[DDN] Heroes, pioneers, technology for positive social change, and the Dirk Award

2005-04-13 Thread Deborah Elizabeth Finn
Dear Colleagues, Since 2000, the Riders movement (also known as the eRiders or Circuit Riders movement), has recognized outstanding achievements with the Dirk Award. This year marks the first time that nonprofit technology professionals and the communities that they serve can go online to

Re: [DDN] international conference calls

2005-04-13 Thread John Hibbs
Brian: I am the imagineeer and chief conductor to Global Learn Day, now in it's ninth year. 19 of the 24 hours of this event come from real time articipants outside of the United States. We use VOIP very successfully, provided by talking communities.com. We also use the telephone bridged

RE: [DDN] apple feels learning happens only at k-12 schools and colleges

2005-04-13 Thread Dr. Steve Eskow
I use this medium rather than his blog or one I create to respond to Phil Shapiro's criticism of Apple's Tiger campaign because I am one of those who is more comfortable with the easy give and take of email dialog than I am with the formalities of the blog. (That may change.) The notion that

[DDN] national teacher's hall of fame - john mahoney

2005-04-13 Thread Phil Shapiro
hi DDN community - some happy news to share this evening. a teacher friend of mine in the district of columbia public schools has been inducted into the national teacher's hall of fame. http://www.nthf.org i volunteered at john mahoney's school for the FIRST robotics

Re: [DDN] international conference calls

2005-04-13 Thread Tito Morais
Hi! Does anyone have any ideas on how to hold a international conference call on the CHEAP? You can setup a conference call for free at http://www.freeconference.com and advise your international callers to use call cards. For instance, I'm based in Portugal and use call cards for teleclasses

[DDN] A Selective Bibliography and Webliography of Fund Raising Sources for Nonprofit Organizations

2005-04-13 Thread David P. Dillard
This Net-Gold post may be of interest to some of the members of this discussion group. From: David P. Dillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed Apr 13, 2005 7:26 am Subject: ORGANIZATIONS: NONPROFIT: FUNDING : PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS: FUND RAISING: A Selective Bibliography and Webliography of

[DDN] [Net-Gold] Pope Podcast Hints At Broadcast Revolution

2005-04-13 Thread David P. Dillard
With the intense interest in podcasting that has been evident on this discussion group, this message from George Lessard, moderator of the MediaMentor discussion group of Yahoo Groups should be interesting to at least some of this list's members. Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215)

Re: [DDN] Technology Grant

2005-04-13 Thread Dorean Kass
Hi All, I would like to gain some information from this mailing list on finding funding for technology. The company I work for has begun a new initiative to look for federal, state, and foundation money to fund our State and Local projects. We are also looking for key non-profits to partner