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A Brief History of Nonprofit Organizations (And What We Can Learn)

NonProfit Hub

Though the idea of helping and giving back to others has existed since Biblical times, nonprofit organizations in the United States have a much shorter history. Let’s take a look at what we can learn from the history of nonprofit organizations. The government also became much more involved in social and cultural welfare programs.

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Why do we keep working in museums?

Museum 2.0

The National Museum of African American History & Culture is only a few miles from the former home of Confederate General Robert E. Again, to be absolutely clear, museums very rarely hit these high minded ideals, at least actively. Government agency. Lee (the site of Arlington Cemetery if you didn’t know).

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Mobile Storytelling: An Evolving Story

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They are larger in our minds. It provides much needed difference and rhythm we are attracted to, over the often mind-numbing flat Twitter or Facebook feed. As of Febuary 2011 however, they have added a feature that goes a step beyond: streetview history. He has worked in Alexandria, Korea, Vietnam, and currently Seattle.

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Must Hear Speech from Barack Obama and the Power of Podcasting

Have Fun - Do Good

I love listening to Barack Obama's podcasts because he gives me hope that there is at least one person in the US government who is reasonable, sane, intelligent and truly cares about people as humans, not just as voters who can keep him in or out of office. I do want to make the following observations, though. I believe that U.S.

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