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Guam and the Consortium

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Arriving on Guam felt like coming back to the United States, although it's more like Hawaii than the mainland! Hafa Adai" is used frequently, pronounced "half-a-day," it means hello or goodbye, kind of like aloha in Hawaii. The final stop for my Micronesia trip was Guam, a U.S. The presence is growing: the U.S.

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NetSquared Local Events: June 6–7, 2013

Tech Soup

Check out the NetSquared blog to keep on top of the gossip and reporting from our network: Burlington’s Amanda Levinson reports on Amy Sample Ward’s presentation about her new book “Social Change Anytime Everywhere” The Weather Gods tried to stop the event, but Vermonters are tough! Coolest Thing of the Week.

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Great reads from February 10th through February 11th

Amy Sample Ward

The Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting Spirited Nonprofit Management - Nonprofits and Philanthropy: Scenario I - An Interview with Kelvin Taketa and Chris Van Bergeijk - "Even before the financial crisis began to unfold, the Hawaii Community Foundation realized that it had lapsed into philanthropic habits that might be counterproductive.

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Research Friday: Government contracting part II: Adapting in an era of less

ASU Lodestar Center

States including Hawaii, Illinois, New York, Maine, and many others have developed task forces on government contracting. These are just a sampling of the. To date, only a handful of these creative partnerships have made it to the finish line, but we expect to see more come to fruition as the ideas gain momentum and begin to show.

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Candid community: Expanding equitable access to nonprofit resources 

Candid

Nonprofit staff can get assistance finding funders, access professional development courses like “Introduction to fundraising planning,” or download sample documents. The state library systems of Hawaii and Iowa even took advantage of this opportunity to provide access to Candid resources at every public library in the state.