Volunteer Hub

JULY 26, 2021

With the expansion came a new welcome center, four permanent galleries, two changing exhibition galleries, a research library and café, a 187-seat state-of-the-art performance theater, and a 175-seat outdoor amphitheater. Even amid the COVID-19 pandemic, we never stopped recruiting, onboarding, and training.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 18, 2013

business development and marketing professional who has worked with. In a panel hosted by TechSoup, representatives from four arts organizations discussed how they are using social media in new and innovative ways to market the arts. Dan Meager, director of marketing at Diablo Ballet in Walnut Creek, CA. Ryan Biega is a.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 6, 2021

BrashBerry helps Nonprofits build scalable and sustainable growth for financial stability, a bigger impact and efficiency through actionable website design, marketing strategies and visibility campaigns.Amanda has led an international marketing team with a million dollar budget and trained/coached over 200 entrepreneurs to build strong brands.

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Candid

MAY 28, 2024

I asked Kate Tkacik Sweeney, Candid’s senior director of development, for advice on how to decide which funder to approach and how best to make the ask. Building, maintaining, and strengthening relationships with long-term funders is more of an art than a science.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 6, 2022

During COVID-19 and in the wake of early teacher retirements, Matt Walker, Director of IT, explained that MSTA’s retention rate was declining. Staff first began designing learning modules for the association’s Board of Directors — they soon plan to implement myTrailhead for training special councils and committees. .

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

You have to trust that the training data are strong enough to lead to an accurate prediction, that the methodology for building the model is sound, and that the output is communicated in a way that you can act on. Some examples: What should you include in your training data? What Is Trustworthy AI?

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Twenty Hats

JANUARY 12, 2021

Smithsonian Associates (SA) , which annually presents 700+ classes and other educational and entertaining programs, made a hard fast pivot in June 2020, when it began to present all of its lectures and art courses as livestreamed programs on Zoom. She also is a Board Member of Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre, as its Volunteer Director.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2022

According to Nonprofit Courses’ guide to nonprofit professional development , your organization’s greatest asset is its people — and that includes volunteers ! Your Program Volunteers Your Fundraising Volunteers Get Them Trained Provide Them with Useful Tools. Train Them On the Job. Get Them Trained.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Seattle, Washington: King County Executive Director Forum. Seattle, Washington: Board Development. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Treading Lightly | The Delicate Art of Internal Communications. Thursday, October 6, 2016. Boston, Massachusetts: TNB Roundtable: Managing Nonprofit IT Projects, Tasks, and Teams. Friday, October 7, 2016.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2022

A step-by-step plan on how to train your staff and board members today. Training: Provide training on storytelling for impact to all staff and board members within your organization. She is currently the Senior Director of Development of Diabetes Research Connection.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

A couple of years ago, outreach, training, and fundraising consultant, Stephanie Gerding , posted some great basic grantseeking information on TechSoup For Libraries. You may be seeking funds for technology, training, capital improvements, planning, research, materials or other support. based on the types of projects they fund.

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Bonterra

AUGUST 15, 2022

Everything we talk about and do together has a shared sense of mission and purpose that I haven’t found anywhere else. First Name Last Name Email Address Phone Number Organization Name Organization Size Select. 10 or fewer employees 11-50 employees 51-100 employees 101-500 employees 501-1000 employees 1001+ employees Organization Type Select.

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DipJar

AUGUST 9, 2022

Joyce is the development and marketing manager for the library, which serves both Brunswick and the smaller community of Harpswell. Not a librarian by training, she started her career in public relations before moving into nonprofits. She showed and explained the DipJar to Elizabeth Doucett, the library’s director.

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sgEngage

APRIL 28, 2022

Provide good training. They’ll work harder and smarter if they’re involved from conception through fruition, as compared to a volunteer who is assigned a task or project. – Russel Heskin, executive director, special projects at Western University of Health Sciences . Get to Know Your Volunteers .

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Tech Soup

MAY 17, 2011

Throughout the month of May, TechSoup is sharing a variety of resources on web design and development for nonprofits and public libraries. I had the opportunity to chat with executive director Lisa Hoitsma and marketing and development manager Carly McCoy about their recent website redesign. We’re an arts organization!

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Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2022

Matt’s past work includes fundraising for the University of the Arts, Ursinus College, University of Cincinnati and the Boy Scouts of America. He has a BS from Juniata College and an MA in Philanthropy and Development from St. The board chair and the executive director are the interface between the board and the staff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

As a trainer, one of the most exciting parts of working on a book is developing instructional materials based on the content and leading workshops to help put the ideas into practice. Over the past six months, I have been developing and piloting workshops on self-care and we-care as part of the leadership development training I do.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 2, 2019

A 2015 Stanford study on boards of directors in nonprofit organizations found that “over two thirds (69 percent) of nonprofit directors say their organization has faced one or more serious governance related problems in the past 10 years.” Developing a training program for new board members? Creating a new committee?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2010

So, I designed a training curriculum that embraces thoughtful do-it-yourself social media experiments and a process for learning from them. On Friday, I facilitated the final face-to-face workshop for the Social Media Lab for 25 arts organizations inspired by Thomas Edison’s approach. What were some tactics that you tried?

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Achieve

AUGUST 25, 2023

The high ROI of planned gifts and their accessibility to wider groups of donors has always made them a smart investment of your time and development resources. Training your team and developing their communication skills will be essential. The world of planned and non-cash giving extends far beyond bequests.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2006

In two weeks, several hundred arts leaders from around the country will gather on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University to discuss the role of technology in the arts field at the Technology in the Arts Conference. Tell me a little bit about how you got into arts management? Was that your progression? Actually, I???m

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 25, 2018

For the past five years, each summer, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History has hosted MuseumCamp. MuseumCamp is a professional development experience that is part retreat, part unconference, part adult summer camp. Some people want an outcome-oriented training (as opposed to a community co-created summer camp).

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

posted by Sentari Minor Director of Engagement and Education, Social Venture Partners Arizona Nonprofit leaders know that storytelling is paramount to advancing their organization’s mission. The ability to tell potential volunteers, donors, and champions your story in a succinct and cogent manner is as invaluable as it is daunting.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

Most organizations incorporate messaging training as part of the new hire process and encourage employees to “represent” when they are out and about at professional networking events. What if the executive director tweeted about the upcoming gala? If the administrative assistant live-tweeted inspiring takeaways from a training?

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Last week Ginny Fitzgerald, the Director of Visitor Services and Membership at Chicago History Museum, joined us to host a webinar about how she prepares her team for peak attendance times. That means staff working the counter should be fully trained and comfortable before June 1 st. Membership Arts & Cultural fundraising ideas'

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 16, 2011

." - Rachel Cohen Twenty-year-old Rachel Cohen is the Founder and Executive Director of Hand2Paw. They provide homeless teens with professional skills training and therapeutic experiences. They also ensure that thousands of homeless and abandoned animals get the socialization and training they deserve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Here are a few areas discussed I was challenged by: Challenge #1: At The Lumpkin Family Foundation , we developed our first comprehensive evaluation plan last year. In order to answer the annual questions that were developed in the plan, we compiled ALL the evaluation stuff we collect over the year and put it in one place for synthesis.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 15, 2015

Chris Worman, senior director of marketing and communications, recommends Social Physics by Alex Pentland. Kyle Reis, senior director and east coast representative, recommends The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload by Daniel Levitin. As always, we got some great suggestions.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 13, 2011

I had the pleasure of serving as Principal for a Day at Arizona School for the Arts (ASA) on October 27 via a program put on by HandsOn Greater Phoenix. I came away from the day inspired and invigorated to see so many students receiving rigorous academic instruction and also passionately pursuing their study of the arts.

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.orgSource

MAY 6, 2024

In the tech world state-of-the-art doesn’t exist. Kevin Ordonez,orgSource’s Managing Director of Digital Strategy, explains what you have to gain from an assessment this way. You may discover that some staffers aren’t benefiting from the data at their fingertips because they need additional training. Now, the aliens have landed.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

On September 10, the Whitney Museum of American Art started offering a new membership called "Curate Your Own," in which members select one of five specialized "buckets" of benefits in addition to core admission and discount benefits. People want to experience art in quite individual ways. How did this project start?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

Read more about the challenge , including links to the webinars, training resources, and featured products. Co-Founder & Executive Director. As executive director, Aaron's focus is on communication, collaboration, nonprofits, video, social media, and the bleeding-edge technology behind these things.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What are learning platforms? Many organizations provide trainings, courses, and varied sorts of learning activities to their constituents. LAMS – not as much an LMS as a curriculum development tool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica for this project where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as a sort of meta network weaver. Deliver targeted, cutting-edge social media training and coaching to 150 – 250 NGOs and CSOs in 15+ communities.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits May 19, 2008 There are some really interesting tidbits of stuff out there. 1 trackback } Blackbaud buys Kintera » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 05.29.08 Time will tell. {

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

UNESCO views NGOs' role in fundamental economic development as crucial, especially in countries where governments are unable to adequately educate schoolchildren. She has worked in education, community engagement, development, marketing, event management, and administration for both nonprofit and for-profit organizations.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2008

Interestingly enough, lots of developing world countries voted against it. There’s lots of great details on Groklaw. Venture capitalists are liking open source more and more. Why do we nptechies care? More $ toward open source is a tide that lifts all boats.

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