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Developing staff technology skills in your nonprofit

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Additional resources: Digital Skills Framework — a taxonomy of digital skills, plus further learning resources to help build skills in each area, aimed at global nonprofits. Tech training that actually works Let’s face it, a lot of technology training is garbage. What skills are needed to achieve your organization’s strategic goals?

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Methods for Facilitating Innovation in Nonprofits

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The co-facilitator was Amy Hedrick who works in Product and Design Innovation at Intuit. The curriculum was based on their “ Innovating for People ” design methods recipe book and “ taxonomy for innovation.” We worked in small teams. ” What is Human Centered Design?

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Free Webinar: Sharing Trainer's Social Media Bag of Tricks and Secrets

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I've been involved with teaching and learning technology for nonprofits since 1993 when I worked for the New York Foundation for the Arts' online network for artists, Arts Wire. I was immediately thrown into a situation of dynamic teaching and learning. My job was the network weaver. Audience Research.

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You're Doing That Wrong! Rule of Thumb

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report led me to post on the concept of 'collabuary' raised in the report, which prompted Stephen Downes to comment in reply , trying to distinguish between folksonomies and collabuaries (which he thinks isn't a useful term; it just means 'vocabulary' or 'taxonomy'). A link to a Web 2.0 Some others disagree.

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Strengthen Your Community with a Knowledge Sharing Network

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It implies not just “information”, but also understanding how things work. If you can build an area of your website where people come to learn, teach, and maybe have some fun, they will likely return. Since my desktop computer at work is set up to scan all downloaded files, every file is checked. Knowledge is a lofty word.

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Reflections from Networked Nonprofit Workshop for 300 People

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I feel that my technology training for nonprofits work is more like a calling for me than simply a job or career. The second part of the morning included a brief presentation about the principles of social media strategy based on what I’ve been teaching for the past 5 years. How did that relate to the learning objectives?

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From Community Arts To Community of Online Learners: Janet Salmons, Ph.D

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I met Janet Salmons many years ago while I working on various arts and technology projects in New York State for the New York Foundation for the Arts. Tell me a little about your professional background, particularly the work you do with nonprofits? I figured out that I could offer teaching, training, consulting activities online.

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