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Tribute to My Mentor

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

When Calera’s board vetoed my idea of a new product: a reading machine for the blind, I was distraught. When I explained that our board just didn’t see manufacturing reading machines for the blind making financial sense for a for-profit company, Gerry said “How about you set up a deliberately nonprofit tech company?”

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Storymakers 2016 Winners

Tech Soup

Learning to Improvise Can be Life-Changing , from The Detroit Creativity Project , demonstrates the highest level of technical production and takes the audience on a stirring, heartfelt journey into Detroit's schools. This is an example of a community using video to capture the inspiration inherent in its nonprofit mission.

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Protecting Wild Lands Through Art

Tech Soup

Braided River, a Seattle-based nonprofit publishing company, has undertaken 16 conservation projects to date with just three staff people. Braided River combines the arts of photography and literature to create books, media campaigns, and museum exhibits about preserving North America's wild places. Large-Format Photography.

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Protecting Wild Lands Through Art

Tech Soup

Braided River, a Seattle-based nonprofit publishing company, has undertaken 16 conservation projects to date with just three staff people. Braided River combines the arts of photography and literature to create books, media campaigns, and museum exhibits about preserving North America's wild places. Large-Format Photography.

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Mobile for Good: May Edition

Tech Soup

There has been some interesting mobile-related legislation news as of late that affects some nonprofits, charities, public libraries, and social sector organizations. Weirdly, in California, there was some resistance to the bill by a domestic violence nonprofit. Legislation Beat. Tablet Tales. and Canada.

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Get the Equipment You Need to Shoot a Professional-Looking Video

Tech Soup

No matter your budget or movie-making skills, you can find the right combination of equipment for your nonprofit or public library. If you have a bigger budget to work with and some photography experience, you might invest in a DSLR camera, as you'll likely use it for more than just your videos. Pick Your Camera.

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10 Ways to Immediately Invest in Your Nonprofit Organization

NonProfit Hub

Let’s apply nonprofit-logic to some day-to-day life choices: 1. …Even if you can use that camera to start an awesome photography business on the side and through that create a permanent, life-long supplemental income (which will pay off for your camera costs within six months). Investing in Your Nonprofit (and Your People).