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Ho’owaiwai: A Network in Hawaii

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is the name of a network of public and private organizations, communities, families, individuals, financial institutions, government and funders organized to build wealth and financial stability of Hawaii’s working families. ( [link] ). It is supported by the Hawaii Community foundation and a coalition of 11 funders.

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TechSoup Global at National Day of Civic Hacking

Tech Soup

The diverse crowd, made up of students, activists, government employees, and librarians, worked on datasets presented by the U.S. Arthur Grau of NetSquared Honolulu reported back on the National Day of Civic Hacking/Code for Hawaii event in Honolulu. Image 2: Code for Hawaii, Bytemarks. San Francisco Day of Civic Hacking.

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Court Date Pending For Daniel’s Law Data Suits

The NonProfit Times

Hollander, a lawyer who was angry about a ruling issued by Salas, had located the judge’s home, disguised himself as a delivery person, and shot both Daniel and Mark Anderl, Judge Salas’s husband. Other potentially involved parties claimed they were unaware of issues surrounding the lawsuits. Mark Anderl recovered from his injuries.

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Fighting for Civic Transparency with Technology in the Western Balkans

Tech Soup

When there's no transparency and accountability in government, citizens feel powerless and deceived by the politicians that represent them. The project is designed to be available to citizens 24 hours a day and aims to increase the government's communication efficiency. How can people fight back? Through technology!

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Why Privacy Matters (or Should) to Nonprofits

NTEN

Many nonprofit leaders aren't prepared to deal with this issue and that could mean dire consequences should the proper safeguards not be in place and a breach or theft occur. The BlueCross' original breach occurred in October 2009, but five months, $7 million and 110,000 work hours later, they are still dealing with the issue.

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Demographics Are Destiny: How and Why to Diversify Your Staff Now!

NTEN

It's also interesting to note that, according to Wikipedia, Hawaii, New Mexico, California and Texas are already majority-minority states. This is because diversity is more than an ethical issue. The point is that the changing demographics of the country are forcing nonprofits to address issues of diversity in their organization.

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Computer Refurbishment and Accessibility

Tech Soup

There are local government based nonprofit programs like Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities in Ohio, and ARC Broward. There are statewide programs like Texas Center for the Visually Challenged and Assistive Technology Resource Centers of Hawaii. Additional Nonprofit Accessible Technology Refurbishment Programs.