We here in the Innovation Lab recently launched our second “Innovation Challenge” to CAP employees. These challenges are meant to leverage the creativity of all of our staff so that we can identify problems and solutions that would never have occurred to us in the safety of the group cube. Our last challenge sought ideas [...]
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The Annie E. Casey Foundation sponsored a webinar today called “Implications of Family Mobility for Place-based Work.” The event is part of a series titled Strengthening Families through Community Change, whose intent is to share lessons-learned from their Making Connections program. That program seeks to improve prospects for children by strengthening families and transforming communities [...]
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A group out of New Haven, CT called Innovations for Poverty Action is evaluating anti-poverty programs around the globe to determine what works and what doesn’t. In their words:
Innovations for Poverty Action applies rigorous research techniques to test and develop solutions to real-world problems faced by the poor in developing countries.
Great. The anti-poverty world (whether [...]
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We Are Media!
Came across this website today via Beth’s Blog (a social networking for non-profits blog). We Are Media is a big wiki site for non-profit professionals that are implementing social media practices in their organizations. I plan to jump on and consume as much knowledge on this subject as I can, as we work [...]
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Posted in Innovation, tagged social networking on August 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
…but maybe it doesn’t. Anyway, this site has lots of videos explaining all about social networks and blogs for the uninitiated. But since we can’t access YouTube here at CAP (probably for the best!) I don’t actually know. If you can watch it, let us know!
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Sharing Our Blog
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged blogs, comments, social media, social networking on May 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
If you’re one of our dozens of dedicated daily blog readers, and you’ve fretted – if only I could easily share all this delightful insightfulness with all my friends – you’re in luck! There are several ways you can pass the wisdom on to others:
Social Bookmarking. If you receive the blog by email or subscribe [...]
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