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Microsoft OneNote Gives Dyslexic Kids a New Learning Experience

Tech Soup

Imagine that organizing your thoughts and writing were laborious tasks and identifying letters and sounds was a daily struggle for you. Mr. Masson persuaded Air France to donate its pilots' tablet PCs to projects like Ordyslexie. Air France gladly donated 2,000 tablet PCs with styluses.

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40+ Unforgettable Live Auction Items that Sell Well

Bloomerang

Search for experiences in countries known for their cuisine, like Italy, France, China, and Mexico. Custom artwork You may think it sounds unwise to sell an auction item that doesn’t technically exist yet, but attendees will be on board when you offer custom artwork.

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Data Digest: Moneyball Giving, Data and Philanthropy, Data for Africa

Tech Soup

This Wall Street Journal post discusses how John Arnold a former natural-gas trader at Enron and hedge fund founder is giving away his $4 billion fortune through a new “Moneyball” approach to giving. Pundits: Stop Sounding Ignorant About Data. Data and Philanthropy. The New Science of Giving.

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Favorite Do-Good Books of 2006

Have Fun - Do Good

I know that his ideas are not the only solution to ending poverty, but when you learn about what a difference a $10 bednet can make, it sure sounds reasonable. Hope's Edge by Frances Moore Lappe and Anna Lappe. They created the Small Planet Fund to support the people and organizations that they met on their trip.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Free Ranger Rick, Green Geekery, and Blog Day is Next Week!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Funding Opportunities A recap of funding opportunities mentioned in previous NpTech Tag Summaries and are of interest to nonprofit techies: Razoo promotes social good. Make sure to read through the FAQ and look at last year's winners to get a sense of what they are willing to fund.

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

EveryAction

Fund their work! She spoke plainly to the women of France and stated that the revolution at-hand was their opportunity to fight for and achieve the advantages so freely offered to their male counterparts. Do you like the sound of powerful political women? Want to see more women at the forefront of scientific discoveries?

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Making Stories Work for Your Org: What the Data Says

NTEN

The argument for stories In 2003, John Sadowsky and Loick Roche, two professors at the Grenoble Graduate School of Business in France, reviewed the major academic literature on storytelling and wrote a paper called, "The power of stories: a discussion of why stories are powerful". Fund for UNICEF.

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