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Review: Cause Marketing Forum Conference 2010

Selfish Giving

I had a great time at this year’s Cause Marketing Forum Conference. There were two rounds of these on the full-day of the conference. This brings me to my main point on conference presentations: let’s follow TED’s lead and limit preso’s to 18 minutes or less. Overall, I thought the conference was great.

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Results of the African E-Waste and Refurbishment Standards Conference

Tech Soup

A couple weeks ago, I posted about an upcoming e-waste and refurbishment standards conference in South Africa that I was co-organizing. Industry and policy leaders shared information on the current state of African electronics recycling and refurbishment policy and practice. This conference changed my view of Africa dramatically.

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ACRL Bridging the Gap: An AI Community of Practice Award

Library Grants

This program will launch with an in-person workshop at the 2025 ALA Annual Conference in Philadelphia on June 26. receive complimentary registration to the 2025 ALA Annual Conference in Philadelphia and a $1,650 travel stipend, provided by a grant from the Elsevier Foundation. This letter (max.

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Tips for Funder Research: How to Narrow Down or Enlarge the Field

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

If this gives you too many hits, then you can switch to narrower terms like low-cost housing, minority education, teen pregnancy, or electronic health records. Subject matter: The first step, in my view, is to focus on broader terms like education, social welfare, healthcare, or justice.

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The Upcoming E-Waste and Refurbishment Standards Conference in South Africa

Tech Soup

As collection and processing of e-waste and discarded electronics in Africa reaches worrisome proportions, industry leaders and policymakers from all over the world are meeting in Cape Town, South Africa on June 7, 2013. and Weelabex in Europe to ensure the responsible recycling of used electronics.

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Green Technology Summit Heads to Europe (and It's Kind Of a Big Deal)

Tech Soup

The European Union (EU) is the largest economy in the world and home to over 500 million people who discard vast numbers of electronic devices each year. million tons of electronic waste. In the United Kingdom alone, the average person will throw away over 3 tons of electronics in his or her lifetime. How times have changed!

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Coffee, Calendars, and Sticky Notes: These are a few of my favorite things!

The Fundraising Coach

Yes, even though my daily schedule is electronic, I still LOVE a good paper planner! We also layer in board meetings, conferences, planned vacations, major grant deadlines, planned donor engagement activities, direct mail, special events, etc. I love the idea of planning the work and working the plan.