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VisionLink Supports the National Academy Foundation’s Work-Based Learning Fellows

VisionLink

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. VisionLink’s Strategic Advantage department supported the kick-off of the 2014 cohort of NAF Work-Based Learning (WBL) Fellows.

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Nancy Jo Craig’s Lifetime Achievement Award In Nonprofit Computer Refurbishment

Tech Soup

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. It was not an easy road for Nancy. It as a lucky thing they did.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

Green Technology. In hardware life extension news, the grand award winner for software in Popular Science's Best of What's New 2013 this year is a server/software technology called Neverware Juicebox. This new technology has become available in time to help public schools in the U.S. Social Media. Shared.com.

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Your Official #18NTC Local's Guide to New Orleans

Everyaction

Considering our team is obsessed with all that is NOLA, we thought we'd share some favorite local spots to eat, drink, party, and enjoy the sights while visiting for the Nonprofit Technology Conference. The bar itself carries as much history as the famous beverage; once a favorite haunt of Famed Louisiana Governor and U.S. Willa Jean.

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The Art of Petition Delivery

Care2

She has extensive knowledge of NP technology, organizing and fundraising, gathered in part from her role as a co-founder of a national coalition to protect national forests from industrial logging. It is a coalition effort comprised of National Wildlife Federation, National Audubon Society and Environmental Defense Fund.

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Things We Like (February 2011)

NTEN

Then there's the Freedom Filter , mapping which nations retrict various freedoms -- something that's likely changing even as you read this. Oh, and National Geographic posted a wonderful map showing the top surnames distributed across the country. Nice work, Louisiana. As a side note: Oregon's beer is better than yours!]

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Ushahidi Develops Innovative Tools for Nonprofits and Others Working to Benefit the Public

Tech Soup

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. TechSoup has been working since the 1980s to help nonprofits develop their technology capacity. It puts one type of data on a map. Ushahidi's Early Days.

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