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Environmental Case for Refurbished IT Equipment

Tech Soup

Paul Hawkin, in his book, Natural Capitalism , finds that the volume of material that goes into manufacturing a laptop is 4,000 to 1. When you discard a 5 pound laptop you are also throwing away the 20,000 pounds of raw materials it took to make it. Photo courtesy of Flickr user lungstruck.

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My Dad's Blog: First Conversation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We finally arrived after 8 hours on the road, documented with my treo cameraphone and emailed to flickr. was also able to set it up on my husband's laptop. If I wanted to spend more time, I would have added some music in the introduction to give this series the same look and feel. Watch the video. What do you think?

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What color is the social web?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Unfortunately, I did not have my laptop accessible in that moment. The consultant also pointed out that flickr photo I used seemed to indicate that the percentage are low. I referenced Liza Sabater's Brown Bloggers meetups, but could not point to any studies or stats. So, once I got home, I put a question out to my Twitter network.

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10 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause

Have Fun - Do Good

As I mentioned in my post about " extra-organizational activists" , there are bloggers out there who would love to raise money for your cause: Beth Kanter raised $800 for the Sharing Foundation using the ChipIn widget plus her blog , social networks, Flickr and video in 26 days. She reads 4 blogs a day, five hours a week.

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111 Low-Cost or Free OnlineTools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, and others are coming soon. This tool is a simple way to create graphics of inspirational quotes or powerful stats that can then also be shared on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and Google+. PicMarked photos would make a good Flickr slideshow as well. TechSoup.org :: techsoup.org. Screenr :: screenr.com.

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