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Instead of cooperating with the other side, our politicians sound like Groucho Marx in Horsefeathers: "Whatever it is I''m against it." It is the true meaning of our creed that teaches us how to get along. Copyright © 2014. Our opponents have interests, concerns, hopes, fears and aspirations just like we do. Free at last!

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Martin Luther King Day 2013

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Instead of cooperating with the other side, our politicians sound like Groucho Marx in Horsefeathers: " Whatever it is I''m against it." It is the true meaning of our creed that teaches us how to get along. Copyright © 2013. Our opponents have interests, concerns, hopes, fears and aspirations just like we do. Free at last!

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Take our fun quiz on.

ASU Lodestar Center

But I’m happy – I’m a student :) May 9, 2011 11:08 PM Caroline Sound said. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? I think its time to further my nonprofit education! May 7, 2011 1:58 PM Latte Machine said. I got just 3 points. What a shame! I got 5 not bad for sheer guesses!!! Fear not, nonprofit professionals!

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: The Board Chair and the.

ASU Lodestar Center

Sounds like the makings of a topical workshop, too. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. What an important topic, Pat! So glad you wrote about it in this blog. May 20, 2011 10:55 PM Anonymoussaid. American Humanics: An Elite Group Research Friday: Do you feel the force of the demo. All You Need is Love.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: The Office or the Impact?

ASU Lodestar Center

I always find that exclamation amusing, since truth-seeking is about understanding complex phenomena and overcoming huge methodological challenges—explanations of which are not always welcomed in a world that places a premium on superficial sound bites and speedy, surface-level interpretation. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks?