Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 27, 2008

As part of the large national award we received from the Department of Education, we are spending a lot more time in Washington. I had the chance to meet with Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa last month, and tell him about Bookshare.org for ten minutes.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Yet a 2% hike would be getting off easy, considering that if you live in Hawaii, youll have to shell out $143 for that same dozen, which is 58% more expensive than the national average. Wondering where the best bargain can be found?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2023

Gregory Shill, a professor of law at the University of Iowa who teaches a class on the Civil Rights Act as part of his Contracts class, told TechCrunch+ that a victory by Blum and the American Alliance for Equal Rights would stop many of the efforts designed to address the current disparities within venture capital.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

2016 Alliance National Conference. 2016 Alliance National Conference. Take full advantage of the best national peer network by attending the 2016 Alliance National Conference. National Arts Marketing Project Conference. National Arts Marketing Project Conference. ASAE / National Harbor, MD / $1,399.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 8, 2011

A recent report authored by several partner organizations, including the National Conference on Citizenship , CIRCLE , Civic Enterprises , the Saguaro Seminar , and the National Constitution Center suggests that there may be a correlation between civic engagement and the unemployment rate. Data were taken from the U.S.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 17, 2022

is the first national fund in the country dedicated to uplifting, resourcing, and building the capacity of Black trans social justice leaders. PFund Foundation builds community and provides resources for LGBTQ+ individuals across the upper Midwest and the First Nations therein. The Black Trans Fund?is Areas served: United States.

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See3

DECEMBER 17, 2007

One of the most successful organizations at showing their activities as tangible items is Heifer International – where you can actually gift a water buffalo to a poor family in a developing nation. I received an email just now from the Iowa State Director of the Obama campaign. But we also know that we’re not in this alone.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 30, 2020

This use of these simulated scenarios sets Waymo apart from other AV operators, said Daniel McGehee, director of the National Advanced Driving Simulator Laboratories at the University of Iowa.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JULY 13, 2007

As server infrastructure grows (just glance at these articles on Google's development projects in Iowa , and North Carolina ) energy use increases as well. According to a study done at the Lawrence National Laboratory at Berkely, in 2005 server farms already consumed a whopping 1.2

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

I also facilitated several design labs with nonprofits as part of the research for the Happy Healthy Nonprofit at the Alliance for Nonprofit Management and the National Arts Marketing Project. This year I facilitated several labs, including one for the Brainerd Foundation to rethink 21 st Century Advocacy.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

With 9 facilities in Iowa up and running and talks progressing with dozens more ahead of a planned 2022 launch, the company may soon usher in a fundamental change in how incarcerated people access communication and education.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Iowa Healthiest State Initiative “To become the healthiest state in the nation by improving the physical, social and emotional well-being of Iowans.” Iowa Healthiest State Initiative ‘s mission statement answers the question one would ask once reading the nonprofit’s name: What does it mean to be the healthiest state?

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BoardAssist

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Anne Wallestead is the President and CEO of national nonprofit BoardSource, one of the leading resources on governance available to the nonprofit community. A seasoned nonprofit professional, Anne has held leadership positions with a number of local and national organizations. And what are we willing to do about it?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2015

The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) is an organization dedicated to "creating a social, political and economic environment in which violence against women no longer exists. Crisis Intervention Service serves 15 counties in north central Iowa. Get inspired to bring attention to your organization's cause.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2014

The National Endowment for the Arts has the Our Town program, which supports arts projects that make communities more livable. She uses information from the University of Iowa College of Public Health's Rural Policy Research Institute. Almost every federal agency has a rural grant program.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 3, 2005

And I spoke to a sergeant from Iowa who had lost one of his legs but was working vigorously to get accustomed to his prosthetic leg so he could return to Iraq as soon as he could. The Vice-President made statements on national television expressing certainty about Iraq's nuclear weapons programs.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

On October 21, 2008, I interviewed Marianne Manilov, the National Team Leader at The Engage Network, about their work. As a college student, I was part of the national student divestment movement. I went to the University of Iowa. For folks who don't know, what is The Engage Network? We took over a building. We locked down.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

1) Ellen Toscano, 2024 Bid Master Winner Voted as the Top National Auctioneer Ellen Toscano (yoursingingauctioneer.com) , voted as the top national benefit auctioneer of 2024 is the founder, CEO and Principal Auctioneer of The Singing Auctioneer LLC, has been a professional singer, actress and stage performer her whole life.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

to Minnesota, Iowa and even parts of New Jersey, it seemed that winter never materialized. Experts with NOAAs National Centers for Environmental Information reported in early March that total winter precipitation in the U.S. From the southwestern U.S. How dry has it been? was just shy of 6 inches (15.24 centimeters) below average.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 11, 2025

The recalled celery sticks were sold across the nation at Walmart stores in 28 states and the District of Columbia. Where were the recalled products sold?

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 4, 2025

This will put at risk decades of human development progress in densely populated coastal zones which are home to one in seven people in the world, says Pedro Conceio, director of the United Nations Development Programmes Human Development Report Office. East Coast, Japan, and the west coast of South America.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In parallel, researchers at the University of Buffalo and Iowa State University will identify higher-value components, like circuit boards, cameras, and magnets, that can be removed from dead phones using the same robots and find or develop hardware to do the actual smartphone surgery. Idaho National Laboratory.

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The Verge

JUNE 4, 2021

percent in 2020 from the year before, hitting a 13-year high, even though people weren’t driving as much, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Photo by Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times / Getty Images. Road deaths jumped 7.2 Also, if someone dies more than 30 days after their crash, it doesn’t count.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 19, 2017

Capacity building is not a one-time effort to improve short-term effectiveness, but a continuous improvement strategy toward the creation of a sustainable and effective organization” (National Council of Nonprofits, 2017). National Council of Nonprofits - What is Capacity Building? Retrieved February 22, 2017, from www.ssireview.com.

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The Verge

MARCH 8, 2021

Daniel McGehee, director of the National Advanced Driving Simulator Laboratories at the University of Iowa, said Waymo is pushing safety analyses and transparency “to a new level.”. The company did share its findings with a select group of academic experts to get their reactions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

In 2010, SAF’s “Drill Down for Safety” project mobilized nearly 800,000 people with national texting drills! It kicked off December 1st at USA Today headquarters with a summit meeting. We’re the Safe America Foundation. Underwritten by Motorola, UPS Foundation along with support from Verizon.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 29, 2011

On Friday, New York joined the ranks of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, New Hampshire, Vermont and Washington, D.C. In the past year, a number of national polls (Washington Post/ABC News, Gallup, and CNN) have shown, for the first time, that a majority of the country supports marriage equality. Author: Jill Ward.

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Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

The Iowa Women’s Foundation. The primary purpose of their work is dedicated to Indigenous Peoples’ self-determination and the sovereignty of Native nations, while advancing the effectiveness of Indigenous-led work. They support activities and movements that are global or national in scope. The Iowa Women’s Foundation.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

The Iowa Women’s Foundation. The primary purpose of their work is dedicated to Indigenous Peoples’ self-determination and the sovereignty of Native nations, while advancing the effectiveness of Indigenous-led work. They support activities and movements that are global or national in scope. The Iowa Women’s Foundation.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 21, 2025

The next few weeks are sure to be filled with excitement as we all watch the nation's best teams go head-to-head. There are a ton of long-awaited first-round games in 2025 March Madness, including Iowa State Cyclones vs. Lipscomb Bisons. When is Iowa State vs. Lipscomb? Iowa State Cyclones vs. Lipscomb Bisons starts at 1:30 p.m.

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Futurism

APRIL 2, 2025

A quarter century after its inception and less than a year after its " full-throated " defense of artificial intelligence in writing the nonprofit behind the annual National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) challenge is closing its doors. Always has, always will."

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 27, 2025

Before the focus was on national seed banks, says Vernooy. Mexicos national FES Iztacala Seed Bank , a state-led initiative, works directly with community seed banks and international partners to conserve about 12% to 13% of the countrys 23,000 plant species. They would put seeds in a freezer and store them for as long as possible.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 8, 2025

The National Conference of State Legislatures reports that in the last six years, 20 states have passed measures calling for a switch to year-round daylight saving time, many at the cajoling of golf industry lobbyists. Republican Iowa state Representative John Wills introduced a bill this year to make the change to permanent daylight savings.

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The Verge

AUGUST 24, 2020

The Republican National Convention officially kicked off Monday at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. The event is available to stream on the RNC’s official Facebook page , Twitter account , YouTube channel , and on Amazon Prime Video by searching for the “Republican National Convention. HOW DO I WATCH IT?

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 8, 2025

A report last year by the federal governments National Toxicology Program, which summarized studies conducted in Canada, China, India, Iran, Pakistan and Mexico, concluded that drinking water with more than 1.5 You ask somebody like the National Academy of Sciences to do a study and then you follow their recommendations.

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Whole Whale

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Online-focused institutions like Southern New Hampshire University and National University lead in advertising spend, investing heavily in student acquisition through marketing channels.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

64, a busy two-lane highway to the popular Outer Banks that runs straight through the Alligator River National Wildlife Refugeone of just two places in the world where red wolves run free. In Canada, a series of overpasses and underpasses along the Trans-Canada Highway in Banff National Park reduced collisions with hooved animals by 94%.

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