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Nov
23
2011
The Case Foundation Is Thankful For...
by The Case Foundation
A couple of years ago, we started a tradition at the Case Foundation to recognize Thanksgiving with a list of 25 things our team is grateful for, and we’re ready to roll out this year’s collection. As always, we are first and foremost thankful for...
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Nov
11
2011
What's New on CaseFoundation.org: November 5 - November 11, 2011
by The Case Foundation
Want to get a quick view of what's new in Social Media, Active Citizenship, Good Giving, and Corporate Responsibility? Here are the highlights from what we've added to CaseFoundation.org this week:   Social Media Facebook Marks Veteran's Day...
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May
17
2011
Simon Says: City Year gets Fresh and Fancy
by Regina Rosenau
Join us each month as City Year corps members from the Case Foundation-sponsored Simon Elementary School team share their experiences and lessons learned as they advance the Whole School, Whole Child service program. Below is an update...
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Abbas Jaffer,


Jun
08
2009
Learn the lingo: F is also for Facebook, sharing your world
by Abbas Jaffer
Mark was undoubtedly a smart kid. After being accepted to Harvard by way of Exeter Academy, the precocious young man coded in his free time. What started as a hobby for Mark Zuckerberg became Facebook, a social networking service that, despite a...
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Jun
02
2009
Learn the lingo: V is for Video Sharing – Moving pictures, moving supporters
by Abbas Jaffer
Some commentators are calling Youtube the new Google. From instructional videos to drama-soaked karaoke performances, video content on the web has become much more accessible and democratic.  To successfully leverage video in your causes and...
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May
27
2009
Learn the lingo: A, at the beginning there was ARPANET
by Abbas Jaffer
Guest blogger Abbas Jaffer is a fellow at the Buxton Initiative, a Case Foundation partner organization. In this Learn the Lingo installment, we'll take a look at the very early beginnings of what is now the (social) web. As with any endeavour, a...
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Apr
02
2009
Learn the lingo: F is for feeds (the RSS kind, not the food kind)
by Abbas Jaffer
Guest blogger Abbas Jaffer is a fellow at the Buxton Initiative, a Case Foundation partner organization. There is a dire need to cut through the information glut on the internet today. In the time you take to blink, scores of blog posts (like this...
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Mar
23
2009
Learn the lingo: S is for social networks
by Abbas Jaffer
Guest blogger Abbas Jaffer is a fellow at the Buxton Initiative, a Case Foundation partner organization. A lot of technology sites, like ReadWriteWeb and Mashable discuss the social web: a place where you and I share our thoughts, our causes and...
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Mar
12
2009
Learn the lingo: T is for Twitter, what’s in a tweet?
by Abbas Jaffer
This second post of the Learn the Lingo series is about the popular and growing microblogging service Twitter. When a web trend hits the mainstream media, it has clearly hit a critical mass. This is exactly the case with Twitter. According to...
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Mar
04
2009
Learn the lingo: B is for blogs, telling your story
by Abbas Jaffer
Guest blogger Abbas Jaffer is a fellow at the Buxton Initiative, a Case Foundation partner organization. This post is the first in a new series about the lingo of web tools: what they are, and how to use them. Each of these has its own particular...
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Allie Burns, VP, Communications


Dec
14
2011
Jean Case keynotes Women’s Entrepreneurship Summit
by Allie Burns
A few weeks ago, I had the honor of joining our CEO, Jean Case, as she gave a keynote at the Kauffman Foundation’s first annual Global Women’s Summit in Kansas City. The Summit was organized by Kauffman’s FastTrac program as part of Global...
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Aug
24
2011
A SXSW badge with your name on it
by Allie Burns
I had the great pleasure of attending my first South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive conference last year – and in the past few years, I've been following the growing number of amazing learning opportunities at the conference for folks in the...
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