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Josh, a new indie feature film set in Pakistan

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Last night, Virginia and I were in a packed auditorium at Stanford watching a preview screening of a terrific new indie feature film, Josh. Virginia had heard of Indus World Music , his San Francisco company that is dedicated to Raaga music, both classical and popular.

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Keeping the Rich History of Virginia Preserved and Secure

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She was George Washington's mother, born in Lancaster County in Virginia's Northern Neck region. " The library contains thousands of published records, books, manuscripts, periodicals, and microfilms about the Northern Neck region of Virginia. Small Staff, Big Impact.

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Cool App Roundup: Library Edition

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use apps and mobile technology. And these technologies can help patrons engage with library (and other) collections in new ways. African-American history mobile tour uses GPS technology to pinpoint historically relevant campus sites nearby. Arts organizations are using mobile technology to help people find. collection?

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

Nonprofit Technology, and more! Nonprofit organizations have moved well past the time when technology and data were treated as standalone entities. And like those other core functions, we must examine our technology and data strategies to properly evaluate and prioritize our needs and successfully build our digital capacity.

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The 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

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Nonprofit Technology, and more! Virginia Nonprofit Institute. Virginia Nonprofit Institute. The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences + Festivals offer the unique convergence of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies. Nonprofit Communications and Technology Conference. So don't wait!

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How Chestnut Ridge Church Reinvents the Church Experience with Technology

Tech Soup

It's probably no accident that Chestnut Ridge Church has become the largest church in West Virginia. It's all made possible by the church's creative use of technology. We talked to creative and music director Karen Haring, to see how this church does it. We couldn't do as many things we do without it."

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Meet the Bookshare in-house summer volunteer team!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

John Pastorius I am from Smithfield, Virginia. I attend Lynchburg College in Lynchburg, Virginia where I am studying music performance. I first found out about Bookshare when it was starting as I found a technology tutor, and she showed me how to get books in electronic form so I didn’t have 26 volumes of a textbook.

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