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A Hearty Congratulations to TechSoup Members Winning Google Impact Challenge Awards

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Google Global Impact Award competitions have been held in India and the UK, and most recently in the San Francisco Bay Area. Students develop and run a business, gain confidence, academic support, and mentorship. Not because of the unusually big grants, but because most of them are members of our TechSoup family.

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8 Nonprofits Championing Environmental Sustainability on Earth Day

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Volkswagen, GM, Amazon, and the USPS pledged a commitment to green vehicles. Organization Mission: SF Parks Alliance champions, transforms, and activates parks and public spaces as the only 501(c)3 citywide nonprofit dedicated to this work in San Francisco. How I Love a Clean San Diego Takes Action on Earth Day.

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Community Science Workshops and Shared Authorship of Space: Interview with Emilyn Green

Museum 2.0

I sat down with Emilyn Green, Executive Director of the Community Science Workshop Network , to learn more about their history, design, and engagement strategy. The first one was started in 1991 by a San Francisco educator, Dan Sudran, in his garage. The Mission location is still a useful hub for San Francisco school programs.

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Two Truths and a Lie: TechSoup New Products Edition

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Little Green Light. Little Green Light is a cloud-based donor management system designed for nonprofits. Little Green Light helps you keep track of donors, volunteers, event attendees, board members, and more. This donation program gives you $425 worth of credit to spend on a subscription to Little Green Light.

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What's Your Moment of Obligation?

Have Fun - Do Good

While re-reading Echoing Green's book, Be Bold: Create a Career with Impact , I've been thinking about one of its main ideas--that people have moments of obligation. One of my moments of obligation came during the Green Festival in San Francisco in the fall of 2002. Cross-posted from BlogHer.

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Writing for Change Conference: An Interview with Elizabeth Pomada

Have Fun - Do Good

As I mentioned last week, I'll be speaking about blogging at the Writing for Change Conference in San Francisco this month. I'm a literary agent in San Francisco, with the Larsen-Pomada Literary Agents , and we've been in business a long time here in San Francisco. Britt: How are you making the event green?

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Interview with Jodie Van Horn of Freedom from Oil and Plug-in Bay Area

Have Fun - Do Good

The three Bay Area municipalities, along with Oakland and San Francisco (who haven't placed their orders yet) have all signed-on to be part of Plug-In Bay Area, an initiative to put more plug-in hybrid vehicles on the road. They recognize that green is very vogue right now. What's going on?