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The Science of Nonprofit Video Engagement: How To Use Emotion to Increase Social Sharing

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Their work has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, CNN and AdWeek and Doug is a guest lecturer at Stanford University on the power of storytelling for nonprofit organizations. Content associated with arousing and low-dominance emotions still gets engagement, but it comes in the form of comments rather than shares.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

on choosing to be a nonprofit or a for-profit, based on my For Love or Lucre SSIR article 9/26 Kicking off the Stanford Social Entrepreneurship Lecture Series 10/1 Speaking at the Disability Rights Advocates board meeting 10/5 Duke Fuqua MBA High Tech Club Panel (Cloud Computing /Social Entrepreneurship panels) 10/5 Duke CASE Award for Enterprising (..)

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Afraid of the Office? Top 3 Keys To Make Your Association a Kick-ass Place to Work According to History

Association TV

Today, we’re going to talk about the three major categories your association — and really any business — can optimize to make a kick-ass workplace. This category covers the look, feel and operation of your association. How to make your association a kick-ass workplace. After all, if it’s not broke, why fix it? Corporate Culture.

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At AFP Lead in Houston, Nonprofit Leadership Alliance students prepare for leadership liftoff

ASU Lodestar Center

Gabriella Billett President, Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Student Association at ASU. We listened to lectures, participated in reflections and had the chance to hear about real life experiences in the sector. I was one of the lucky students who was able to travel and learn so much from the professionals at the conference.

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Guest Post: Maintaining a connection with pandemic-inactive volunteers

Twenty Hats

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. The calls have been very successful, averaging 50-60 participants.

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The Sit-Ins: A Story of Creative and Strategic Struggle

DipJar

Museum programming, which included films and lectures, was also moved online. In February 2020, just before the 60th anniversary of the sit-in, donations were high, but they have naturally declined in the ensuing years as a consequence of the restrictions associated with the pandemic. But, that is poised to change.

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New on SSIR: Slacktivism, the gateway to change?

Amy Sample Ward

I recently did a guest lecture at The New School on the topic, I’ve had countless conversations with colleagues and friends, and I’ve been capturing ideas and questions to myself on scraps of paper everywhere. My guest lecture notes cover the first point, and today I want to share a few ideas about slacktivism as a gateway to change.

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