Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

I figure I should practice what I preach, so here are some photos from my fun Friday in Berkeley and Oakland with a Move, Play, Reflect, Connect twist. One of the homework assignments this week for the Juicy Blogging e-course I'm teaching is to write an image-rich post.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2012

Yesterday, I''m sitting in my room in Oakland, and I hear a series of gunshots very close to my house. But of course, this was only one of many incidents of gun violence, in Oakland, in Californai, and in the United States. . Blog Category: America Oakland Current Affairs Tweet' I look out of the windows, but don''t see much.

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TechSpot

JANUARY 7, 2022

Dave Patrick Underwood was shot and killed outside a federal building and courthouse in Oakland, California, in May 2020. His sister, Angela Underwood Jacobs, filed a complaint in Alameda County Superior Court that claims the shooting “was not a random act of violence” but a “culmination of an extremist plot.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2012

Yesterday, I'm sitting in my room in Oakland, and I hear a series of gunshots very close to my house. But of course, this was only one of many incidents of gun violence, in Oakland, in Californai, and in the United States. . I look out of the windows, but don't see much. It seems (almost) sane. Blog Category: America. Current Affairs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

Local Oakland Tweeter @trafficologist Standing Beside Her Profile Pic in the Twitterstream. When the New de Young opened it did a 32-hour party and community celebration , starting a trend that was then picked up by the Contemporary Jewish Museum with Dawn in 2008 and now the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA).

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 14, 2011

Collecting petitions Last week I stood outside of my local library collecting signatures to save libraries in Oakland. For inspiration, read the round up of creative ways Save Oakland Libraries is getting its message out (e.g. We're facing potential closures of 14 neighborhood libraries, and reduced services at the remaining four.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

m, which already operates its rideshare-meets-bus service in Oakland, much of Southern California, Seattle, Chicago and Dallas, will be responsible for handling day-to-day operations, transporting 3,500 students across 150 school campuses starting this fall semester. Aside from Z?m’s These contracts are building blocks to Z?m m spokesperson.

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TechImpact

MARCH 30, 2015

From April 7-9th, #NPTechWeek is coming to 3 Bay Area cities in 3 days; Mountain View (location), Oakland (location), and San Francisco (location). For 3 days, Nonprofit Tech Week brings nonprofit leaders and technology together for focused sessions on how your nonprofit can better leverage technology to complete its mission.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Your ShowtimeFu is Strong in Oakland, CA – ShowtimeFu.com. These are the last 10 sites I bookmarked on delicious.com: VideoPress — Quick and easy HD video sharing for WordPress. Welcome to Aviary. Mozilla Labs – Weave Sync :: Add-ons for Firefox. How to Set Up an SMS System | MobileActive.org. Spicynodes : Home.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

One of those companies, Oakland-based Mighty Buildings , just raised $40 million in Series B funding for its quest to create homes that it says are “beautiful, sustainable and affordable” using 3D printing, robotics and automation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2012

Oakland’s Extra Action Marching Band lead the way into the ballroom with clinging, clanging, trumpets, drums, flag waving, and dancers who danced their hair off. Oakland’s Extra Action Marching Band lead the way into the ballroom with clinging, clanging, trumpets, drums, flag [.]

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Boston , San Francisco , and Oakland have also passed laws prohibiting public institutions from using facial recognition, but Portland was the first to prohibit private use. Clearview also has contracts with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security.

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Digital Trends

JULY 28, 2020

The first 2020 MLB series between the Rockies and Athletics starts tonight. Here's how to watch it with ESPN+.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The permit, issued by the California DMV , only allows the company to operate its delivery service in parts of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, which would mean most of the Silicon Valley and its tech workers would be within its domain, but not San Francisco or Oakland.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Other cities such as Boston , San Francisco , and Oakland have passed laws barring public institutions from using facial recognition, but Portland is the first to prohibit private use. The Portland City Council has passed the toughest facial recognition ban in the US, blocking both public and private use of the technology.

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The Verge

JUNE 3, 2020

In particular, they allege that providing legal conditions under which the technology can be used undercuts outright bans that have been put in place by a number of California municipalities, including San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2010

Join us on Friday, July 23, 2010, from 6 to 8 pm at Pro Arts Gallery ( [link] ) at 150 Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, a stone’s throw from the Oakland City Center/12th Street BART station. The staff of Donordigital Bay Area are throwing a #netnon book party. More information here. The Networked Nonprofit is Available on Kindle!

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The Verge

JULY 5, 2020

I just wish he would have chosen instead to partner with Oakland or Alum Rock, a school district that serves low income students in Silicon Valley. Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Education Julian Vasquez Heilig said he wishes Musk had tried to partner with existing online education programs. “I

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Fund, the San Francisco Foundation, and the California Wellness Foundation, have long partnered with power-building organizations such as Oakland Rising and statewide networks like PICO California. A number of funders, including The California Endowment, Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Massachusetts joins cities like Portland, Maine, and Portland, Oregon, as well as San Francisco and Oakland in Northern California, that have banned police use of facial recognition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2011

CARD is a nonprofit agency, based in Oakland California. There are also hundreds of useful apps that CARD staff can use as first responders in emergencies. iPads will also help CARD be a more efficient and connected non-profit.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2021

In the first episode , which will be released on all podcast streaming platforms on August 12, Dr. Kyla Johnson-Tramell from Oakland Unified School District and Gita Rampersad from Feeding America discuss the complexities of nutrition insecurity. BT: Dr. Johnson-Trammell from the Oakland Unified School District was amazing.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2012

I feel the human surfacing quickly increase, as I move from Sonoma, to Marin, and then finally to Oakland. When I take the inevitable and necessary drive back into "civilization" (why is it called that?), I do remember why I left land, why I left the open doors (literally and figuratively), why I left the free flow of quiet into my heart.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2010

I was in Oakland, CA and discovered Fenton's Creamery , famous for its ice cream. The line was out the door. Lines are good because you can contemplate that important decision: What flavor?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Hall also noted that the company opened a new, larger warehouse in Oakland just a few days before shelter-in-place orders took effect last March. Good Eggs says that in the past year, revenue has grown to the nine figures (more than $100 million), hired more than 400 employees and nearly doubled its customer base.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Oakland-based Mighty Buildings , which is on a quest to build homes using 3D printing, robotics and automation, has raised a $22 million extension to its Series B round of funding. Mighty Building’s self-proclaimed mission is to create “beautiful, sustainable and affordable” homes.

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The Verge

JANUARY 16, 2022

to BoostOakland, a charity geared towards tutoring and mentoring young people in Oakland, California. Cravotta reached out to Wordle app developer, Josh Wardle, and let him know about his plans to donate the proceeds from his app to charity — Wardle sent out a tweet of his own to acknowledge the gesture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2017

Tue Jan 31 – OAKLAND 6pm-8pm. 439 International Blvd, Suite 1 Oakland, CA 94606. TechSoup Lunch Time Brown Bag , 435 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA 94107. Copies of our book available courtesy of Box.org. SOLD OUT BUT WAITLIST AVAILABLE for Tech Soup Event. ➳ Hack the Hood Book Party. Fri Feb 1 – Webinar (2pm ET/11am PT).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 26, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Hiatus August 26, 2008 As many of you know, I’m about to make a big move: to the left coast, to the big city of Oakland (or thereabouts). This is a good move for me, in many ways.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

It is fully embracing our dependence on a healthy Mother Earth, the primacy of love and compassion, and realizing that each human being has great value, and that all of our lives can, and should have meaning beyond what money we can make, or what kind of house we can live in. Blog Category: America. Current Affairs. Spirituality.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

It is fully embracing our dependence on a healthy Mother Earth, the primacy of love and compassion, and realizing that each human being has great value, and that all of our lives can, and should have meaning beyond what money we can make, or what kind of house we can live in. Blog Category: America. Current Affairs. Spirituality.

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Blue Avocado

MARCH 18, 2021

Two case studies—League of Women Voters of Oakland and Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County—explored in this article show us that a successful volunteer program blends elements of human resources management and donor management: Recruiting Training Engaging Appreciating Evaluating Retaining No matter what […].

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 25, 2021

Compassion in Oakland : Compassion in Oakland provides Oakland Chinatown with resources for promoting safety and community through elder chaperoning and community outreach.

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The Verge

JULY 19, 2020

There’s a photo I took at a protest in Oakland and the person’s sign said ‘I’m sorry I’m late, I had a lot to learn.’ “It’s not our job to just do something then go about our business,” he said, adding he and his production team built a website with additional resources. That can apply to any movement you want to be a part of.

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The Verge

JUNE 1, 2020

An Uber spokesperson told The Verge it had suspended operations over the weekend during curfew hours in Minneapolis, Oakland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, which were expected to continue today. She did not provide a number of cities or offer details about which specific cities were affected.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

As a Bay Area liberal blogger who lives in Oakland , I feel like I should be taking part in occupations, posting photos, interviewing organizers, and sharing ways to get involved, but I haven't done any of those things. I want to be excited about this global movement, but I'm not. It just makes me sad, and a bit tired.

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The Verge

JULY 28, 2020

A number of municipal governments, like Oakland, California’s , have also begun banning police use of the tech. IBM says it will no longer invest in or develop the tech at all , while both Amazon and Microsoft say they are pausing facial recognition contracts with law enforcement until Congress passes laws regulating its sale and use.

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