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Are You Serving Youth in Your Community? Think You Could Use a Free Tablet?

Tech Soup

Want to know more about how one Philadelphia-based NGO was able to use their TechSoup donation to help homeless teens develop valuable life skills? Dispute Resolution/Governing Law/Waiver of Jury Trial. The stories on the LIM are highly engaging and optimized for social media sharing. Poke around the map and see for yourself.

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8 Apps That May (Actually) Change San Francisco

Tech Soup

Although San Francisco is currently in a housing crisis/real estate boom , it also has some of the strongest tenant laws in the country. The data was compiled using service information from San Francisco homeless organizations. A buyout, essentially, is when a landlord pays a tenant to vacate a (usually rent-controlled) apartment.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Historically, federal and state laws have viewed nonprofit and for-profit entities as mutually exclusive organizations whose work rarely, if ever, overlapped. The number and variety of selling opportunities presented to nonprofit organizations, especially through the Internet, is growing rapidly.

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A Better Way to Do Good: The Case for Comprehensive Community Care

Non Profit Quarterly

Sadly, this portrayal of poverty, homelessness, and frustration while seeking help is an honest one. For example, locating a bed for one night is a win, but it doesn’t address the mental health, income, and educational needs of the individual experiencing homelessness. More than one in six poor Americans have no Internet access.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A nonprofit organization that provides support for homeless in Northern, CA found references to homeless people on restaurant blogs and used what they learn for a fundraising campaign. You may be wondering whether copyright laws and remix culture are at odds with one another. Adding a new data point to it. Another example.

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All Eyes on Egypt

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last year, I connected with Stephanie Rudat over a year ago when we were both named on a list of 11 Twitter Activists You Should Be Following. (It is also how I met Mark Horvath, an activist for homelessness). Post signs (obey rules & laws). Stephanie is the founder of the Alliance of Youth Movements. Rules: Be respectful.

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