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A Hearty Congratulations to TechSoup Members Winning Google Impact Challenge Awards

Tech Soup

Students develop and run a business, gain confidence, academic support, and mentorship. Beyond 12 is developing the next generation of MyCoach, a mobile app that helps low-income students navigate the path to college and stay on track once they arrive, significantly enhancing graduation rates.

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3 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofits That Can Boost Professional Success

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Our book tour starts at the end of January, so if you are in San Francisco, Oakland, Boston, NYC, or Washington, DC, please join us. Innovation Lab Facilitation : For the past few years, I’ve trained in and designed and facilitated innovation labs using the Luma Institute Methods.

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Fostering Innovation and Creativity in Youth Through App Development

Tech Soup

story chronicled a middle school student who built an app to help him. Not only did the piece showcase the uniqueness of this particular student, but also the opportunity to cultivate creativity through technical. is an organization based out of Oakland, California. Forage Oakland project. As a 2010 winner. in your area?

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Improving Family Exhibitions by Co-Creating with Children

Museum 2.0

With the support of museum staff, children developed the exhibition theme, selected the objects, designed the space, developed interpretative materials (including interactives), managed the budget, raised sponsorship, created press and marketing materials, put on the opening party, led interpretative tours, and trained museum guides.

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Hospital Volunteering: 3 Things You Didn't Know & How the Web Can Help

Have Fun - Do Good

For example, after our conversation, I checked out the volunteer opportunities at one of my local hospitals, the Children's Hospital and Research Center in Oakland. interview college students via the web so that they can be interns when they come home for the summer). Orientations and trainings (i.e. Interviews (i.e

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3 Ways to Support the Asian American Community

Saleforce Nonprofit

Compassion in Oakland : Compassion in Oakland provides Oakland Chinatown with resources for promoting safety and community through elder chaperoning and community outreach. Read more about how to become an ally and how to combat anti-Asian racism , and take a course on cultivating equality in the workplace. About the Author.

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Interview with Jodie Van Horn of Freedom from Oil and Plug-in Bay Area

Have Fun - Do Good

The three Bay Area municipalities, along with Oakland and San Francisco (who haven't placed their orders yet) have all signed-on to be part of Plug-In Bay Area, an initiative to put more plug-in hybrid vehicles on the road. In October the City of Berkeley soft ordered 40 plug-ins and in December the city of Alameda soft ordered 98.