It's a traditional Louisiana dish that's eaten during Lent. "I think, in the organizing, and in the activism what gets lost so often is what we're working for. What we want is for all people to have some delicious, amazing, banging food!" MORE

Dr. Mario Pary of Smile Dental Center in Shreveport Louisiana participates in this event every year. posted by Cynthia Huynh Intern Crawford & O''B r ien It’s easy to spend time making flyers and posters to advertise your organization. MORE

One November 4th, NPR's Story of the Day podcast was about Robert 'King' Wilkerson who was in the Angola State Penitentiary in Louisiana for 31 years. I guess the theme of the day for me is candy. MORE

Louisiana uses text messaging for construction updates. A new text messaging program in Southwest Louisiana is using SMS to update its residents on real-time construction-related news. Text messaging’s popularity is showing up in all corners of the country. MORE

Reference to a Podcast Interview with Melissa FlournoyEmily Metzgar » Blog Archive » NDLA 9: Interview with Melissa Flournoy: "Episode 9 of the New Day Louisiana Podcast features an interview with Dr. Melissa Flournoy, president and CEO of LANO, the Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations. MORE

New Orleans, Louisiana: The Maker's Movement in NOLA Is Making Waves. Every month I bring you a roundup of free technology training events that will help nonprofit staffers like you build their skills. MORE

It reminded me of the restorative feeling of being at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art north of Copenhagen, and it made me wonder: how many kinds of artwork would be more fruitfully enjoyed in a relaxed setting with couches and natural light? MORE

Ricci, Vice President of Organizational Effectiveness, Greater New Orleans Foundation; Michael Tipton, President, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation; and Joe Rosier, President, Rapides Foundation. MORE

We are pleased to welcome 211 San Diego to our VisionLink network. It will be an honor to support their work! If you are planning on attending this year''s AIRS conference you will be able to enjoy a number of worthwhile workshops from these good folks at 211 San Diego. MORE

Other institutions are idiosyncratic in their relationship to their environment, like the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark, or to their community, like the Wing Luke Asian Museum. People often ask me which museums are my favorite. I don't like to give a list. MORE

The winner will receive the title of Taproot Foundation’s first-ever Pro Bono Role Model of the Year and represent the foundation at the 2011 National Conference on Volunteering and Service from June 6 – 8 in New Orleans, Louisiana! Do you know a mom or dad who is a professional superhero? Then you must nominate them to Taproot Foundation’s first-ever Pro Bono Role Model of the Year. Wondering what makes a professional superhero? MORE

Louisiana. So you want to start an organization that benefits a specific cause. Great! That’s why we’re here: to help you navigate this confusing sector simply saturated with content, ideas and innovation. But wait—should you really be starting a nonprofit? MORE

Some of the most successful online campaigns in the past few years — such as Tweetsgiving, opposition to mountaintop removal, government transparency activism in Canada, and the campaign for the Jena Six in Louisiana — have employed principles of community organizing to create effective online actions that helped activists win. That’s right, the session selection process is open for the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference ! MORE

Capital Area Corporate Recycling Council was recognized for their great disaster relief work and their leadership in teching up schools in southern Louisiana. MORE

Beverly started telling stories about growing up in Louisiana before abortion was legal. Beverly started telling stories about growing up in Louisiana before abortion was legal. NetCentric Advocacy Advocacy Strategy for the Age of Connectivity. Home Green Media Toolshed Profile Twitter Shared Links Subscribe Archives « The future belongs to the Curious | Main | Values Voters: Winning With Science in Arkansas? » April 24, 2007 Women. Women. Mother. Mother. MORE

As a second example, we later sojourned north to the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, a lovely art museum surrounded by incredible grounds on the seashore. A month ago, I wrote about the pleasure of secret, exclusive places in cultural venues, and many of you wrote in with stories of your own. MORE

The 1300th submission to the Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Awards is the Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations (LANO). Flickr: Cambodia4Kidsorg: Can you idnetify the NTEN superstars? This is where I give props to announcements and activities about NTEN members. If you're an NTEN member and have nptech news, don't forget to tag your posts "NTEN member" or "nptech" -- and give me a heads-up! MORE

The Louisiana Bucket Brigade (LABB), for instance, has used Ushahidi to document the impacts of oil spills and other petrochemical pollution on human health and the environment. MORE

We need volunteers to review the wiki section by section and make sure that there are resources collected for Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Source: Weather Channel Alerts 2009 was looking like a very uneventful hurricane season. MORE

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States Noon Central time / 1:00 p.m. TechSoup and NetSquared have joined forces to bring you a September full of social media learning! All month long, we're putting on events and publishing content to sharpen your social media skills. MORE

Louisiana. Louisiana charitable registration: $25 (no filing if exempt). The process of starting a nonprofit requires a fair amount of savvy and know-how. Building from the ground up, it’s often difficult knowing where to start. Questions arise like “What do I need” and “Why do I need it?” ” One of the biggest question marks comes up when it’s time to calculate the cost of your nonprofit. MORE

New Orleans, Louisiana: December Meetup: Topic TBA. TechSoup’s NetSquared community organizers connect nonprofits with local technology experts. Our volunteer-run events are live, free, and held monthly. MORE

She asked whether anyone knew the whereabouts of her three aunts, who were missing since Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana Aug. Disasters in the Internet age : "Disasters in the Internet age The Internet -- more than any other tool -- is proving to be a significant means of communication during disasters. BY Dibya Sarkar Published on Oct. 31, 2005 On Sept. 15, through a private Web site called LATalk.org, Ruby pleaded for help. MORE

The newest Big Vision podcast is up , and it is an interview with Ilyse Hogue, the Global Finance Campaign Director for the Rainforest Action Network and one of the founders of SmartMeme , a non-profit collective of long term organizers, strategists, trainers and communications professionals. MORE

Members of the NAF WBL Fellows 2014 The National Academy Foundation (NAF) is a leader in preparing high school students for college and career success. MORE

In 2015, the state of Louisiana consumed more energy per capita than any other state, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. MORE

This year the award went to Nancy Jo Craig who runs the nonprofit Capital Area Corporate Recycling Council (CACRC) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. When she ran the Nature Conservancy in Louisiana, 200,000 acres were set aside. All of southern Louisiana had been hit. MORE

AFP: MySpace links users to US hurricane emergency alerts: "NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) — In what is heralded as the seeds of an Internet-age emergency broadcast system, MySpace has teamed with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to spread news on hurricanes through users of the online social network.As MORE

Lemoine, APRN, MN, AOCN, RN-BC, Interim Louisiana State University Public Hospital, New Orleans, LA. Karen Minder, RN, MSN, Palm Beach Cancer Institute, West Palm Beach, FL. Jacqui Mitchell, MSN, APRN, AOCNS, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI. MORE

I’d never experienced New Orleans, Louisiana (or NOLA as the locals call it), but I thought I knew it well. posted by. Deirdre Maloney, President of Momentum LLC. and Professor for the University. of San Diego's Master's of. Nonprofit Leadership. Last month I found myself in New Orleans. For about 20 hours. It was just enough time to roam the infamous French Quarter, kick around Bourbon Street, take a historical walking tour and head out to the next city. MORE

Ryan Rastegar – Campaign Coordinator, Mississippi River Delta Restoration Ryan is the Campaign Coordinator for the Mississippi River Delta Restoration Campaign whose primary goal is to restore Louisiana’s coast (which is losing a football field of land every hour!). So you got 10,000 people to sign your petition - awesome! Now let the fun begin. We all know that petitions are effective for list growth and influencing policy when combined with a strategic campaign plan. MORE

New Orleans, Louisiana: Putting NOLA on the Product Hunt Map. Have you ever thought about hosting nonprofit technology events in your community? You should, because it's awesome fun. MORE

They provide support for Louisiana’s music community and strive to preserve the state’s musical culture. Skip to content Clients Services Portfolio About Us Contact Blog Home > Blog Recent Posts 07/16/2010: The Wisdom of the Old Spice Man 07/12/2010: Is your online campaign going to succeed? MORE

Facebook ‘like’ competitions award philanthropy funds - News - The Daily Reveille - Louisiana State University : acebook news feeds have blown up recently as thousands of University students rush to join online competitions for Aspen Heights and other housing communities that award winners with cash MORE

New Orleans, Louisiana: Hack Night — GNOCode — Net2NO: Meetup Extravaganza. NetSquared believes in the power of meeting face to face in physical space. MORE

Disaster Relief Of A Different Kind - West Virginia Headline News and Talk Radio : Seventeen West Virginia Office of Technology employees are working long hours in Louisiana lending an IT helping hand following what Hurricane Isaac left behind. The workers volunteered for the service and state Chief Technology Officer Gale Given says they've been busy since they arrived. They are helping intake centers distribute food stamp cards," she said. MORE

Nice work, Louisiana. A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources and other goodies. Read more posts on our blog. Classic chicken v egg: Is there more data because there are more techies? Or more techies because data keeps pouring out of the system faster than we can keep up? MORE

New Orleans, Louisiana: Glossophobics Anonymous (or How to Hone your Public Speaking Skills). Technology helps nonprofits deliver on our missions more effectively, but it can also be fiendishly complicated. MORE

New Orleans, Louisiana: The Mother of All Meetups Returns to Present the Power of the Presentation. TechSoup's NetSquared community of Tech4Good meetups is growing! As of January 25, there are 40,000 nonprofit members attending free tech networking events and workshops in 75 cities. MORE