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Are you celebrating Giving Tuesday? These NTEN Members are!

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The second annual GivingTuesday is on December 3rd and we''ve found 124 NTEN Members that are participating! You can support NTEN in Giving Tuesday and join Beth Kanter for a live discussion of collective philanthropy - get the details here. Check out the 124 NTEN Members participating in Giving Tuesday below.

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Case Study: Building Community Online (with Appropriate Technologies)

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With "The Rucksack", Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) have actually managed to build an online community that works. Because this gets at the very core of what NTEN wants you to get out of your Membership, it's free. > We all want it. We know we need it. Making it happen? > Learn more and RSVP today.

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In Case You Missed It

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But simply having the list may drive more interesting traffic, like, oh, Barham Salih, Iraq's Deputy P.M. Sample tweet: " We must finish paper on Iraq economic vision- but assumptions made so far risky and not verified with available data!" Tags: NPTech NTEN. As it turns out, they're pretty boring.

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Behind the Scenes of IAVA’s Cutting-edge “The Rucksack”

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The Rucksack" -- a cutting-edge project that I led recently for the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) -- is an especially powerful example of an organization using technology in a strategic and transformative way.

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The Shrinking Generational Digital Divide

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One grandmother, a diehard among people avoiding the Internet, became an avid online user when her grandson was stationed in Iraq. Tags: aarp age digital divide Newsletter NPTech NTEN Sami Hassanyeh. She quickly set aside any qualms about going online; her grandson took priority. and other countries.

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How-to: Let Go and Start Blogging

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He noted that when he turned against the Iraq War he lost two-thirds of his readers, especially after admitting mistakes about his position on the war. Tags: NPTech NTEN Social Media Communications. If everyone can comment immediately, then errors, in fact, will be called out quickly. Blogs Build Transparency.