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What if no one wants to help the people you are helping?

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This summer, I had the privilege of travelling to Montego Bay, Jamaica to lead a Board retreat for the Jamaican Christian School for the Deaf and Servant’s Heart Jamaica. My guide told me that I probably saw more of the true island that 90% of the people who visit Jamaica. Not so in Jamaica.

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Client Spotlight: National Society of Black Engineers

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The first international chapter was established in London in 1992 and the NSBE has since expanded to Ghana, Nigeria, Canada, Germany, China, Jamaica, Trinidad, and more. The organization now boasts over 790 chapters worldwide.

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iLaw: Cyber Strategy for a Developing Nation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 1998, during the embryonic stages of the project, this focus turned to a concept called "Reverence for Life," a non-demonational philsophy of self-development which had taken root in Jamaica's prisons. He imagines a Jamaica ten years in 2008, ten years after the initial discussions about this project began.

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Creating the Business of My Dreams

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I’m travelling to amazing places to speak and teach (like Russia, New Zealand, and Jamaica) and I’m having a blast. Now, I only work with 1-on-1 clients when I want to. My revenue comes from passive and leveraged income streams. I’ve decided to help a few other coaches and consultants to nonprofits build a lifestyle business, too.

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International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Our Martus team trained two new partners focused on rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people : Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays , or J-FLAG and AIDS-Free World. Both organizations work in the Caribbean, where sexual minorities face widespread violence, bigotry and marginalization.

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Boston Media Makers Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The meetings take place the first Sunday of the month in Jamaica Plain. The Boston Media Makers is a community of practice consisting of people in the Boston area who are making (new) media. The group includes podcaster, video bloggers, filmmakers, artists, educators, videographers, and more. I always learn so much when I attend.

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6 Powerful Types of Video Content Every Nonprofit Needs

Nonprofits Source

Take this video from an adolescent health nonprofit advocating on behalf of kids in Jamaica, for example. Here, you’ll be focusing on two core elements: Your mission: what it is, and why it’s so important to you. Your goal: What type of impact you hope to make on the world.

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NetCentric Advocacy: MIT OpenCourseWare | OCW Home

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Who wants to go to West Indies, Mexico, Jamaica and open a University? Who wants to go to West Indies, Mexico, Jamaica and open a University? Home Green Media Toolshed Profile Twitter Shared Links Subscribe Archives « Wayfaring Blog: News Maps FEED | Main | Google Video for Nonprofits: Developing multi-media on the cheaps.

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Putting Caribbean Projects on the (Google) Map | Beaconfire Wire

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Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti and Trinidad are just a few Caribbean islands that can be Googled down to 110 ft scaled maps in both satellite and hybrid. While most of us have gotten over Google putting small town America on the map??in in the most literal of ways, the Caribbean is just getting around to celebrating their inclusion.

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NetCentric Advocacy: The Long Sunday Mass: Organizers and Blogim Stori (Storytelling Blog)

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I used to wonder why church in Jamaica took 3 hours. I used to wonder why church in Jamaica took 3 hours. The redundancy of local community leaders baffles the "professionals" but in reality they are working in a way that is most wired into the way we learn as a species in oral histories.

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Jewish Television Network Delivers Online Religious Service

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From the sunny island of Jamaica in the Caribbean. Thank you again, so much for lifting our spirits in prayer and song! I hope that one day we can actually join you at the live service. You are fabulous. Todah Rabah and Shana Tovah! Came online because the only synagogue on the island is far away.

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