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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Organization: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. Facebook has been a highly effective tool and is the strongest in communicating the message of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, but also allows people to connect and offer support to each other. Organization Size: Medium. Name: Allison Nassour. Title: Social Media Manager.

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Radio and TV host Larry King dies at 87

The Verge

Larry always viewed his interview subjects as the true stars of his programs,” the statement from Ora reads. Whether he was interviewing a U.S. He proudly claimed he didn’t prepare for his interviews, which often had an impromptu feeling to them. “I At one time a heavy smoker, King was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2017.

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An Interview With Facebook’s Libby Leffler: Facebook and Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I sat down for an interview to learn more about her work at Facebook and tips for nonprofits. We featured her as a guest on our Facebook Live program at WEF interviewed by New York Times columnist, Nicholas Kristof. In 2010, 35 year-old Gabe Canales was diagnosed with prostate cancer. What is your current job at Facebook?

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New Pew Research Report: The Future of Digital Life and Well-Being

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Pew Research Center has released a research report called “ The Future of Digital Life and Well-Being.” ” Pew interviewed technology experts and scholars (including me) about the benefits and drawbacks of our digital lives. Life-saving advice and assistance. 11, 2017, and Jan. Glorious connectedness.

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How Game On Cancer Cracked the Code on Engaging Physicians and Cancer Survivors

Connection Cafe

A cancer survivor and their network of loved ones want to come together and do something meaningful and they often turn to a national organization. This fall , Game On Cancer , a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign at Henry Ford Health System , finally cracked the code o n engaging patients and physicians. Pre-Game .

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Immunai raises $60M as it expands from improving immune therapies to discovering new ones, too

TechCrunch

“I hope it doesn’t sound corny, but we don’t have the luxury to move more slowly,” explained Immunai co-founder and CEO Noam Solomon in an interview. ” Mission Bio raises $70 million to help scale its tech for improving the development of targeted cancer therapies.

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Artificial raises $21M led by Microsoft’s M12 for a lab automation platform aimed at life sciences R&D

TechCrunch

Automation is extending into every aspect of how organizations get work done, and today comes news of a startup that is building tools for one industry in particular: life sciences. “The basic premise of what we’re trying to do is accelerate the rate of discovery in labs,” Fuller said in an interview.

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