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Your Official 17NTC Local's Guide to DC

EveryAction

We're just a few weeks away from one of the most highly-anticipated nonprofit conferences of the year and, seeing as it will be hosted in Washington, DC, our team wanted to share some favorite local spots to eat, drink, and enjoy the sights while visiting for 17NTC. The National Zoo. The Dabney. Comet Ping Pong. Kusama Exhibit.

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Giving in America: A look at philanthropy’s history and a unique Candid connection

Candid

About a month ago, Candid was tagged in a social media post from someone who had visited the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Rubenstein Curator of Philanthropy at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. We reached out to Amanda Moniz, Ph.D., the David M. Why is it important to this history? .

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Nonprofit Advocacy Can Be a Force Multiplier for Social Change

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For many years, people frequently suggested that Benetech , the nonprofit tech company I founded and lead, get more involved in Washington, DC policy and legislative action. Our longest-term donor, the Skoll Foundation , went so far as to introduce me to a DC-based advocacy firm. Isn’t that where good ideas go to die?” I was wrong.

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Forum One Wins 10 Davey Awards

Forum One

National Rural Health Resource Center Gold – Health The National Rural Health Resource Center provides technical assistance, information, tools, and resources for the improvement of rural health care. Forum One worked with the National Rural Health Resource Center to design their new website in Drupal 9.

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DIAGRAM Center

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I just attended two days of meetings in Washington DC on the first year of the DIAGRAM Center , held at the Office of Special Education Programs in the Department of Education. Of course, just as we're solving the text problem, more and more content is moving to richer, more visual forms like graphics, simulations and flash!

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Receiving the 2013 Migel Medal

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Earlier today, I attended the American Foundation for the Blind’s (AFB) National Leadership Conference in Chicago where I received the 2013 Migel Medal. And when the idea of a peer-to-peer ebook library came to me, it was George who I went to with the idea. It was named for the first board chair of AFB, M.C. Washington?

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Check Out the 2012 Bridge to Integrated Marketing and Fundraising Conference

NTEN

They are all part of the diverse mix of nonprofit fundraising and marketing professionals attending the 2012 Bridge Conference – Harness the Winds of Change, August 7th – 9th at the Gaylord National Conference Center, National Harbor Washington, DC.