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Games for Change 2011: Channeling Our Collective Power

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” Gore gave kudos to the Games for Change community in harnessing the explosive interest in games and directing it towards social good, and encouraged the progress, saying that he looked forward to seeing “FarmVilles for policy.” Maybe the kind of catalyst needed is a paradigmatic shift in thought.

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Don’t Be Fooled by Abstract Jargon: Internet Governance and ICT Policy

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Most civil society organizations (CSOs) and citizens don’t use high-level jargon such as Internet governance and ICT policy. International Economic and Policy Stakeholders Recognize the Internet’s Increasing Role. This was originally posted on the GuideStar International Blog.

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Is There Racial Bias in Awarding Federal Grants?

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2011 ), that Black scientists are only half as likely as White scientists to win NIH R01 research grants, one of the agency’s most common research project grants. There is evidence that government grants are not distributed equitably. 2019 , Ginther et al., 2016 , Ginther et al., To the agency’s credit, they began investigating why.

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Accounting Procedures Manual Template

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First published in 2011, this Gold Avocado article is a downloadable template — designed to take the guesswork out of creating an accounting practices manual and make it doable in as little as 30 minutes!

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Strengthening Europe's Role in Advancing Children's Rights

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The policy is currently focused on non-discrimination, best interest of the child, survival development (integration into society, health, social service) and children of conflict. By 2011, they hope to create a common framework, create an open method of coordination, and develop their 2020 strategy. read more.

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Google Ad Grants for Nonprofits 102

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Since 2011, Give Back Nation’s Google Certified Ad Grant Manager team has helped over 5,400 nonprofits manage their Ad Grants. Although the Google Ad Grant is an amazing tool for many nonprofits, there are a few limitations compared to a paid account that can be found in the Google Ad Grants Policy Compliance Guide.

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New International Green IT Certificate Program

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With a wide range of interconnected topics from servers and virtualization, waste stream management and cloud computing to data center design and organizational policy planning, all of these concepts apply to both small and large organizations alike and all can benefit from an understanding of the effective application of green IT.

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