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Great reads from around the web on January 13th

Amy Sample Ward

. – "GreatNonprofits and Guidestar want to hear about the great nonprofits providing job training or job placement in your communities. Participate in this campaign to recognize the top-rated nonprofits developing your community through job training or job placement." Which ones are great?

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Using smart tech to reimagine nonprofit work

Candid

As a result, nonprofit employees have quit their jobs at record levels since the start of the pandemic. In our new book, The Smart Nonprofit , we use the umbrella term “smart tech” to refer to technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its subsets and cousins, such as machine learning, and natural language processes.

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The Lessons Learned From Small Businesses

Eric Jacobsen Blog

What surprises about small business did you learn during your road trips? Instead, we learned that catalytic converters come in all shapes and sizes and it is impossible to know -- without cracking it open -- how valuable the precious metals inside might be. What lessons did you learn about people during your road trips?

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Know Your Volunteers To Drive Better Volunteers

TechImpact

of of Americans over the age of 16 volunteered in some capacity between 2009, and 2013. Learn how to better manage your volunteers. Learn how to better manage your volunteers. Try coming up with what this persona looks like, their occupation, salary, education, their job title, even what their fears are. Click Here!

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Lessons Learned From A Twitterthon

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I wrote about her project The Born2Fly Project to stop child trafficking in January, 2009 on National Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Awareness Day. Lessons Learned From A Twitterthon by Diana Scimone. After all, I’m trying to work myself out of a job. It was a huge deal. She is no stranger to building relationships.

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Celebrating Women in Tech: An Interview with Qgiv’s Female Leaders

Qgiv

Keep reading to be inspired and learn a little more about the women shaping Qgiv! I was just out of school and there was so much I had to learn. Sandra: If you’re good at your job, there’s always a path to leadership within the organization. Meet Sandra Munoz, Director of Product – Fundraising .

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My Goals For 2009

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've had a post in draft for a couple of weeks now about some personal/professional goals or my New Year's resolutions for 2009. I read Chris Brogan's " Your 3 Goals for 2009 " and I loved his process. Think of how you want to be successful in 2009. I hope to learn the art of sentence combining. I have a confession.

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