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Meet the Nonprofit Hero Behind the Hardware: Charles Brennick

Tech Soup

He subsequently worked as an ecotourism developer in Costa Rica. Image: Frank Babbitt. Charles got interested in this type of charitable work while he served in the Peace Corps in Paraguay in the early 1990s. He founded InterConnection in Seattle in 1999. spanhidden.

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Your NetSquared Holiday Gift!

Tech Soup

Check out our newest groups: NetSquared Chepe in San Jose, Costa Rica. Image : Liz Kearley. So give your local organizer a hug next time you see them! Newest Net2Local Groups. We’re a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. NetSquared Manila in the Philippines. NetSquared Honduras in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.

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Traveling Postcards: Interview with Founder, Caroline Lovell

Have Fun - Do Good

The cards are unique and beautiful and carry the voices of women (and some men) depicted in images and words and offer compassionate healing for those who both make them, and for those who receive them. Several years ago, I had an opportunity to travel to Costa Rica with a group of artists.

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4 Tips for Turning Your Visitors into Loyal Members

Connection Cafe

They invested massive amounts of time and money into the rebrand, hiring the very best designers and brand managers to help them redesign their image. If you liked the Rainforest iMax, you might also like our permanent exhibit on Costa Rica”. In 2009, Tropicana OJ decided they needed a cooler, trendier juice carton. 3.

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Collective Lens: Photography for Social Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A recent series of studies by psychologists provides the research that proves it -- they have found that fund-raising appeals do best when they are crafted around a single gripping image. It uses images to promote social and humanitarian causes.

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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

Tech Soup

Four countries in Latin America now have e-waste laws or rules: Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, and Brazil. Image: WEEE Man by Pauline Eccles , Creative Commons. It has had 30 percent growth in mobile adoption over the last 10 years. Africa has a 1 percent recycling rate for mobile phones. Latin America.