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The Davos Blur

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

James Moody of Australia’s national research organization was talking about an idea of a humanitarian license for patents that has been floated by the YGL community. Each hour there’s something memorable. Today was an example of this. In the morning, I attended a session put on by the Young Global Leaders with six interesting proposals.

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

The Iraq War was raging. Pope John Paul II died, and Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. Net Tuesdays became a series of national and international face-to-face meetings connecting industry and nonprofit techies. " The year was 2005. TechSoup was then called CompuMentor. The buzzword then was Web 2.0,

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Fundraising Dips In First Quarter Of 2009

Care2

According to the latest Target Analytics Index of National Fundraising Performance , the number of new donors dropped by almost 13%, as compared to 2008. Prior to this study, the Index of the National Fundraising Performance had only been showing a gradual decline in donor numbers since the US Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005.

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Fundraising Dips In First Quarter Of 2009 - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

According to the latest Target Analytics Index of National Fundraising Performance , the number of new donors dropped by almost 13%, as compared to 2008. Prior to this study, the Index of the National Fundraising Performance had only been showing a gradual decline in donor numbers since the U.S. Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005.

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Alli Chagi-Starr, Art in Action/Ella Baker Center, Podcast Interview Transcription

Have Fun - Do Good

So, last spring Ella Baker Center, to launch its new program Reclaim the Future, took a big role in the United Nations World Environment Day Conference that was happening here in San Francisco. It's an amazing act of love really in response to the hurricane and the racial neglect that occurred down on the Gulf.

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