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Staff Spotlight: Lourdes Sanders, Chief Financial Officer

Forum One

It wasn’t uncommon to have the business development lead helping out with accounting, the CEO helping with data entry, or someone in accounting helping test websites. We started with headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, then expanded to DC, Seattle, and even a presence in Germany. Our physical presence has also changed.

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A Twitter follower is worth $0.24

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He wanted to raise some money to help the local orchestra and test some ideas. Since this was an experiment to test social networking, I did not send an appeal to friends and family in the way people do when they raise funds for a run or walk, or want you to vote for a particular contest. Here is what he learned.

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Does Your Nonprofit Suffer from a Culture of Sitting? How To Change It

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Recently, researchers at Stanford University tested creativity in people that were walking vs sitting. The researchers found that walking helped the creative process, but may not enhance focused thinking, it boosts working memory as another study out of Germany found. Much more so than if we were inactive.

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TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative: You’ve Come A Long Way Baby

Tech Soup

To be specific, they are our partners in Australia , New Zealand , Germany , France , Italy , India , Poland , and Romania. NGOs and libraries all over the world need good dependable low-cost computers and several of our global partners run successful refurbished computer initiatives. and everywhere else.

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My Latest President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

She holds a master’s degree in Political Sciences, Public Law and Contemporary History from University of Konstanz, Germany. His specialty: user testing. Paul is spending his six-month fellowship testing software – for a company that allows him to do cutting edge work and cut his teeth even deeper on the engineering side.

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Mobile Applications for Beginners

Tech Soup

Many of these mistakes are made due to the fact that the apps aren't tested on multiple phones. Image: Plantronics Germany. Unfortunately, there are still many apps with counterintuitive interfaces, an overabundance of features, and no clarity.

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Diversify Your Year-End Campaigns: How To Be Mindful And Inclusive Of Cultural Traditions

Bloomerang

It’s a time when we’re encouraged to think of others and those enduring the hardships of life in a world which gets physically and mentally more testing. In Germany, they have feasts with German pancakes called Pfannkuchen. Nick arrives on the eve of December 5, with children waking up with presents the next morning.

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