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Storymakers 2014 Winners — A Global Success

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Without further ado, we're thrilled to announce the winners of TechSoup's Storymakers 2014 and to share some words on their behalf. "We are beyond thrilled to accept the grand prize award for this year's 2014 Storymakers challenge. Please visit the site to view this video). Please visit the site to view this video).

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

Tech Soup

After Jason Shim won the 2014 NTEN Award in March, I thought I’d have a look to see why he got the award. We worked together here at TechSoup and I regard him as one of my mentors. Of course he does great work leading the organization's national digital strategy, and they have plenty of work to do. He had just turned 40.

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QuickBooks Helps BITS Serve At-Risk Youth

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" From Peer Mentor to Program Manager. Veronika got her start at BITS by volunteering as a peer mentor in 2013. However, while mentoring and running educational programs, Veronika realized that she was very empowered and rewarded by the progress among the youth she engaged with. " Challenges for BITS.

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How to Conduct a Quick Tech Plan

Tech Soup

Here’s some resources for doing quick tech planning so you’ll have some money to work with in 2014. SCORE is a very useful resource for workshops and free mentoring. They have on the workshop landing page two mentors with expertise in tech planning that you can email. Proper Tech Planning.

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Keep your New Year's Resolution with NetSquared

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Now I’m no Houdini, but I predict that your New Year’s resolutions are noble, high-minded stuff like “find a mentor” or “learn a new skill every month.” Naples, FL: Working w/ Designers & NPTechTrends 2014. Toronto, Canada: Tech Planning for 2014: Trends and Best Practices.

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QuickBooks Helps BITS Serve Struggling Youth

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" From Peer Mentor to Program Manager. Veronika got her start at BITS by volunteering as a peer mentor in 2013. However, while mentoring and running educational programs, Veronika realized that she was very empowered and rewarded by the progress among the youth she engaged with. " Challenges for BITS.

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5 Things Nonprofits Can Learn from the Late, Great David Carr

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Carr demonstrated a sustained, committed effort through his whole career to mentoring the careers of journalists of color and creating sustainable entryways into journalism (including doing away with unpaid internships at the Atlantic Monthly ). Carr's career and the outpouring of grief from journalists of color shows us a path forward.

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