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It’s possible to work across differences: Here’s how 

Candid

Backed by the New Pluralists, Resetting the Table (RTT) stepped in with a plan for training ideologically and racially diverse local leaders to discuss issues together. It turned out, however, that local leaders werent ready to interact across such intense divides. This led to joint action on violence prevention, food access, and more.

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Conservation Planners Use Benetech's Miradi Software to Help Save Reefs in Guam

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Elaina Todd, an environmental planner who develops social marketing campaigns with the nonprofit conservation group Rare, is profiled in our most recent case study for Benetech’s Miradi software. Miradi, is used by nature conservation practitioners around the world to design, manage, monitor and learn from their projects.

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Want to stay healthier and fulfilled later in life? Try volunteering

Fast Company Tech

Tocqueville observed that Americans of all ages, all conditions, all minds were likely to unite in many kinds of groups or associations. Try joining an organization or association in your community, taking part in neighborhood cleanups, or volunteering at your local senior center, animal shelter, or museum. More recently, former U.S.

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In Texas, ‘water is the new oil’ as cities square off over aquifers that may soon dry out

Fast Company Tech

In Central Texas, a bitter fight over a $1 billion water project offers a preview of the future for much of the state as decades of rapid growth push past the local limits of its most vital natural resource. The offices of the Brazos Valley Groundwater Conservation District in the tiny town of Hearne. It stops it. You cant just say no.

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50 Nonprofits Every U.S. Politican Should Follow on Twitter

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Crisis Group :: @ CrisisGroup. National Parks Conservation Association :: @ NPCA. Ocean Conservancy :: @ OurOcean. And if you are an influencial blogger in your local community, state, or country, may I suggest you create a similar list of nonprofits to follow relevant to your corner of the world.

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5 Reasons Your Board Should Switch to Google Drive

Nonprofit Tech for Good

More importantly, moving to the cloud is a great way to demonstrate transparency, strengthen institutional memory, conserve resources, collaborate, and display tech-savvy. 3) Conserve Resources. 1) Demonstrate Transparency. Transparency is an essential quality for a nonprofit. Sample Google Drive Structure Available for Download.

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Direct mail built the conservative movement. Can influencers beat it?

M+R

One from your local real estate agent, advertising the house you can buy on one salary. That version of you — now sitting on a valuable piece of real estate — probably had their address bought by a man named Paul Weyrich, a pioneer of conservative political direct mail. Then interest groups followed suit. Taxpayer” groups.