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350.org Is Greening the Planet with Lean, Green IT

Tech Soup

org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis and push for policies that will put the world on track to reduce our planetary CO2 to safe levels - 350 parts per million. org, a Networked Nonprofit. The organization has a staff of 40 across three offices (Washington DC, New York City, and Oakland, California).

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Tech Across Your Org: Social Media Collaboration Across the NYC Elder Abuse Center

NTEN

This spring, the New York City Elder Abuse Center (the Center) began its journey from a traditional, “non-social” organization to one that uses and embraces social media in both its communications and internal processes. Read the complete issue on "Collaboration" when you subscribe to the journal for free! ]

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International coalition of activists launches protest against Amazon

The Verge

The protests come just as the New York Times reports that the Seattle-based company has been on a hiring spree this year, expanding its global workforce. org , Greenpeace, and more. million employees around the world, after adding 427,300 workers between January and October, according to the New York Times.

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Can love change the world? I hope so!

Amy Sample Ward

At 19, New Jersey native Maggie Doyne used her life savings from babysitting to start Kopila Valley children’s home in Nepal, which has grown to a home for over 40 children, and a school serving over 200 students. I see this lesson in the work of 350.org. I see this work in public maps like Open Green Map.

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Have We Crossed the Chasm yet? Org2.0 Cheat Sheet from Squidoo/Npower New York

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Graphic in Flickr Source: Tara Hunt's post " Cross the Chasm " Chris Brogan sent me a link to the new NpowerNY/Squido Handout on Seth's Blog. It's call org.2.0! It signals to me that we are beginning to cross the chasm in Web2.0 in nonprofit land. Or maybe not.

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It's almost time for #11NTC - See you there?

Judi Sohn

. (#11NTCbrand) Social Media and Contact Relationship Management – the New Mix (1:30-3 pm Friday) - Ironic that I'm writing about this session as I'm watching the live feed o f Salesforce making social media announcements in New York City. It's the new shiny. I was thinking more of internal challenges.

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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

org before? I live now in New York, but before moving there in the autumn, I was based in London for a few years. org and 1Sky to lead by merging. Have people heard of 350.org Have you heard the number 350 parts per million? But they were transparent, and excited about all the potential the merger opened up.

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