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Microsoft OneNote Gives Dyslexic Kids a New Learning Experience

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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. Video: Microsoft Ideas.

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

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Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. Pundits: Stop Sounding Ignorant About Data. It originally appeared on NetSquared.

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Favorite Do-Good Books of 2006

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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. You can learn more about Frances and Anna's work on the Small Planet Institute web site.

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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

NpTech Tools Sounds like Gavin of Gavin's Digital Diner had a great time sipping Burgundy wines in France, but even better wrote a detailed description of his damn DAM system. Global NpTech. Google Earth launches Virtual Telescope: Sky as noted by the Viralroots blog where you can see both GoogleEarth and the sky.

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

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Along with her work as an aquatic biologist, her book, Silent Spring , is largely credited for advancing the global environmental movement worldwide , inspiring the rise of ecofeminism and many feminist scientists. Do you like the sound of powerful political women? You can thank marine biologist and writer Rachel Carson for that.

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Nonprofit Technology News: The Demise of Facebook Causes and Cloud Storage for Charities

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Sounds pretty good. Back in 2012, in order to better meet the needs of the global philanthropic sector, the Foundation Center began an extensive review of their Philanthropy Classification System. BRIDGE is an acronym for Basic Registry of Identified Global Entities. Salesforce1 for Nonprofits just just launched.

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Fair Trade Certified: An Interview with Paul Rice of TransFair USA

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At the heart of Fair Trade is the notion of direct trade, kind of like a farmer's market gone global. Now, three hundred bucks a year doesn't sound like a lot of money, right? It sounds pretty cheap to you and me. That means to go to high school you need bus money, you need uniform money, you need book money.