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Is climate change action the new face of natural disaster relief?

Candid

When a disaster strikes, individuals, communities, philanthropy, and entire nations often rise to the occasion, providing relief and humanitarian aid. In 2003, responses to devastating fires around San Diego, California, focused almost entirely on emergency aid, recovery, and rebuilding. This is no longer a slow-moving disaster.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. National LGBTQ Task Force / Detroit, MI / $500. Fundraising & Grants.

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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

Classy

National University. Leads the innovative efforts at National University for military, veteran, and military family educational degree programs . First woman selected to be President & CEO of Veterans Village of San Diego, and is a 2019 George W. United Nations Development Programme. Dale Bannon. Corporation.

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The 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

National LGBTQ Task Force / Washington, DC / 475. The National LGBTQ Task Force’s 2018 Creating Change Conference convenes in Washington, DC, January 24-28, 2018. We are excited to host our national movement gathering in the Capital. USD School of Leadership and Education Sciences / San Diego, CA / $250.

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Connect2Compete: The Biggest Digital Inclusion Project in the U.S.

Tech Soup

It is part of an ongoing national effort to bridge the digital divide in the United States. Commerce Department report, A Nation Online , we know the reality is very different. The project just had it's national launch fairly recently. It was launched by the U.S. People like Jeff Hancock of Adapt∞Impact.

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What are the most effective ways Nonprofits/Foundations can use Twitter #hashtags?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A Brief History of Hash Tags Chris Messina ( @chrismessina) is credited with starting hashtags and has written about how to make them most useful. The best example of educating and engaging is how the National Wildlife Federation is using the #nwf hashtag to engage its audience in watching wildlife. This takes some facilitation.

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Carrie Karnos, recipient of the 2006 James H. Veale Humanitarian Award.

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Working for an organization with a long, illustrious history, I am always curious about how other organizations got their start. I found Bookshare's interesting history on its Web site's About Us section: "Benetech, a new kind of nonprofit enterprise, is sponsoring the Bookshare initiative.

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