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Mashable's Top 75+ Green Twits to Follow: NTEN Orgs Represented in a Major Way

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Normally, I'd include NTEN member accolades in my weekly round-ups, but there were just so many NTEN folks represented on Mashable's list of the 75+ Environmentalists you should follow on Twitter , I figured it merited its very own post. National Wildlife Federation : @NWF (Danielle Brigida's org). Follow Danielle @starfocus.

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A Rant About Accidental Techies

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Shirky observes that his female students tend to miss out on career opportunities because they rarely promote themselves like "arrogant self-aggrandizing jerks", as his male students seem far better able to do. At my last org job, this room for me to grow and lead was key to many of the org's most successful projects.

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Millennial Innovators: Meet Ecoviate, GiveMob, and Scholarships Expanding Education (SEE)

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I was especially intrigued about this part of the event because, with the help of our friends at LimeRed Studios, NTEN is planning its own Idea Accelerator at the Leading Change Summit this September.) Every day the app shows a new nonprofit campaign, whether project-specific or org-specific. Pitch-It competition. (I

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Learn Nonprofit Tech Skills at a NetSquared Meetup

Tech Soup

This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Victoria, British Columbia: Demonstrating Value: Build a Management and Reporting Dashboard for Your Org. Busia, Kenya: Teaching Mobile Apps Development to High School Students. Upcoming Events.

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Guest Post by Laura Norvig: Friendfeed As Nonprofit Technology Water Cooler

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week I dropped in on the weekly NTEN Water Cooler chat hosted by Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer of SocialFish. Many community members are avid users of and students of social media – for some it is an integral part of their profession, so this is a great place to learn about social media. for the last five years or so).

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Give a Little Bit at the Day of Service

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It's simple: We work with fabulous local hosts to recruit NTC-area orgs who need some help. for engaging college students, faculty, and nonprofits, to involve them in helping develop, implement, and evaluate Research Matchmaker. Conference attendees volunteer their time on the first day of the conference, between 8am and noon.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Party Metaphors, Conversations, and A Few Good Links

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon, the capstone thesis project for Heinz School Masters students. Inspired by the NTEN blog post about whether online engagement leads to more money, Gavin's Digital Dinner gives a brilliant counter point essay on the topic filled with facts and nice pie charts.

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