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Tribute to My Mentor

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He considered himself a “problem-solving lawyer” and warned me against getting involved with “problem-creating lawyers!” I needed help with business negotiations and software licensing and Gerry jumped in teaching me everything I know about doing business. And stuck was the operative word: I stayed in that role for seven years.

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How to Start a Nonprofit: 12 Essential Steps for Success

Bloomerang

This guide will teach you what you need to know to get your new organization up and running. Before you start a new organization, it’s worth it to fully think through the problem you’re hoping to address and whether a nonprofit is the right way to solve the issue. Is it one distinct problem or multiple issues?

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The Top 54 Auctioneers for Nonprofit Fundraising Events

Nonprofit Tech for Good

With an impressive portfolio that includes collaborations with celebrities like Melissa McCarthy, Jimmy Fallon, Jerry Seinfeld, and recently teaming up with Oscar winner Brendan Fraser for a fundraising collaboration, Brett’s influence extends across the globe. She has a big heart for and background in social change and activism.

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Amnesty International at 50

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Our human rights team is expanding and taking on new and exciting challenges. As our human rights team grows and expands its impact, and we launch a new project to help LGBT groups, I have found myself thinking about AI’s evolution and what lessons it has to teach us. It makes me think about one of the giants of our field.

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International Women’s Day: Using Technology to Empower Women and Girls

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2016 half a billion women still cannot read, 62 million girls are denied the right to education and 155 countries still have laws that differentiate between men and women. In May 2016, a team of Tech2Empower Advisors will travel to Cambodia to learn about anti-trafficking efforts and programs that support survivors.

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Interview with Lux Mean: Teaching Cambodians in Rural Areas To Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I earned a bachelor of law from Royal University of Law and Economics in 2003. The problem is what they have for posting in their blog. I am setting up a blog team for a few blogs of Clogger ( [link] ), which is an umbrella site. He recently started a " Khlog " or Khmer Language blog. I am Cambodian.

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Second Life Education Programs in NY Times, Goes Open Source, and other tidbits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Graduate students doing research or teaching in Second Life have formed a mobile colony that holds discussions with experts in subjects like online ethics or aesthetics What they didn't mention is the new Nonprofit Island that will be opening a few weeks. Teams of Harvard Law students enrolled in Evidence will serve as the lawyers.