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Several groups are planning to dive in the new year. For all of them, you must contact them to RSVP beforehand.
Aqua Center is planning to be underwater at the stroke of Midnight. They are meeting at the shop at 10:30pm and will feature champagne underwater at midnight, and a Post Dive at Aqua Center with hot food and refreshments. Hot showers will also be available after the dive.
Burlington Scuba is planning a dive January 1, meeting at Burger King at 9am. Dive is at White Beach Manchester by the Sea, MA. Contact the shop if you're interested.
Mass Diving is diving at Back Beach, on January 1, and are meeting at the Burger King at 9:30am. Must RSVP to mark@massdiving.com.
North Shore Frogmen , Finatics Dive club, and East Coast Divers have teamed up for a dive at White's Beach, and are looking for volunteers to dive and to help out. They are planning a hot chocolate on site, and post-dive party. Last year the Frogmen had 32 divers in the water! Visit their facebook page for the full details
If anyone knows of more people diving, send me an email and I'll post it to twitter and the website
2 Ocak 2013 Çarşamba
1 Ocak 2013 Salı
Women Techmakers Give Back
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(Cross posted from the Google Developers blog)
Our Women Techmakers series is back for round two on Google Developers Live (GDL)! In the spirit of the holidays, hosts Megan Smith of Google[x], Lacy Caruthers (Google.org), Angela Lin (YouTube EDU), and Pavni Diwanji (Google+), sit down with women who are using their technical backgrounds to effect social change and make an impact. Join us in-studio Tuesday through Friday of this week at 2:30 pm PST to learn more about how Women Techmakers are giving back in big ways.
Tuesday, 12/11: WTM & Julie Hanna - Board of Directors, Kiva.org | 2:30 pm PST | 22:30 UTC | Watch live | Add to calendar
As a repeat entrepreneur, board director of Kiva, startup and venture advisor, and angel investor, Julie Hanna knows about giving back. Her work at Kiva, a crowdfunding pioneer leading the micro-lending marketplace, has been integral in touching over 800,000 low-income entrepreneurs in over 60 countries, adding up to more than $350M loans delivered. Radhika Malpani, Bridgette Sexton of Google Ventures, and Anita Yuen of Google.org dive into Julie’s experience using her technical skills to make social change.
Wednesday, 12/12: WTM & Jennifer Pahlka - Code for America | 2:30 pm PST | 22:30 UTC | Watch live | Add to calendar
Code for America is a new kind of public service. Join hosts Chris DiBona and Lacy Caruthers in the GDL studio, as they sit down with Code for America founder and executive director Jennifer Pahlka to discuss how she is working on the technical side with web professionals and cities nationwide to promote public service and reboot government.
Thursday, 12/13: WTM & Sasha Laundy - Codecademy | 2:30 pm PST | 22:30 UTC | Watch live | Add to calendar
Codecademy makes learning code easy and collaborative. From Women Who Code and Codecademy, Sasha Laundy joins Amanda Surya and Angela Lin for a discussion of how Codecademy makes learning code interactive, iterative, and fun. More minds are better than one!
Friday, 12/14: WTM & Kim Polese - ClearStreet Inc., Sun Microsystems | 2:30 pm PST | 22:30 UTC | Watch live | Add to calendar
ClearStreet Inc., a social finance startup, is focused on helping people eliminate debt and achieve long-term financial health. Chairwoman and original Java Project Manager at Sun, Kim Polese, speaks with Megan Smith and Pavni Diwanji about her experience as a leading Silicon Valley entrepreneur and technology executive, and how her work with ClearStreet is impacting users’ daily lives.
Catch up on the first WTM series while you're getting ready for this week's lineup. Visit the Google+ events to RSVP, add the episodes to your Google calendar, tune in live on GDL, and ask questions of our on-air guests. And, most importantly, become part of the conversation by hashtagging #WTM posts on Google+.
Connect with us at developers.google.com/live. Tune in to live programming, check out the latest in Google tools and technologies, and learn how to make great apps.
Posted by Phoebe Peronto, Developer Marketing
Our Women Techmakers series is back for round two on Google Developers Live (GDL)! In the spirit of the holidays, hosts Megan Smith of Google[x], Lacy Caruthers (Google.org), Angela Lin (YouTube EDU), and Pavni Diwanji (Google+), sit down with women who are using their technical backgrounds to effect social change and make an impact. Join us in-studio Tuesday through Friday of this week at 2:30 pm PST to learn more about how Women Techmakers are giving back in big ways.
Tuesday, 12/11: WTM & Julie Hanna - Board of Directors, Kiva.org | 2:30 pm PST | 22:30 UTC | Watch live | Add to calendar
As a repeat entrepreneur, board director of Kiva, startup and venture advisor, and angel investor, Julie Hanna knows about giving back. Her work at Kiva, a crowdfunding pioneer leading the micro-lending marketplace, has been integral in touching over 800,000 low-income entrepreneurs in over 60 countries, adding up to more than $350M loans delivered. Radhika Malpani, Bridgette Sexton of Google Ventures, and Anita Yuen of Google.org dive into Julie’s experience using her technical skills to make social change.
Wednesday, 12/12: WTM & Jennifer Pahlka - Code for America | 2:30 pm PST | 22:30 UTC | Watch live | Add to calendar
Code for America is a new kind of public service. Join hosts Chris DiBona and Lacy Caruthers in the GDL studio, as they sit down with Code for America founder and executive director Jennifer Pahlka to discuss how she is working on the technical side with web professionals and cities nationwide to promote public service and reboot government.
Thursday, 12/13: WTM & Sasha Laundy - Codecademy | 2:30 pm PST | 22:30 UTC | Watch live | Add to calendar
Codecademy makes learning code easy and collaborative. From Women Who Code and Codecademy, Sasha Laundy joins Amanda Surya and Angela Lin for a discussion of how Codecademy makes learning code interactive, iterative, and fun. More minds are better than one!
Friday, 12/14: WTM & Kim Polese - ClearStreet Inc., Sun Microsystems | 2:30 pm PST | 22:30 UTC | Watch live | Add to calendar
ClearStreet Inc., a social finance startup, is focused on helping people eliminate debt and achieve long-term financial health. Chairwoman and original Java Project Manager at Sun, Kim Polese, speaks with Megan Smith and Pavni Diwanji about her experience as a leading Silicon Valley entrepreneur and technology executive, and how her work with ClearStreet is impacting users’ daily lives.
Catch up on the first WTM series while you're getting ready for this week's lineup. Visit the Google+ events to RSVP, add the episodes to your Google calendar, tune in live on GDL, and ask questions of our on-air guests. And, most importantly, become part of the conversation by hashtagging #WTM posts on Google+.
Connect with us at developers.google.com/live. Tune in to live programming, check out the latest in Google tools and technologies, and learn how to make great apps.
Posted by Phoebe Peronto, Developer Marketing
#OurImpact: Nuru International works to end poverty
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In celebrating the way nonprofits have made an impact, we’d like to spotlight another nonprofit in our program that’s changing lives in Africa. Nuru International is a social venture committed to ending extreme poverty in remote, rural areas by offering locally-led training in agriculture, personal finance, healthcare, water sanitation and education. Beginning in Kuria, Kenya in September 2008, Nuru uses Google for Nonprofits products to help them show their impact and function as a virtual organization.
Courtesy of Nuru International
Nuru demonstrates how they equip people with tools and knowledge to lead their communities out of extreme poverty to their donors through videos and their YouTube channel. Kim Do, Nuru’s Marketing and Mobilization Director says “YouTube gives us the ability to seamlessly deliver our latest video updates in a meaningful, dynamic way as our donors are on the go.”
Beyond using Google tools to raise awareness, the organization also uses Google Apps to help eliminate overhead costs so that funds raised are equipping people with tools and knowledge to lead their communities out of poverty.
“We are a virtual organization with employees communicating across twelve time zones,” says Do. “Our strategic decision to forgo a central office in the US enables us to invest a greater percentage of our funding in our work in Kuria, Kenya. The array of tools that Google provides-specifically Gmail, Gchat, Calendar, Google Docs and Sites -- is integral to our work and success as a virtual organization. We love the ‘real-time’ nature of Google Docs and have used them to create dynamic campaigns, administrate internal staff surveys, maintain a shared communications calendar, create directories of social media and fundraising sites and do so much more.”
If you’d like to learn more about Nuru and how they make their impact, check out our full case study on Nuru International. And if using YouTube and Google Apps is a good fit for your organization, you can continue learning with our video tutorials and get started guides.
Posted by Katie Kellogg and the Google for Nonprofits team
Courtesy of Nuru International Nuru demonstrates how they equip people with tools and knowledge to lead their communities out of extreme poverty to their donors through videos and their YouTube channel. Kim Do, Nuru’s Marketing and Mobilization Director says “YouTube gives us the ability to seamlessly deliver our latest video updates in a meaningful, dynamic way as our donors are on the go.”
Beyond using Google tools to raise awareness, the organization also uses Google Apps to help eliminate overhead costs so that funds raised are equipping people with tools and knowledge to lead their communities out of poverty.
“We are a virtual organization with employees communicating across twelve time zones,” says Do. “Our strategic decision to forgo a central office in the US enables us to invest a greater percentage of our funding in our work in Kuria, Kenya. The array of tools that Google provides-specifically Gmail, Gchat, Calendar, Google Docs and Sites -- is integral to our work and success as a virtual organization. We love the ‘real-time’ nature of Google Docs and have used them to create dynamic campaigns, administrate internal staff surveys, maintain a shared communications calendar, create directories of social media and fundraising sites and do so much more.”
If you’d like to learn more about Nuru and how they make their impact, check out our full case study on Nuru International. And if using YouTube and Google Apps is a good fit for your organization, you can continue learning with our video tutorials and get started guides.
Posted by Katie Kellogg and the Google for Nonprofits team
#OurImpact: Maximize Your End of Year Donations
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We’re already in the midst of the holidays and soon we’ll be counting down the seconds until the start of 2013. While we’re preparing our toasts, another countdown impacting nonprofits is simultaneously underway: the deadline for individuals to make tax-deductible donations for the 2012 tax year is December 31st at midnight.
With that deadline people are searching now for charities and causes that they’d like to donate to. To help you prepare, we want to share two strategies that help maximize donations and your impact.
1. AdWords targeting now: Reach individuals who are looking to make end of year donations with relevant ads on Google. Start by creating AdWords campaigns targeting keywords related to end of year donations and tax deductible donations. If you need help finding keyword, make sure to check out Google Trends to see what and how much people are searching for keywords.
2. Send reminder emails: Make sure to remind the people who already know you and have donated about the December 31st deadline. Don’t forget to make your emails as effective as possible by telling your story and including social links.
We hope these tips help you ring in donations with the new year. Do you have any tips for increasing end of year donations? If so, we’d love to hear them on our Google+ page. Just make sure to include #OurImpact in your post.
Posted by Katie Kellogg, Google for Nonprofits team
With that deadline people are searching now for charities and causes that they’d like to donate to. To help you prepare, we want to share two strategies that help maximize donations and your impact.
1. AdWords targeting now: Reach individuals who are looking to make end of year donations with relevant ads on Google. Start by creating AdWords campaigns targeting keywords related to end of year donations and tax deductible donations. If you need help finding keyword, make sure to check out Google Trends to see what and how much people are searching for keywords.
2. Send reminder emails: Make sure to remind the people who already know you and have donated about the December 31st deadline. Don’t forget to make your emails as effective as possible by telling your story and including social links.
We hope these tips help you ring in donations with the new year. Do you have any tips for increasing end of year donations? If so, we’d love to hear them on our Google+ page. Just make sure to include #OurImpact in your post.
Posted by Katie Kellogg, Google for Nonprofits team
#OurImpact: Impact Report Template
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A great way to share the impact you’ve made with your donors and advocates is through an impact report that quantifies the difference you’ve made in your field over the past quarter or a year. To help you showcase that impact, our team has created this impact report template. Make sure to make a copy before using it and then customize it fit your needs.
Do you already use an impact report? We’d love for you to share it with us on our Google+ page.
Posted by Katie Kellogg, Google for Nonprofits team
Do you already use an impact report? We’d love for you to share it with us on our Google+ page.
Posted by Katie Kellogg, Google for Nonprofits team
#OurImpact: charity: water channels clean water issues to you using Google tools
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1 out of every 9 people, nearly 800 million people worldwide, live without potable water. charity: water is devoted to bringing clean, safe drinking water to developing nations and ending the gap in water access.
charity: water proves that nonprofits can make a giant impact with limited resources and the help of Google tools. Starting with a GPS device, a video camera and the Google for Nonprofits tools suite, charity: water has stretched their impact: increasing site traffic over 350%, exceeding fundraising goals, gathering celebrity support from people like Justin Bieber and using this success to complete almost 7,000 clean water projects in impoverished communities around the world.
Photo from charity:water
How do they do it? charity: water engages their supporters by infusing meaning, demonstrating efficiency and showing rather than telling. When donors make a contribution, whether $5 or $5,000, they’re sent a set of GPS coordinates and photos on Google Maps. Donors can easily click to see the difference they are making (tour of all their current projects here).
Their site explains how the idea got its start: “We walked into an electronics store and bought a handheld GPS device for $100. We took it to Uganda, went to each project and plotted six points on Google Maps™. Then we made the information public on our website along with the photos for everyone to see. We’ve been doing that ever since.”
charity: water also has a creative approach to fundraising, including the introduction of the birthday pledge which has attracted celebrity sponsors like Justin Bieber.
Since they started using Google tools 2 years again, charity: water has been able to raise over $15 million through its fundraising site. The September Campaign alone exceeded its $2.4 million goal by $280,000, covering the purchase and shipment of two large drilling rigs and building multiple water projects. “In one year alone, Google for Nonprofits and our overall digital marketing strategy helped us realize a 350% increase in site traffic, a 300% increase in total number of visitors, and a 333% increase in video views,” says Paull Young, director of digital engagement, charity: water.
charity: water is not done yet; their impact keeps expanding. This month they received a Global Impact Award from Google, which is designed to support organizations using technology and innovative solutions to make the world a better place. They’ll use their $5 million dollar award to develop remote sensors technology that will allow them to know whether water is flowing at any of their projects, at any time, anywhere in the world. This is the next step in transparency and data-driven solutions for the entire water sector.
Want to learn more about charity: water or other groups in Google for Nonprofits? Check out this full case study and others on the Google for Nonprofits site here. If you’re interested in sharing your story, tell us here and, of course, share it with us on our Google+ page using #OurImpact in your post.
Posted by Jes Marquardt, Google for Nonprofits team
charity: water proves that nonprofits can make a giant impact with limited resources and the help of Google tools. Starting with a GPS device, a video camera and the Google for Nonprofits tools suite, charity: water has stretched their impact: increasing site traffic over 350%, exceeding fundraising goals, gathering celebrity support from people like Justin Bieber and using this success to complete almost 7,000 clean water projects in impoverished communities around the world.
Photo from charity:water
How do they do it? charity: water engages their supporters by infusing meaning, demonstrating efficiency and showing rather than telling. When donors make a contribution, whether $5 or $5,000, they’re sent a set of GPS coordinates and photos on Google Maps. Donors can easily click to see the difference they are making (tour of all their current projects here).
Their site explains how the idea got its start: “We walked into an electronics store and bought a handheld GPS device for $100. We took it to Uganda, went to each project and plotted six points on Google Maps™. Then we made the information public on our website along with the photos for everyone to see. We’ve been doing that ever since.”
charity: water also has a creative approach to fundraising, including the introduction of the birthday pledge which has attracted celebrity sponsors like Justin Bieber.
Since they started using Google tools 2 years again, charity: water has been able to raise over $15 million through its fundraising site. The September Campaign alone exceeded its $2.4 million goal by $280,000, covering the purchase and shipment of two large drilling rigs and building multiple water projects. “In one year alone, Google for Nonprofits and our overall digital marketing strategy helped us realize a 350% increase in site traffic, a 300% increase in total number of visitors, and a 333% increase in video views,” says Paull Young, director of digital engagement, charity: water.
charity: water is not done yet; their impact keeps expanding. This month they received a Global Impact Award from Google, which is designed to support organizations using technology and innovative solutions to make the world a better place. They’ll use their $5 million dollar award to develop remote sensors technology that will allow them to know whether water is flowing at any of their projects, at any time, anywhere in the world. This is the next step in transparency and data-driven solutions for the entire water sector.
Want to learn more about charity: water or other groups in Google for Nonprofits? Check out this full case study and others on the Google for Nonprofits site here. If you’re interested in sharing your story, tell us here and, of course, share it with us on our Google+ page using #OurImpact in your post.
Posted by Jes Marquardt, Google for Nonprofits team
31 Aralık 2012 Pazartesi
The Wayland Winter Farmer's Market: More Reasons We Love it There
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Because, not only are there so many types of produce, but there are heirloom beans.
Baer's Best Beans are grown in Maine and are perfect for heaping bowls topped with sea salt, olive oil and a bit of vinegar.
Because there are blue eggs, care of Pete and Jen's Backyard Birds that are laid by chickens right in Concord.
Because there are homemade pickles-grapes, carrots, asparagus and even, yes, cucumbers.
Because, if you are lucky, there are goats, bunnies and baby lambs.
And because the setting, Russell's Garden Center provides color in the grey winter.
(Photos care of my four year old son who was enamored with the silk flowers and ribbons!)
We love the Wayland Winter Farmer's Market at Russell's Garden Center in Wayland.
Because, not only are there so many types of produce, but there are heirloom beans.Baer's Best Beans are grown in Maine and are perfect for heaping bowls topped with sea salt, olive oil and a bit of vinegar.Because there are blue eggs, care of Pete and Jen's Backyard Birds that are laid by chickens right in Concord. Because there are homemade pickles-grapes, carrots, asparagus and even, yes, cucumbers.Because, if you are lucky, there are goats, bunnies and baby lambs.And because the setting, Russell's Garden Center provides color in the grey winter.(Photos care of my four year old son who was enamored with the silk flowers and ribbons!)We love the Wayland Winter Farmer's Market at Russell's Garden Center in Wayland.
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