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The Davos Blur

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Then I plunged (late) into a session called “Discover a Hacker’s Mindset,” with Pablos Holman, which was chock-full of traditional hacking (lock-picking, credit card slurping) along with hacking the world: one on maintaining the arctic ice pack and the other on preventing hurricanes.

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The Next 4 Years: Tapping Into Nonprofit Expertise

The NonProfit Times

His unit, the 2nd Battalion 7th Marine Regiment, deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Just FYI, when a hurricane blew Homestead, Florida, pretty much the only thing left standing was the homes built by Habitat for Humanity. Marine Corps, Wood organized a team of veterans and doctors to head to Haiti following the devastating earthquake.

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

Eric Jacobsen Blog

While most of our jobs don''t involve leading a tour of Marines through an ambush, or rushing into a relief zone just decimated by a hurricane, in today''s fast-paced, hyper-competitive business environment, we are ALL on the front lines, says Wood. And we can all benefit from a strategic way to approach problems and decisions," he adds.

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

The Iraq War was raging. Pope John Paul II died, and Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. In the beginning, TechSoup’s Marnie Webb, Daniel Ben-Horin, and Billy Bicket created NetSquared to "remix the web for social change." " The year was 2005. TechSoup was then called CompuMentor. The buzzword then was Web 2.0,

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Fundraising Dips In First Quarter Of 2009

Care2

Prior to this study, the Index of the National Fundraising Performance had only been showing a gradual decline in donor numbers since the US Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005. The study also showed that for the first time since Target Analytics released its initial study in 2002, overall revenue per donor declined by 2.1%.

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Fundraising Dips In First Quarter Of 2009 - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005. Furthermore, this is the first time in eight years that we have a Democrat in the White House who is very supportive of major progressive causes such as health care reform, ending the war in Iraq, etc. However, things rapidly changed from Q4 in 2008 to Q1 in 2009.

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Alli Chagi-Starr, Art in Action/Ella Baker Center, Podcast Interview Transcription

Have Fun - Do Good

It's an amazing act of love really in response to the hurricane and the racial neglect that occurred down on the Gulf. He's an ex-Marine, has two sons in Iraq, is a arch Republican and right winger. We sat down and had organic tea together and talked about, you know, "What did you think of the President's address?"

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