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International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

2011 has been an amazing year for human rights defenders. Our team members are creating an “accountability toolkit” – a set of innovative techniques for identifying patterns of responsibility for grave human rights crimes. The year 2011 has shown in many ways that the arc of history is bending toward justice.

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Nerd, Geek, and Gear Herding: Technical Management Techniques for Managers

NTEN

By Grant Howe, VP Research and Development, Sage Nonprofit Solutions I've been asked to present a session at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference on "Technical Management Techniques for Managers". During the live session at the 2011 NTC , we'll talk about real-life situations and how to handle them.

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2011 NTC Preview: Let's Talk About Tech, Baby

NTEN

From there, you can start to understand where to begin conversations. Start planting the seed now for including someone in those conversations who can bring a strategic technology perspective, whether it's you or one of your colleagues. The first step is to understand how your organization is structured, and how it views technology.

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How Nonprofits Get Significant Value from Content Curation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While I have been doing content curation for the past twenty years that I’ve worked as a technology trainer, in July, 2011 I discovered the Scoop.It Robin Good picked up on the theme of sense-making, and identified five more techniques to help sharpen your sense-making skills as part of your content curation skill set.

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#13ntc Nonprofit Technology Conference: Plenary Session on Failing Informatively

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This highly interactive and engaging community conversation will look at how nonprofits can create a culture of experimenting, testing, learning and correcting. I’m especially looking forward to learning from these sessions by colleagues: April 11, 2011 – 10:30 – Noon. April 12 at 8:30-10. Keynote by Dan Pallotta.

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DIY Nonprofit Technology: 5 Tips For Increasing Engagement on Facebook

NTEN

[Editor's note: The following first appeared in the September 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. You'll also lose the spontaneity that is important for this type of conversational channel. This would seem to be a no-brainer for encouraging engagement, but there are nuances for what kinds of questions will facilitate the best conversation.

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Creating Learning Experiences That Connect, Inspire, and Engage

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Beth Kanter, Net Funders Conference, October, 2011. On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. A few days ago I opened the door on a new learning journey.