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Tech Impact Receives $200,000 Grant

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Tech Impact’s Anthony Pisapia on left, and Patrick Calihan on right. William Kendima moved from Liberia to the United States in 2005. While in Liberia, Kendima never used a computer; however, through dedication, hard work, and a little help from ITWorks , Kendima’s dream of working in IT has been realized.

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5 Things Nonprofits Can Learn from the Late, Great David Carr

Tech Soup

These lessons range from the challenging to the nurturing, from being agents of change to being humble friends and supporters. Whether it is nonprofits calling out misleading, damaging "no overhead" campaigns , demanding more governmental support, or proudly sharing our impact, a more assertive and proud nonprofit sector is needed.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

You can imagine the impact of Bookshare.org going from a $1 million per year enterprise in 2006 to over $7 million in 2008. Downloads, packaged with support, will cost $250 per user per year, discounted to $150 for nonprofits. Our work in Liberia, funded by the State Department in support of the Truth Commission (TRC) continues.

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

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Organizations like Room to Read , the Poetry Foundation , and Books in Homes USA work to promote literacy and the significance of literary works in our society - support their work today, bookworms! Explore the work of organizations like the National Geographic Society , Audubon , and The Mars Generation - their impact is out of this world.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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I think it's worth it (: Kavita Ramdas: The Global Fund for Women is the largest independent, publicly supported grant-making foundation to advance women's human rights internationally. How do you know that you are making a difference or an impact; how do you measure that? It works in over 160 countries around the world.

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