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10 Nonprofits to Support on World Humanitarian Day

EveryAction

Their work spans the globe, including promoting the work of a vegetable and chicken farmer in Vietnam , providing financial support to nearly 2,000 families participating in soil conservation projects in Guatemala , and building sanitation facilities in Somalia. Take Action | Twitter | Facebook. Women's Refugee Commission. The Carter Center.

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Experts Weigh In: Applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) for Government

Forum One

He was recognized in Forbes magazine’s “30 under 30” for law and policy and as a Rising Star by Federal Computer Week. from Villanova University, an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School, and an MS from the Stanford Graduate School of Business as a Sloan Fellow.‍ ‍Jay earned a B.A.

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How Drones Are Being Used to Benefit Humankind

Tech Soup

Conservation mapping and 3D imaging. They are perfect for wildlife conservation, search and rescue, and understanding what is needed in disaster relief. In Africa, conservation drones are being used to locate rhinoceros poachers. law enforcement agencies have been expanding their use of surveillance drones.

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[VIDEO] Raising More Money By Asking (And Answering) Better Questions

Bloomerang

” And Lynn Grant, a great fundraiser working with Nature Conservancy in Canada, was going into a corporate office a number of years ago, they were going to ask for a quarter of a million dollars. David Dunlop, who many of you will know as from Cornell University, spent his life there, took 13 years to get a $100 million-plus gift.

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Carnet Williams: Nonprofit Technology, Blogging, Aggregating, & Surfing.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My introduction to the nonprofit technology space occurred during my first year of law school in Oregon (1995). I formed Community Networking Technologies (CNT) with another law student (Rachel Ogdie, now my wife Yeh!) I also met Rob Stuart early on as an organizer of the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference in Eugene.

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How the Media Covered White Supremacy in 2020

M+R

The energized movement to address—and often remove— memorials to individuals who held slaves in bondage or committed treason in defense of slavery, led efforts to seize the land of Indigenous people, or advanced racist policies. This is particularly important to remember when creating messaging for “moderate” or “conservative” audiences.

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Trump Is Right—And Wrong—About Section 230

Global Giving

A brief flurry of social media activity followed, with some offering the view that repealing this law would likely have the effect of turning social media giants into political censors. The history and importance of the law has been described elsewhere; Casey Newton of Platformer and formerly of the Verge did a particularly great job.

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