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Wiring the Green Movement for Earth Day

Amy Sample Ward

I wanted to use today to focus in on a question recently posed by my good friend Joe Solomon on Twitter : What are the nonprofit/orgs that are working 2 wire the green movement, like what @ netsquared does 4 nonprofits, @ sunfoundation for politics; which orgs are working to expose data, leverage soc media, connect the orgs together?

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Classy Welcomes Ford Foundation COO Depelsha McGruder to Its Board of Directors

Classy

Before joining the Ford Foundation, McGruder served as COO of New York Public Radio (NYPR), where she led daily operations and strategic planning for WNYC Radio, WNYC Studios, WQXR, Gothamist.com, and The Greene Space. Overall, McGruder says her approach to board service is to learn first, then assess and provide recommendations.

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13 Students Graduate ITWorks Fall 2013 Program

TechImpact

In a classroom decked out with green, blue and orange balloons sat 13 young adults and a sea of their family and friends. What I hope you walk away with is the knowledge that there are people in those companies who care about you,” said Tech Impact’s Associate Executive Director Anthony Pisapia, in his welcoming remarks.

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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

Read more about it from Green Miles blog and a summary of reactions from other nonprofits here. The Knight Foundation is sponsoring The Knight News Challenge and they've got $5 million to give away. News from Nigeria via the Netsquared blog. GINKs is a knowledge network promoting the use of ICTs in development in Ghana.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Learnings from FriendFeed Experiment

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

To learn more about Twitter scaling issues read this interview by Jesse Stay. And for expert level knowledge, read these blog posts about FriendFeed that Louis Gray has bookmarked.). Some participated in the formal experiment I designed which involved a quick knowledge sharing task. NpTech Talk and News. Read this ).

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Computer Refurbishment and Accessibility

Tech Soup

There are specialized software and hardware tools as well for people with cognitive, hearing, learning, physical, and speech disabilities as well. The software applications WordQ + SpeakQ provide writing assistance and speech recognition help for people with disabilities, new language learners, and those who are learning literacy.

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How To Be A Green Leader

Eric Jacobsen Blog

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Kostigen, is a New York Times bestseller. Make conversation with your team.

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