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Help Your Helpers! Top Tips for Managing Volunteers

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Simple volunteer jobs may include having someone help answer the phone or employing day-of event helpers to assist with handing out t-shirts or waters to 5k participants. Complex volunteer roles may call for more leadership, networking, and organizational duties, such as serving as a committee member or event chair. Don’t Force It.

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Receiving the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The ESI Award recognizes outstanding individuals and organizations whose innovations blend methods from the worlds of business and philanthropy, and that challenge the status quo to create sustainable social value with a potential for large-scale impact.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Blog: pancan.org/blog. When I started at organization in July 2009, the Facebook fan page had about 6,000 fans and now it has over 35,400 fans. I was hired in July 2009 to come into the organization and breathe life into social networking, explore new opportunities and empower the volunteers. Organization Size: Medium.

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My Theory of Practice

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

A theory of practice, in my mind, outlines the methods and ideals behind how I get work done with clients. My theory of practice is different than my consulting philosophy. They certainly are consistent with each other, but they are distinct. This theory includes the following elements that I think are key to my work: Listening.

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What is cloud computing?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

As the bandwidth available increases (via FiOS , and other methods) cloud computing will get even more attractive to organizations and people. at 5:17 am TechSoup Blog 09.16.09 Cloud computing just doesn’t make any sense, or work in any reasonable way without it (have you ever tried to use Gmail on dial up?)

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Reflection and Evaluation

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

This got me thinking that all people, not just scientists and students could use this method. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Thank You To the Max: Minnesota Give to Max Day Raised $13.4 Million in 24 Hours

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The campaign has been profiled on this blog since it started. It’s become an annual holiday tradition for Beth’s Blog. In total, GiveMN has helped raise $46 million for nonprofit organizations across the state of Minnesota since launching in November 2009. Minnesota’s ‘Networked Nonprofits’ raised $13.4M

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