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Reflections and Notes from Personal Democracy Forum 2013

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I try to sprinkle these 50% events throughout the year – a lecture here, a webinar there – to make sure I’m broadening my perspective and getting a few sideways ideas. The whole speech is 12 minutes, and if you want some tips about reaching millenials I’d advise watching the whole thing [quick tip: animals and homelessness].

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The Ultimate Guide to Volunteer Recruitment: 15+ Strategies

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These volunteers should have the time, skills, and interests to help you provide programming and services to your beneficiaries. For example, you’ll need far fewer volunteers at a small lecture event than you will at a community-wide dance-a-thon. Also, take the size of your event or volunteering task into account.

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Program Comfort: Events that Draw People Out

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tracking an agent, and inevitably end up interrogating homeless people and perfect strangers—engaging in social behavior they would never consider in “real” life. Your character will have all the same skills and attributes as you, and even the same memories and feelings. By training staff and lecturers as listeners.

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