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This magical California camp is designed by—and for—visually impaired people

Fast Company Tech

The camp was originally designed in the early 1900s for people with sight, but it has become a beloved retreat for the blind and visually-impaired for the last 75 years. This is an experience and a property that reflects that it was created by and for blind people.

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5 Ways to Build a Digital Community that will Transform Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Digital communities allow nonprofits to reach more people, amplify their message, and increase their overall impact. Ideally, dedicating 15 minutes each weekday to engagement can make a significant difference in building a supportive online community. This is why every nonprofit should be focused on expanding their online presence.

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How a Community of Long-Term Monthly Donors Make a Long-Term Difference

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Water.org ’s approach to empowering people with safe water and sanitation delivers on long-term impact expectations and makes it convenient for donors to create the change they wish to see in the world. Each month, they help create financial opportunity that previously did not exist for people in poverty. Creating powerful solutions.

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Get inside the minds of first-time travelers in this new documentary

Mashable Tech

The highs of new sights, smells, people, foods, and experiences leave you changed in a way that’s hard to describe. Feel connected to the globe Each first-time traveler featured in the documentary has a different life experience, and they embark on different trips.

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This is how to rewire your brain in less than a day according to a neuroscientist

Fast Company Tech

He brings each person into his mind and heart, expresses gratitude for their work in the world, and considers how he can best support them. I reflected on the people that I planned to see that day and chose one thing that Id like to thank them for. Most people would consider their mind more important than their teeth.

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Amazon’s new cinema plan is perfect… for the ‘80s

Engadget

The move comes in the face of shrinking box office receipts and fewer people heading to the cinema in general. Not to mention its also planning to produce an equal number of films thatll go direct to Prime, which seems counter-intuitive given the desire to push people toward theaters.

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

Fast Company Tech

Bickel As gerontologists social scientists who study aging populations we envision a future in which older people leave a doctors visit with a prescription to go volunteer for something. In addition, their blood pressure is lower , and they appear to be aging more slowly than other people of the same age. AP Photo/Joshua A.

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