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The Next 4 Years: Tapping Into Nonprofit Expertise

The NonProfit Times

It has more than 125,000 volunteers, has responded to disasters in 700-plus communities, and raised nearly $250 million. His unit, the 2nd Battalion 7th Marine Regiment, deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Team Rubicon is widely known for its innovation and unique culture. Following four years in the U.S. He’s been there and done that.

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Take Command -- How To Be A First Responder In Business (Interview With Author Jake Wood)

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Jake Wood , author of, Take Command , weaves together hard-learned lessons in leadership and teamwork from his experiences in college football , as a former Marine sniper and as cofounder and CEO of Team Rubicon -- a disaster relief organization that unites military veterans with first responders deployed to areas hit by natural disasters.

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Change.org is Hiring Bloggers for Social Action Blog Network

Have Fun - Do Good

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Social Media for Good and Evil, Strong and Weak Ties, Online/Offline,and Orgs and Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America is using the web to bring back together their band of brothers and sisters. Marc VanBree talks about it from his experience as a free agent raising money for disaster relief in Nashville. The examples are there, too. The Obama campaign, for one.

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50 Nonprofits To Be Grateful For This Thanksgiving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Because they are always the first to arrive on the scene after a natural disaster. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. Because 3-4 million cats and dogs are euthanized each year in America. Facebook || Twitter || YouTube || Flickr. American Red Cross. Facebook || Twitter || YouTube || Google+ || LinkedIn || Flickr.

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50 Nonprofits To Be Grateful For This Thanksgiving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Because they are always the first to arrive on the scene after a natural disaster. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. Because 3-4 million cats and dogs are euthanized each year in America. Facebook || Twitter || YouTube || Flickr. American Red Cross. Facebook || Twitter || YouTube || Google+ || LinkedIn || Flickr.

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Americans still believe they live in a compassionate country, report shows

Fast Company Tech

I covered the war between Iraq and Iran. adults living in 12 cities in 2024 in order to learn more about the prevalence of compassionate behaviors such as charitable giving, volunteering and assisting others in their recovery from disasters. I witnessed ethnic strife in South Africa and the toll poverty takes in Mexico.

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