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Power of Storytelling | Harmony for Change: The Global Impact of Playing For Change

Pamela Grow

Mayer, reflecting on his song in 2007, expressed the need to start a debate about our tendency to passively await change. Armed with a mobile recording studio and cameras, they embarked on a journey across America, resulting in the award-winning documentary, “A Cinematic Discovery of Street Music.”

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Unique Challenges Addressed When Parenting Gifted Children

GrantNews

How to Better Understand Gifted Children The first major public effort to better identify and understand the issues involved with parenting Gifted Children was spearheaded in 2007 by the National Association of Gifted Children (NAGC). In addition, awards to eligible individuals to recognize exceptional-contributions to gifted-education.

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Chicago-Area Nonprofits: 2010 Technology Leadership Award Applications Due January 29

Tech Soup

However, we thought that since they have opened up applications for their 2010 Technology Leadership Award (given jointly by Lumity, the City of Chicago, and Accenture ), we'd make sure our tech-savvy members know about it as well. The winner will receive $7,500 and two runner-ups will be awarded $1,250 from Accenture. read more.

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2015 Jim Lynch Award Winner — Kyle Wiens of iFixit

Tech Soup

Each year the Electronics Reuse Conference awards a lifetime achievement award in my name (it's a long story on how that came to be). This year the award went to Kyle Wiens, the co-founder of iFixit. The iPhone repairability scores have steadily improved since 2007.

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot

Toronto : Imagine Canada , 2007. December 2007 (11). November 2007 (12). October 2007 (14). September 2007 (14). August 2007 (12). July 2007 (12). June 2007 (10). May 2007 (11). April 2007 (11). March 2007 (11). February 2007 (10). January 2007 (12).

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Earth Hour Is Here! How Are You Going to Spend It?

GrantNews

It all began in 2007 with a lights out event in Sydney, Australia. Environment and Conservation Grants and Awards To begin, grants up to $1,500 to nonprofit and for-profit organizations for projects that promote environmental stewardship and community building. A Breakdown, with much thanks to the WWF and EarthHour What is Earth Hour?

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Debunking Myths About Nonprofits – Let’s Make Sure to Get the Facts

GrantNews

From 2007-2016, nonprofit employment grew by 16.7% Please Note: There is no guarantee by GrantWatch nor the author that grants will be awarded as a result of this information. One of every 10 employees works for a nonprofit organization. while for-profit employment grew by 4.6%.