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3 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofits That Can Boost Professional Success

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Published Book Three: In 2016, I published “ The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout ,” with co-author Aliza Sherman. The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times throughout October-December as we presented dozens online webinars and guest posts and articles.

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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

Similar to the funders in my previous post on education , the organizations listed below focus their efforts on activities inside and outside of the classroom. Their priorities range from facilitating book donation drives to supporting arts education to funding playground construction and family literacy programs. . First Book.

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Happy, Healthy 2016: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I also facilitated several design labs with nonprofits as part of the research for the Happy Healthy Nonprofit at the Alliance for Nonprofit Management and the National Arts Marketing Project.

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Games for Change Keynote: James Shelton, US Department of Education

Amy Sample Ward

Our competitiveness as a nation allows us to bring in people to the knowledge economy. That’s teaching. Fundamentally that’s what teaching should be. When I leave I will write a book that is called the 100 Things We Do to Make Government Worse. Individuals needs to have real opportunity. So how do you do that?

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49 Simple & Successful Fundraising Ideas for Kids

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With a youth-oriented fundraiser, you can raise money for educational trips, sports equipment, classroom supplies, art supplies, musical instruments, or any other cause. Used book sale. Do you have outdated textbooks or slightly worn library books that can no longer be used or checked out? Costume contest.

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Writing to Change the World

Have Fun - Do Good

This year's speaker was journalist, Samantha Power , who received the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction for her book, A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide. She also won the 2005 National Magazine Award for Reporting for her article, " Dying in Darfur ," in The New Yorker. You can subscribe to her blog here.

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How To Make A Back Channel Light Up Like Clark Griswald's House

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I had to look up the Clark Griswald reference ( National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation ), but you might be scratching your head wondering what the heck is a back channel? Cliff Atkinson's new book, The Back Channel is a must read for anyone presenting at conferences or planning trainings in age of social media. Know of any?

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