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Bookshare Creates Opportunities For Gifted Students

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Two years ago, Steffon worked with us to a Bookshare how-to video and a video profile which also features his teacher Jill Dunaway who helped him become a Bookshare member. You can read our full profile of Steffon here. Without Bookshare, reading would just become a task and it wouldn’t be fun,” says Jessica. “It

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Thoughts on Chatter while the Kool-Aid flows at Dreamforce

Judi Sohn

Instead of joining 15,000 or so folks for the second morning keynote, I'm sitting in my hotel room watching the keynote stream on my laptop. You can post status updates, leave comments on other people's profile (think: wall). I posted on-topic comments in Groups and posted to profiles. No one uses it. I got the mobile app.

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How to Plan a Virtual Holiday Fundraiser

AccelEvents

While virtual events may not be considered as much fun as in-person charity events, they are still a great way to raise money for a cause and to promote a social issue. . People want to step away from the digital space, desktop, or laptop every so often, so try to keep sessions and segments short and as engaging as possible. .

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Hosting Hybrid Auctions: A How-To for Nonprofits

Qgiv

If you’ll be providing entertainment throughout the night for your in-person bidders, you might want to look into livestreaming options and other virtual tools so your virtual bidders won’t miss out on any of the fun you have planned. It’s best to find a platform that supports both mobile and web-based bidding. Host your hybrid auction.

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How to Plan a Virtual Holiday Fundraiser

AccelEvents

While virtual events may not be considered as much fun as in-person charity events, they are still a great way to raise money for a cause and to promote a social issue. . People want to step away from the digital space, desktop, or laptop every so often, so try to keep sessions and segments short and as engaging as possible. .

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New tools

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

It looked quite like it might be a fun event to be at, but the hefty $3000 price tag for admission wasn’t something that I could possibly stomach, so I sat in front of my laptop, watching people describe new tools. Corporations sponsor the widget, so there is a brand showing.

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How To Make A Back Channel Light Up Like Clark Griswald's House

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I had sooo much fun creating and delivering it. It integrates online community discussion forums, structured learning like webinars, content, with participants' social profiles. And, how you click on your "friends" profiles and see their social streams. I had sooo much fun creating. It isn't a walled garden.

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