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You're invited to NTEN's inaugural Leading Change Summit in San Francisco

NTEN

After over a decade of convening our signature annual Nonprofit Technology Conference, we are excited to unveil and invite you to our inaugural Leading Change Summit in San Francisco on September 3-6. We hope to see you in San Francisco this September! We will announce the line up of keynote speakers in late May.

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8 Apps That May (Actually) Change San Francisco

Tech Soup

In San Francisco, sometimes one can feel a bit cynical about the influx of frivolous technology with billion dollar valuations. Did you know that San Francisco renters are seven times more likely to get buyout offers than eviction notices? No Place Like Home. The project was created by the St.

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Giving Trends in Kenya: How the Growth of Mobile Payments Are Transforming Community Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The lack of trust between NGOs and local Kenyans and the expectancy that NGOs are funded from outside Kenya are the key reasons for limited local fundraising towards NGO in Kenya. M-Changa also makes it easy for NGOs to account for funds coming in from multiple paymnet channels with automatic reporting and statements.

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Learning Out Loud – Guest Post by Linda Wood – Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” Linda Wood, Senior Director of Leadership and Grantmaking, Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, calls it “Learning Out Loud,” and has shared this reflection on one of the foundation’s programs. – Linda Wood is senior director of Leadership and Grantmaking at the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr.

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Nonprofit Harnesses Tech to Plant Tens of Thousands of Trees

Tech Soup

In San Francisco, it took a small group of motivated people to come together to create a nonprofit. After the city cut funding for urban forestry 36 years ago, seven individuals decided to take matters into their own hands. Starting with a Small Budget, FUF Plants Nearly Half San Francisco's Street Trees.

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Bureaucrats with Clue

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Last night I was able to meet Vivek Kundra, the new Chief Information Officer of the federal government, at an event organized by Full Circle Fund and the Craigslist Foundation hosted by IBM at their offices on Market Street in San Francisco. For me, it's an amazing change. link] [link] [link].

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New Benetech board member, Robert Wexler

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He’s a principal at Adler & Colvin, San Francisco's top law firm specializing in nonprofit law. Proceeds from the sale of the Arkenstone reading machine for the blind provided the capital to fund Benetech and launch many new technology projects that serve humanity. Rob is committed to the success of social enterprises.