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Contemplating Boulder and Social Impact

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Chuck is the president of Naropa University , but we first met when he was leading the Greyston Foundation, a pioneering social enterprise known for originally making brownies for Ben ‘n Jerry’s ice cream while employing formerly incarcerated individuals as the primary workforce. I have half a dozen great connections as a result.

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Keeping Your 2016 Resolutions with NetSquared's Free Workshops

Tech Soup

Now, I'm no Houdini, but I predict that your New Year's resolutions are noble, high-minded stuff like "find a mentor" or "learn a new skill every month." San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night.

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3 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofits That Can Boost Professional Success

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When you have worked in a field a long time (for me it has been over 3 decades), you have to keep an open mind about remembering and reflecting on what you have heard before — looking at as if it was new. Our book tour starts at the end of January, so if you are in San Francisco, Oakland, Boston, NYC, or Washington, DC, please join us.

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How Nonprofits Have Reframed Their Messaging in the Wake of COVID-19

Connection Cafe

That network supports local leaders in improving education policy through advocacy. Local communities were. We wanted to share stories of that help and local support, otherwise everything would have been confounded in misery. We had to work closely to support local clubs in navigating this.

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Corporate Giving: What’s Next? Lessons from the Maple Syrup Mafia

NonProfit Hub

Her day job is connecting donors with opportunities to make a difference, as the Associate Director, Advancement for the Faculty of Applied Science at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia Canada. It’s a short, two hour flight from San Francisco and the Silicon Valley. Rory Green is a guest blogger for Nonprofit Hub.

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Interview with Temra Costa, Author of Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat

Have Fun - Do Good

I was already studying agriculture at the University Wisconsin-Madison. It was shocking and deplorable, really terrible, to learn that and know that it's not at the forefront of a lot of people's thinking when they think about local food or regional food. They're also providing a lot of jobs locally. It stops at a certain point.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

Get ready to learn from some of the best analytics minds out there. It will bring together the practitioners, scientists and creative minds of behavior change to discuss the science and technology of change. Grantmakers In Health (GIH) / San Diego, CA / $1,400. Social Good Tech / San Francisco, CA / Not available.

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