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Curtis Memorial Library: A Tradition of Local Support

DipJar

They’re so much more than book museums. Laptops and hotspots were offered. More power stations and a laptop bar. Sam Sifton, the founding editor of New York Times Cooking is a seasonal resident of the area and was recently featured at a fundraiser at Curtis in conversation with a local food writer. . The solution?

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From 2005 to 2015: The Radical Effect of Social Media on Nonprofit Web Design

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The Internet was primarily a desktop PC or laptop experience and reading news and sending and receiving email accounted for the majority of time spent online. Hermitage Museum 2015. Hermitage Museum 2005. New York Public Library 2015. New York Public Library 2005. GlobalGiving 2015. oceana.org.

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Try This! Experiment in the Museum 2.0 coLAB

Museum 2.0

This week, with the gracious help of Eric Siegel of the New York Hall of Science , Museum 2.0 In the spirit of that question, Museum 2.0 A microphone (most laptops and newer computers have them embedded) is highly recommended, as is a photo of you so people have a face to put to the voice. Projects design.

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10 Holiday Gifts That Give Back

Have Fun - Do Good

The Jackson Street Book blog recently reported that the New York Times and NPR have added BookSense.com as an online book purchasing option, in addition to Amazon.com. Give a Child a Laptop, Get a Child a Laptop. Starting November 12, One Laptop Per Child will be offering a Give 1 Get 1 Program for a short period of time.

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10 Amazing Environmental Nonprofits You Need to Know About

Tech Soup

The nonprofit creates books, media campaigns, and museum exhibits about preserving North America's wild places. Orangutan Outreach is a New York-based organization whose mission is to save critically endangered orangutans and protect their rainforest home. Cary Creative Center — Third-Place Winner. The Finalists.

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This morning I attended the MacArthur Foundation Digital Learning briefing that was taking place at the Natural History Museum in NYC. Several avatars were also in "real life" in New York City. It was opened up for question and answer both in New York and in Second Life. local time).

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