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How an Effective Partner Ecosystem Strives for Collaboration Over Competition

Saleforce Nonprofit

Are we doing enough on the front end to prevent personal and professional disasters from happening? Craig is a refugee and human rights ambassador with Amnesty International, where he works in the sphere of social justice through programs with refugee and indigenous children, using soccer to provide life opportunities.

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5 Things to Look Forward to at MCON 2015

Achieve

We’ll also hear from Jonathan Neman, founder and co-CEO of sweetgreen, a culinary lifestyle brand dedicated to smartly sourced food and the balance between work, life, food and community. is a weekly video series produced by PBS Digital Studios, hosted by curator Sarah Urist Green and author/vlogger John Green.

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Building Refurbished Computers with Volunteers at InterConnection

Tech Soup

During the past few years, InterConnection has also participated in supplying badly needed IT equipment to disaster stricken areas like Chile , Haiti and Pakistan , and Japan. Most of the computers that the organization works on are donated by local companies and residents. Suffice to say that they’re a leader in the U.S.

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5 Things to Look Forward to at MCON 2015

NonProfit Hub

We’ll also hear from Jonathan Neman , founder and co-CEO of sweetgreen, a culinary lifestyle brand dedicated to smartly sourced food and the balance between work, life, food and community. The Art Assignment is a weekly video series produced by PBS Digital Studios, hosted by curator Sarah Urist Green and author/vlogger John Green.

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Meet Connie Reece: Using Social Media to Strike Back At Ike

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last December, I watched Twitter turn into a sea of frozen green peas to support Susan Reynolds in her fight against breast cancer and to raise money for research in her honor. Recently we set up an office in Second Life, on the Nonprofit Commons Plush island, and we just purchased our own island in Second Life. Connie Reece.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

Green Technology. In hardware life extension news, the grand award winner for software in Popular Science's Best of What's New 2013 this year is a server/software technology called Neverware Juicebox. They save us the arduous task of taking our phones out of our pockets to look at them. Google Drive. The nonprofit refurbisher.

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Small Groups Can Change the World: An Interview with Marianne Manilov of The Engage Network

Have Fun - Do Good

inspired by Julia Butterfly Hill's tree-sit, Off the Mat Into the World , founded by yoga teacher Seane Corn, and Green for All , founded by Van Jones. You see, perhaps, Julia Butterfly Hill, who sat in a tree, or you see Van Jones, who's the leader of Green For All, or maybe you see somebody else. You see somebody who inspires you.

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