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

Amy Sample Ward

People haven’t reinvented school yet. Our competitiveness as a nation allows us to bring in people to the knowledge economy. You are in the business every day of figuring out how to have people engage, have fun, and build skills – change their behaviors through games. So how do you do that?

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Reflections from Networked Nonprofit Workshop for 300 People

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The second part of the morning was designed around the Principles of Social Media Strategy and used a new version of the Social Media Game intended for a large group of people. My design question: What is the best way to use this approach for a full-day workshop for 300 people?

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

NTEN

NTEN's Amy Sample Ward shares from her experiences at the Games for Change Festival. People haven't reinvented school yet. Our competitiveness as a nation allows us to bring in people to the knowledge economy. Young people should enjoy the educational process. Helping people understand science will help us as a country.

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3 Easy Ways to Elevate Your Google Ad Grants Strategy

Greater Giving

Are you ready to attract more people to your nonprofit website and pull in more support for your cause? In addition to having a valid charitable status, your organization also has to adhere to the website policy. Meet minimum ad structure requirements. People will only support your cause if they trust your organization.

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Run a Productive, Fun Nonprofit Board Meeting

Get Fully Funded

If your by-laws do NOT include these things, you and your Board need to make this a priority to create these policies and amend your by-laws as soon as possible. Use a Consent Agenda A consent agenda gives you a way of structuring your meeting so that you can handle the routine things quickly, leaving more time for important conversations.

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Using Inkind Donations To Help You Grow Your Nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

Sharing a list of what is and is not acceptable can help deflect some of these donations from well-meaning people. A tiny nonprofit was launching a capital campaign to buy land and build a modular structure to meet the needs of the immigrants they served. It’s unfortunate, but it happens. Creating a Process for Inkind Donations .

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Need a copy editor? Look in the mirror

M+R

Reading time: 12 minutes Soon after I learned the rules of chess, I started playing a lot of games against myself. Your audience, on the other hand, is mostly full of normal people. People who care, yes, or they wouldn’t be your audience — but who very likely have other things on their mind. Repetitive structure.