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Performance Based Funding Institute to Improve Higher Education

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Members from organizations like the National Governor''s Association , Community College Research Center at Columbia University , and the National Conference of State Legislatures , served as content experts who guided the team planning using best practices from the field.

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Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Kindle Version, SF Events, and Dogs Who Love the Book!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’m excited because that means friends and NGO colleagues in other parts of the world can get the book! October 18 from 5-7 pm, Stanford University PACS - Book Discussion with the authors moderated by Lucy Bernholz. Thanks to everyone who has purchased a copy, reviewed it on Amazon, and shared a photo!

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How Drones Are Being Used to Benefit Humankind

Tech Soup

Even low-cost hobbyist drones like the Parrot AR drone quadricopter can produce and send high-definition videos and photos to a smartphone or tablet. In December 2013, drones from the NGO Direct Relief were put to work assessing damage and participating in search and rescue operations in the super typhoon Haiyan-stricken Philippines.

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RightsCon: The Promise and Peril of New Communications Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Access , the organizers of RightsCon, who work for digital freedom worldwide, consciously pitched this not as a human rights NGO conference. A few years back a fellow activist asked how the Universal Declaration of Human Rights could be embedded into Web 2.0 and that phrase still sticks with me.

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Metrics for Virtual Worlds: Can you measure engagement?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr photo from Carmello. via the Mind Blizzard Blog I learned of a new Dutch NGO island, called "Goede Doelen eiland" ( good causes island ). The island is sponsored by Dutch bankers ABN Amro and the Free University of Amsterdam (VUA) and was build by students of the VUA. "Measuring ???engagement???

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Mission in Action, in Life and in Work| The Storytelling Power of A Camera Lens

Connection Cafe

So while it isn’t unusual for me to see these partners in good out and about, it is a bit of surprise when that person turns out to be the leader of an international non-governmental organization (NGO) based many states and hundreds of miles away (who also happens to be a Blackbaud customer). The people they help. And I love it.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

Tech Soup

Now the bad news: the international NGO sector saw a decline in online giving. Pinterest is a social media photo-sharing website that allows users to create online image collections around specific events or subjects. Twitter followers increased dramatically, with 264 percent growth over the past year. Social Media.

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