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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Education

Kindful

The educational goals for the funders in this list include increasing postsecondary and higher learning opportunities, advancing innovation inside the classroom, engaging more students in the arts, and enhancing early childhood development, just to name a few. They provide education tailored to girls’ needs. State Street Foundation.

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Rare Apple VideoPad prototype scrapped by Steve Jobs set to be auctioned

The Verge

The long-lost Apple VideoPad 2 prototype is going up for auction in November as part of a History of Science and Technology auction by Bonhams, an international auction house, in Los Angeles. The VideoPad will be auctioned alongside other Apple prototypes and Steve Jobs memorabilia and is estimated to sell between $8,000 and $12,000.

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Some Reflections about Social Data in the Cloud from the Social Innovation Summit 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One example comes from, StethoCloud , which developed a solution to diagnose childhood pneumonia. Intercepting wildlife transferred across borders is critical to slowing illegal trade and DNA barcoding provides a public library of DNA barcode tests for enforcement officials to use as a front-line tool.

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Research Friday: Branding in the nonprofit sector

ASU Lodestar Center

In the article Non-profit branding: Cause and brand effect the author states “Lots of not-for-profits were set up to deal with public symptoms. In celebration of the name change, New Pathways for Youth hosted a block party for the community where local phoenix public figures spoke in support of the new branding. 2] Michel, G., &

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Using ChatGPT to write an email? Sure. But an obituary?

Recode by Vox

I was just like, there’s no way I can do this, the 31-year-old from Los Angeles says. But after the technological advances heralded by ChatGPTs public release in late 2022, the applications of the technology exploded. But King had never written one before and didnt know where to start. The grief wasnt helping either.

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Jack Selby of Thiel Capital is using a new VC fund to invest in Arizona startups

TechCrunch

My dad [experienced] a bit of both, so we had this almost army brat-type upbringing, moving seven times during my childhood. The best analogy I can give you is Los Angeles, but just, say, 50 years earlier. Obviously, a growing number of people in Peter’s world are running for public office.

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Graphic novels are booming in popularity. It’s changing children’s relationship with books

Fast Company Tech

A Los Angeles city councilman holding horror and crime comics, purchased ca. 1954 [Photo: Los Angeles Daily News/Wiki Commons] How Comics got a bad name Comics first emerged in the early 1900s, when newspapers published humorous serialized comic strips. Will kids ever make the leap to more traditional prose?