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The New Miradi

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The new version of Miradi also supports the creation of a future central repository of shared conservation data so conservationists launching new projects can draw on the deep knowledge accumulated by these groups. Miradi was built in partnership with these global conservation groups and input from users around the world.

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How To Survive And Then Reset To Ultimately Thrive

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Linear models of growth neglect the realities of the changing world around us and lull us into a false sense of security. Embracing this is as a loop you will cycle through forces you to be heads up – acknowledging how the situation is progressing around you, and always watching for signs and signals, which can bring new opportunities.

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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Within just 10 days of folding, Foldit players helped decipher the structure of an AIDs-causing virus and produced an accurate 3D model of the enzyme, a problem that had eluded scientists and supercomputers for more than 10 years. In Philanthropy. Zynga.org ( [link] ) was created with the mission to use games to help those in need.

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Three Do * Good Blogs

Have Fun - Do Good

21 contributing editors from all over the world post extensive articles about tools, models and ideas for building a better future. One post was about an Islamic group that is proposing a sustainable mosque to be built for the 2012 Olympics in London. World Changing is like the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer version of Treehugger.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

We have gathered an outstanding group of field experts to teach how to build and sustain this kind of governance. DRIVE/ is the preeminent event for professionals who are determined to be subject matter experts in the fields of data, reporting, information, analytics, modeling, visualization and beyond. Sweden / $400.

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Benetech: President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The head of our group, Patrick Ball, is spending most of this year in the Democratic Republic of Congo, working with the United Nations on a range of human rights issues (of which the DRC has many). Men being trained to use Martus to enter testimonies.Our human rights team is active all over the world.