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The NPTech Response to Japan

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Flickr photo: Logan was his name-o It's been just a few hours since one of the largest recorded earthquakes and subsequent tsunami hit off the coast of Japan. Our hearts go out to the people of Japan. The photos and video coming out of the region are awe inspiring and scary.

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Networked Nonprofit Update: November

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Flickr Photo by WiserEarth - WiserEarth's team from Around the World play Peek-A-Boo With Book. Flickr Photo by KK. Flickr Photo by James Leventhal. The Networked Nonprofit in Japan. >&# I met “ichi&# virtually when he let me know about a Netsquared Japan meet up featuring the Networked Nonprofit.

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Using Social Media Internationally: How Not To Get Lost in Translation

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Flickr Photo by John K. Hands up who’s got a Twitter follower from Japan? Hands up who’s got a Twitter follower from Japan? Note from Beth: Social networks allow to connect with people from outside of our community and it is easy to have your conversation get lost in translation. How about Facebook friends in India?

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Five Best Practices in Nonprofit Crowdfunding

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Flickr Photo by Lendingmemo. For example, I raised $120,000 for Japan disaster relief by showing how the tsunami destroyed cities and displaced communities. He falls into something bad and gets more and more evil each day. You can focus on the negative as part of your storyline.

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Lunch Is on Me and My Cell Phone

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Flickr photo: shareski How much cash do you have in your wallet right now? Paying by mobile is already a done deal in Japan and Europe. As I sat in the Grand Junction Colorado airport -- which is charming -- I had a conundrum: the contents of my wallet came to a grand total of 72 cents.* Will s/he even remember donating?

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Designing Effective Technology Learning Experiences

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And, at school, where they are studying Japan, they visited the Children's Museum's Japan Exhibit where he asked the museum educator, "Who were the first people to live Japan and did they eat Sushi?" Flickr as a portfolio assessment tool.). Does someone else take on his job? How do they learn how to do the job?

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Thank You Michael Pick for Supporting Leng Sopharath's Junior Year: He's My Number 2 Top Friend on Facebook

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He lives in Japan. All contributors will be graciously thanked on my blog and in flickr. Meet Michael Pick. He's one of my Facebook friends. He's a brilliant screencaster. He was the second person to donate to my latest personal fundraising campaign to support Leng Sopharath , an orphan from Cambodia, for her junior year at college.