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Eight Social Justice and Advocacy Conferences You Must Attend

Care2

Don't miss the panels Using Technology and Social Media to Build Social Movements with Amy Sample Ward of NTEN, Michael Silberman of Green Peace International, Claire Diaz Ortiz of Twitter, and April Pedersen of Salsa Labs. Register now!

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Digital Volunteerism – Effective Disaster Relief the GreenTech Way

Tech Soup

and Sahana Foundation (which hosts a free open source disaster management system), have changed the way disaster relief is being done all over the world. It's quite incidental that it's a green technology in that it allows people to have significant impact without needing to travel to stricken areas.

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11NTC Science Fair Preview: Giveaways and Even More Giveaways!

NTEN

Grab a free printed copy of our Open Source Content Management report, our most popular articles, or more. Patrick’s Day and what’s more green then a crisp $100 bill?! Our experts will also be on hand to discuss the Informz difference and give out other “green” prizes! Informz It’s St.

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NpTech Summary: Red T-Shirt Day - Supporting Monks, YouTube Nonprofit Channel, and Web2forDev Conference Reports

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Now here's a new term: Green Philanthropy. It's an open source free web meeting service. A Few Self-Financed Learning Journeys Sam Mayfield has launched a new blog called Sam Land to raise money for and document his trip to Ghana in November. The topic is how to do have fun and do good! Hurry the deadline is today!

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Meet Our NTC Green Sponsors!

NTEN

We''re excited to announce our Green Sponsors for the 14NTC! This year''s Green Sponsors are: Confluence. Confluence''s Commitment to Going Green. Founded in 2001, we focus on serving the nonprofit sector and provide technology consulting, strategic assessments, print and web design services and open-source CMS implementation.

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Social Innovation: Harnessing What Works to Address Critical National Challenges

Have Fun - Do Good

Cheryl Dorsey, the President of Echoing Green , a nonprofit that provides seed funding and support to social entrepreneurs, talked about how providing capital for social innovation can: Provide incentive for individual and collective engagement around social problems. Trusting in the importance of new ideas. Cross-posted from BlogHer.com.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Chimp Personality, Convio Open API, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Tools and Strategy Google Earth for Green Activism. Here's a set of best practices for Green Activism with Google Earth. Technovist tells us how to be a green blogger and Emily's World gives a great list of environmental blogs. Enjoy this post about nonprofit open source software. Social Bookmarking.

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