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How to find free things: nonprofit students edition 

Candid

As a nonprofit management student, preparing to enter this field can be challenging because it’s still developing. The University of San Francisco was the first school to offer a Master’s in Nonprofit Administration less than 40 years ago, and the first School of Philanthropy was created just nine years ago at Indiana University.

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A reflection from two talks

NCE Social Media

The first group was a group of 32 professionals who work or volunteer for nonprofit organizations through the Foundation Center located at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. The second group was a group of 18 graduate students in a Nonprofit Communications course at Point Park University. What platform is the right one to use?

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Giving 2.0 ProjectU

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Stanford University lecturer Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen teaches students at Stanford about how to master philanthropy. The author of the book, Giving 2.0 , has just released all her teaching notes and syllabi, along with philanthropy library. I first heard Laura speak when she launched her book , Giving 2.0, 3) Giving 2.0:

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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Universal City Studios, Inc., students) with a collection of 220,000+ (and counting) accessible books—the world’s largest library of its kind. This ruling by the Supreme Court in Sony Corp. of America v. It affected every step of the evolution of digital media—from the VCR to the digital video recorder to YouTube. In the U.S.,

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Nonprofit Technology Celebrates International Women's Day

Tech Soup

women became the majority of law students. The Gender Parity Index is a UNESCO measurement of access to education for both males and females. According to the nonprofit American Association of University Women , the U.S. Cecily Walker , systems librarian at the Vancouver BC Public Library. Last year, U.S. Shortfalls.

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Raspberry Pi for Educators

Tech Soup

For educational nonprofits, schools, and libraries, Raspberry Pi is very useful for teaching students about electronics, computing, and many other technical subjects for a price that's far less than a new computer. Libraries have also experimented with replacing terminals with smaller footprint Raspberry Pi computers.

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Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation

Amy Sample Ward

I’m in Austin, TX, today engaging with librarians, digital curators, and technologists working at the nexus of communities and knowledge at the Electronic Resources and Libraries annual conference. Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation. You can follow along with the sessions today through Wednesday using #ERL11.

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