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Sep
25
2012
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Recognizing the Fearless Changemakers Among Us
by Jean Case
Update: We are pleased to announce that the Goldhirsh Foundation is joining us as a Supporting Partner for Finding Fearless. Their contribution means that there is up to $670,000 in grants and prizes available to the winners. Additionally, because of overwhelming interest in Finding Fearless, we...
Sep
20
2012
What Exactly Is A Smart City?
by Fast Company
While some people continue to take a narrow view of smart cities by seeing them as places that make better use of information and communication technology (ICT), the cities I work with (and most of the participants in the #smartchat, a monthly Twitterchat about smart cities held on the first...
Sep
18
2012
Visualizing Civic Data To Make The Case For Civic Health
by Fast Company
A new contest found four online tools that help people be more engaged in politics and their communities--from finding out which candidates’ policies help you more to archives of photos of your neighborhood.
Sep
12
2012
Why the Nonprofit World Needs Millennials
by HuffPost Impact
The social sector today is at incredible inflection point -- traditional models of nonprofit engagement are being taken over by a new era of mission-driven social enterprises and an entrepreneurial spirit that runs counter to what many believe the nonprofit sector is capable of. The irony? A cohort...
Sep
11
2012
We Remember 9/11
On 9/11, honoring those who serve
by Jean Case
Today marks the 11th Anniversary of the day we will never forget — the terrorist attacks of September 11th. As we reflect on the memory of loved ones lost on that day, and support those who survived, we also lift up those who have risen in service to our country and fought to keep us safe from...
Sep
11
2012
Teachers On Strike? Try These Learning Apps
by Fast Company
More than 350,000 students are at loose ends this week as teachers of the nation’s third-largest school district go on strike. But while school’s out, technology could help them keep up with their homework or even get ahead.  
Sep
11
2012
Join the 9/11 Day Movement
by Points of Light
Last year My Good Deed launched The I Will campaign for the 10-year anniversary of 9/11. The result was extraordinary. A remarkable 33 million Americans, from all 50 states, engaged in good deeds and charitable service as a constructive way of observing 9/11 last year, according to independent...
Sep
07
2012
Service to a Cause Greater than Self: A #cyoday Message from Charlie Rose
by City Year Blog
As I sat down with the humbling task of addressing our 24th corps as a national organization, I found myself reflecting upon City Year’s most basic and fundamental value or what we call our magnetic north. A powerful reality that everyone who dons a red or yellow City Year jacket is guided by the...
Sep
07
2012
Volunteer on 9/11
Red, White, and Do this 9/11
by Kate Ahern
It has been over a decade since our nation endured one of the most tragic events in our history – the terrorist attacks of 9/11. In this time, Americans have come together stronger than ever, and each year we join one another to commemorate those we lost, those who survived, and those served our...
Sep
07
2012
An Apollo Program for American Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector
by Harvard Business Review Blog
The nonprofit sector builds movements that rally people to action against some of the greatest problems facing humanity. But it has no movement to support itself. The sector speaks for the voiceless. But it remains silent on the systemic misperceptions that undermine its own potential. It defends...
Sep
05
2012
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Be Fearless at TEDxMidAtlantic
by Jean Case
During the launch of our Be Fearless campaign in June, we were very pleased to announce that the Case Foundation would be a principal sponsor of  TEDxMidAtlantic 2012 and that the renowned gathering would focus on the theme “Be Fearless.” Today, we’re excited to let you know that registration...
Aug
30
2012
Marketing in the Round
Passion Alone Is Not Enough
by guest blogger: Geoff Livingston
I love Jean Case's Be Fearless campaign. In its own right, Be Fearless forces the uncomfortable, and makes us face our challenges directly and forging new ground. One area I am seeing this in our space is in the questions I am receiving from nonprofit communicators about multichannel...

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