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50 State VOAD Community

VisionLink

Pleased to report that Ray, Rene, Joanne, and I are attending the annual conference of the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) here in Norfolk, Virginia. This is the 20th annual conference, and befitting the theme, Mountains to Sea , VisionLink is proud to release its 50 State VOAD Community project.

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LGBTQ+ advocacy strategies to generate advocates year-round

EveryAction

For example, Equality Virginia recently hosted trainings on how to advocate for LGBTQ-inclusive policies at school board meetings, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America developed a rhythm of consistent virtual trainings to scale up their National Volunteer Program in 2022.

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Reverse Engineering the Nissan Leaf's Range Display

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

However, my wife, Virginia, was not enthusiastic. Virginia and Jennifer would go in the Kleckner's Prius (which is a gas-electric hybrid with plenty of range) and the two Jim's would take the Leaf. The route mapping said we had four more miles to go: would we make it, or would we need to call our doubting spouses and admit defeat?!

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CountyHealthRankings.org Gives First County-by-County Snapshot of Health in Each State

Forum One

" The site features interactive, color-coded health outcome maps for each state -- such as this Virginia map -- illustrating the relative health of all of the state's counties. See Virginia's table.) Additionally, a user can view maps for individual counties, such as Fairfax County , Va.,

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How to Better Choose the World's Most Innovative Nonprofits

Tech Soup

Direct Relief — For using interactive mapping to fight Ebola. Direct Relief made the list for "mapping and data collection [that] allowed the group to track the spread of the disease and identify where help was needed." Image 2 : Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine / CC BY-NC. The Howard G.

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ILoveMountains.org Blogger's Challenge (You Can Help If You Aren't a Blogger Too!)

Have Fun - Do Good

Primarily, mountaintop removal is occurring in West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee. Track anyone who "Spreads the Word," or joins the Blogger's Challenge from your web page, or blog on your personal impact map. Create a personalized "Spread the Word" widget to embed on your blog.

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Improve Your Fundraising Approach and Skills at NetSquared Meetups

Tech Soup

Sweet Briar, Virginia: Using Data to Reach Your Audience. Bath, United Kingdom: Tech for Good Community Mapping. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina: Crowdsourcing Change: The Social Web to Nonprofits. Thursday, October 19, 2017. Monroeville, Pennsylvania: TechNow 2017 Conference. Friday, October 20, 2017.