ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 19, 2011

I believe these attributes may be learned and practiced to produce a great leader — you don't have to be born with them to demonstrate great leadership! Dedicating yourself to continuous learning is at the core of investing in yourself and others. Karen Ramsey can help! Want more training to become a better leader? Get another!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

Yesterday, I participated on a session called “ Learning in Public ” with Kathy Reich, Packard Foundation and Jared Raynor, TCC Group. What have you learned, Dorothy? Glinda the Good Witch: ”You don’t need to be helped any longer. She had to learn it for herself.” What have you learned?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

A few days ago I opened the door on a new learning journey. I am very excited about upcoming peer learning projects that I’m working on in 2012, including several for Packard grantees in India, Pakistan, and Africa as well as the e-Mediat project in the Middle East. Content Delivery Is Not Learning.

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NTEN

JANUARY 9, 2012

We're less than 3 months away from the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , NTEN's signature three-day gathering that brings together nonprofit professionals from around the world to collaborate, innovate, and maximize effectiveness.

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NTEN

MARCH 9, 2012

We wish everyone could attend the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Francisco, but we know that's not always possible. The Online Nonprofit Technology Conference will let you connect with your peers and learn the skills you need to put technology to work for your cause -- without leaving your desk.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 23, 2021

The book (co-authored by Dick Weiss ) chronicles Michael’s story of going from an underdog athlete to a turnaround CEO, and how he took his student-athlete experience and translated those learned lessons to successes in his career. As a basketball player, Michael learned teamwork, courage, adaptability, and much more.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

OCTOBER 5, 2021

If there’s one thing that I’ve learned in 11 years of writing and millions of dollars I’ve raised, it’s that writing for fundraising is its own genre. But as I tell my students and clients regularly, writing to raise money is a learnable skill that you can master. I’ve been writing fundraising copy since 2010. Revise drafts.

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Forum One

JUNE 8, 2022

Forum One has worked with EPA since 2012 to plan and implement a range of strategic, prioritized efforts to unify and optimize the Agency’s complex enterprise Drupal presence, encompassing hundreds of sites. American Council of Learned Societies. Environmental Protection Agency. Excellence – Website for Government.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Back in 2012, the founders of Giving Tuesday couldn’t have imagined just how impactful their initiative would be. Whether it’s with money, time, or skills — we all have the power to give. When she learned about Habitat she immediately wanted to become a part of their mission – and she thankfully brought me along with her.

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NTEN

JANUARY 9, 2012

We're less than 3 months away from the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , NTEN's signature three-day gathering that brings together nonprofit professionals from around the world to collaborate, innovate, and maximize effectiveness.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 27, 2013

Among the thousands of tweets and retweets on Twitter about leadership during 2012 are these 25 favorites. Learn to let go of fear and embrace the unknown. A mix of advice from some unknown individuals along with many from leadership book authors and famous leadership experts, and a few from past U.S.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 23, 2012

While the barrier to video production and distribution tools has lowered greatly in recent years, many organizations miss the opportunity to present their stories, lacking the skills to use the tools effectively. Don't Miss Our First Two Learning Sessions! Mobile Storytelling Tweet Chat - Learn More!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Their marketing has tangible results: in 2012 alone they raised $33 million, and over $8 million of that was raised through their online fundraising platform. You should also think about how you can partner with other like-minded organizations and companies––big or small––that can help you reach more people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2012

Note from Beth : This is an ongoing series from the Organizational Effectiveness Program team at the Packard Foundation about developing their program funding strategy in an open way or what has been dubbed “Learning In Public.” Assessment of 46 OE grants to networks awarded 2009-2011, conducted by Monitor Institute (2012).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

My role over the past year been in the areas of: program design, design and delivery of a train the trainers intensive workshop in-country last March (see posts #1 , #2 , #3 ; #4 ); and develop and support the target NGO curriculum (intensive strategic and skills based curriculum). I started work on the E-Mediat project over a year ago.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

In the 60 minutes piece, it is referred to the flipped classroom or peer instruction a mindset that directs attention away from teachers and puts it squarely on the students and their learning. Taking self-directed and collaborative learning a step further is peeragogy. It sounds like they have adapted the Khan Academy model.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

In 2012, I applied for and was the youngest person to receive an award from the Z. From office sanctuaries, mindfulness rooms, mini-sabbaticals, to redefining what “hard work” looks like, there are soft skills that can help foster a culture of self-care. Smith Reynolds Sabbatical Foundation (ZSR). See you in Lincoln!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2012

But when Razoo designed Twive and Receive , a national giving day slated for June 14, we couldn’t help ourselves. We are encouraging nonprofits to team up with local Twitter and social media leaders to help them fundraise in their hometown. Communities can fundraise using Twitter, other social networks, and electronic media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

UPDATED 1/8/12: Thanks to the launch of Google+ Pages for brands, Google+ traffic hit an all time high in December 2011 and it’s likely that the trend will continue in 2012. If your nonprofit is already on Google+, then the best practices below are meant to help you better learn how to tap into and inspire the Google+ community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Here are two simple ideas I’d like you to think about as you close out 2012. If you don’t learn new techniques, try new things and evolve your fundraising skills you’re going to, to put it bluntly, die (i.e. Check out the full 2012 State of the Nonprofit Industry INFOGRAPHIC. Frank Barry is a Sr.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2017

It isn’t a special skill or talent. As Brian reminds us, it is not the act of making a mistake that invites learning, it is the process of sitting with it, and feeling the pain of discomfort that it causes that will motivate you to learn how to improve it. It also isn’t the same thing as creativity or innovation.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 27, 2021

Additionally, the change would help clarify the purpose and intention of what Brand Camp was meant to be and how it could help nonprofits. Future Cause Camps experiencing last-minute speaker cancelations used the “when all else fails, form a panel” plan, learned from 2010.). Ultimately, it will drive better attendance.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

As those of us working in this emerging space have learned, this work can be complex, dynamic, and tricky – much harder to master than traditional nonprofit management tools. Yet currently very few leaders in these emergent networks and collaborations have the tools and skills they need to succeed. How do networks learn?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

your peers and learn the skills you need to put technology to work for. Come to our session to learn more about this cool cloud platform, how nonprofits can think about Azure in their work, and see great examples of Azure at work for social change. "The Online Nonprofit Technology Conference will let you connect with.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Alliance Magazine, September 2012. Alliance Magazine, September 2012. Patricia Patrizi, Elizabeth Heidi Thompson, Julia Coffman, and Tanya Beer, “ Eyes Wide Open: Learning as Strategy Under Conditions of Complexity and Uncertainty.” There is not much value in the raw data unless you have the tools and skills to synthesize it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2012

” In 2012, while I still encounter a few skeptics, there is more often curiosity and questions about “How can we use a networked approach with more impact.” More and more in the nonprofit and philanthropic sector are learning that being fearless is still a critical skill that needs further development.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 17, 2013

It turns out Martín was asked by Franco to join his administration when he took office in June 2012. In 1985, he started Fundación Paraguaya in order to develop social innovations that could help create jobs and increase family income among the country’s poor.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

The study talks about the future and what the most desirable life skills for young people will be in 20/20: Among those they listed are: Public problem-solving through cooperative work (sometimes referred to as crowd-sourcing solutions or using collective intelligence). What will the future 2020 be like?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2013

They can help people with different knowledge, skills, and points of view to tackle a shared problem, see old things in new ways, or challenge the status quo. In 2012, leaders at the Rockefeller Foundation posed that question to our team at Monitor Institute, kicking off a year and a half of research and analysis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Note from Beth: Last week, I wrote about the launch of LinkedIn’s Board Connect tool that helps nonprofit identify potential board candidates through searching the networks of their board members on LinkedIn. We knew what skills we wanted and tried all the usual ways. All the prospects said they were flattered by my outreach.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

In early education, children learn the fundamentals of reading and writing in order to communicate, collaborate, and contribute in the world. But what if kids learned basic tech skills along with reading storybooks and taking spelling tests? Defining Digital Literacy. But first, what exactly is digital literacy? A United Front.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2013

In 2012, 25 percent of Americans had more credit card debt than they had in their emergency savings. Where would they have learned about money management? Learning to save and budget money isn’t something that comes naturally to most of us, but is rather a learned skill set. Kristen Coco , Program Developer.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. The Center wanted to expand its reach, connections, and impact using social media and received grant funding in 2011 for social media planning and implementation through 2012.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 11, 2012

Most researchers agree that low-income earners volunteer less (Wilson, 2012) and Pho (2008) extended this finding to include medium-wage earners. Does the incentive of monetary support influence how people allocate their altruistic desires to help others? Like this article? Get another!

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NTEN

JANUARY 9, 2012

We're less than 3 months away from the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , NTEN's signature three-day gathering that brings together nonprofit professionals from around the world to collaborate, innovate, and maximize effectiveness. > Learn more and register today! The regular registration deadline ends February 17th.

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NTEN

APRIL 27, 2012

Learn more about these stories and all the ways NTEN Members are amping up the awesome. If you attended the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , our amazing photographer may have snapped your photo. The 4th annual Women Who Tech TeleSummit will take place on May 23, 2012. Have more news to share?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

In order to make change that is sustainable and scalable, additional funding sources need to be considered to help nonprofits achieve their core missions. L3Cs were specifically designed to help social entrepreneurs raise capital from a much broader range of investors.

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