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My Triple Ripple of Kindness: Helping Women in San Jose and Kenya

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I used my $100 check to purchase holiday gifts for Next Door Solutions, an agency here in Silicon Valley that safety for battered women and their children through emergency shelter; multiple points of entry for victims; individuals, system and institutional advocacy; crisis intervention; education for victims and the community. Your turn.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The event was hosted in San Jose by the Community Foundation Silicon Valley. Kailash rescues people (mainly children) from slavery/debt bondage/trafficking, and is promoting the Rugmark label as an indicator of no child or debt bondage labor. Robert Redford, the host of the show, was there.

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Build great companies, then help build a great world

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The San Jose Mercury News just published my op-ed today entitled Build great companies, then help build a great world. We now realize that taking social action is in our direct interest and that of our children, whether it addresses human rights or the likely impacts of global warming.

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A Couple of Do Good iPhone Apps

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You'll find reviews of iPhone apps from the Olympics , National Center for Missing Children , the San Jose Museum , and others. The Extraordinaries has also been doing a good job of tracking nonprofit iPhone apps over at their blog.

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Approach Social Media Like Thomas Edison

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Opera San Jose Case Study. Opera San Jose gave a presentation on its #operaplot hashtag contest where participants has to tweet the plots of operas in 140 characters. View more presentations. Some of the presentations focused on the tactics. Here I saw a deepening of understanding and practice.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Arts & Culture

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Areas served: San Jose, St. The Highland Street Foundation is committed to addressing the most pressing needs and concerns for children and families in Massachusetts and California. Their investments focus on authenticity/inclusion, transformation, and the development of talent and organizations. Highland Street Foundation.

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Join the Blogger Challenge: Raise Funds for Public Schools

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blogger fundraising education bloggerschoose philanthropy Photo of Children's Garden from spacecadet's Flickr stream. According to DonorsChoose: "low income" refers to the percentage of students at a given school who qualify for free lunch, which is considered a measure of economic need. This photo has an Attribution 2.0

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