NetWits

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

That’s a lot of money spent on marketing, recruitment and training. Susan G Komen Chicago made a great effort to renew the Survivor Parade associated with its Race for the Cure in 2010. In 2010, the first year of the new Survivors program, one participant said “ there was not a dry eye in the place ”. What would you add?

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 18, 2009

February 12, 2010, and promises to be “more than just a conference on the next generation web.&# Plus, if you register soon you can get a 20% discount! a project you would like help on. a project you would like help on. dc event nonprofit nptech openspace training unconference. NonProfit 2.0 Unconference here.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

An LMS, or learning platform, is a system that is designed to facilitate some sort of learning process over the web. Many organizations provide trainings, courses, and varied sorts of learning activities to their constituents. Increasingly, a wide variety of training opportunities are being delivered via LMS. Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2011

In 2010, my three words were Networked, Generosity, and Full of Life. networks, training and capacity building approaches, and culture change. I will continue to practice and explore different ways to use visuals to aid reflection, including data visualization, visual thinking, structured frameworks, graphic facilitation, and more.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

I think of myself in these terms: I educate, facilitate, mediate, and problem-solve. But I help them plan their technology initiatives (a new database, a new website, etc.,) help them find the vendors that will do the work by helping them craft good RFPs.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

This problem is compounded by nonprofits’ lack of investment in manager training, leaving nonprofit organizations unprepared for the inevitable succession of leadership (Koenig, 2016). Although many nonprofits lack the resources needed to create comprehensive in-house leadership programs, training can be woven into daily work (Koenig, 2016).

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Care2

MAY 9, 2011

Did you know that in 2010 volunteerism increased by 11%, according to a study by Cone ? While engaging existing members with volunteer opportunities is a great way to deepen your relationship, it’s also important to expand your volunteer network that will help your organization connect with new people who care about your issue.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

There are issues that relate to encoding, fonts, and character sets, machine translation, interfaces to facilitate human translation, issues of workflow, volunteer and project management, and a whole host of other issues. Be Helpful. It is actually pretty mind-boggling. Check out the wiki.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 19, 2008

But in the nonprofit realm, my perspective on helping nonprofit organizations with technology issues has a lot to do with client empowerment, learning based on what’s needed at the moment, and active collaboration. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

Her perspective is that the scarcity mentality of nonprofits (the idea that there is only one pie, and we only get our small slice) helps keep nonprofits from taking full advantage of social media (i.e. No web development help. Wouldn’t helping them raise money themselves fulfill their mission?) Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

What you should do Make an assessment – will using this online tool really save money or time, or facilitate collaboration in ways that is not possible with local apps? Be Helpful. Always read the privacy policy – if you have sensitive data, this might be a deal-breaker Always maintain your own backups.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

I was interviewed recently by Petra Kroon , a blogger focused on social media and entrepreneurship in The Netherlands, in which she asked some really great questions, including what I thought the trend would be for social entrepreneurship in 2010 as well as where we may be in 25 years.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 26, 2012

“In our 2010 Nonprofit Governance Index, BoardSource found that 90% of the boards with a structured orientation process were rated as effective, compared to only 67% of the boards without such a process.” “Board manuals can be a key resource in facilitating the work of a board member. Board Manual.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Reflections on an internship with Bookshare.org in Chennai, India Made possible through support from the Amherst College Center for Community Engagement Anna Reid, religion major, class of 2010 Anna Reid with employees of Worth Trust, a South Indian organization that provides vocational training and employment for people with disabilities.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

In any event, I have a lot of other skills and knowledge besides databases and coding: skills and knowledge in teaching, in writing, in working with organizations, in facilitation, in religion and spiritual practices, and in working with people, that I want to use now. Be Helpful. Perhaps I’m now more ready to wrestle those.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

This blog post was authored by Dawn Krause, who will be facilitating this week's webinar. Direct Relief International was involved in the Haitian earthquake in 2010 and the Japan earthquake in 2011, providing aid to thousands. Read more and register today !

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

story chronicled a middle school student who built an app to help him. Organizations are helping to facilitate these conversations and learnings globally. CyberMentors is an anti-bullying app, which focuses on building self-esteem, confidence and helping to make people feel safe. As a 2010 winner. Before, app.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Beth has over 35 years working in the nonprofit sector in capacity building and has facilitated trainings for nonprofits on every continent in the world (except Antarctica). She is an in-demand keynote speaker and workshop facilitator. She is also a certified executive coach.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 26, 2011

We all look similar in our sweatshirts, and the mission and goals of our work — to do good service, to help others, to create change — unite us even more. I often found myself asking, "What do you mean I have to create a volunteer program, or put together an advocacy training, or plan a Halloween carnival? Now you can find out!

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NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

I may start with numbers, but the process of collecting anecdotal information or stories in a structured way from your audience/stakeholders can help you generate insights about what those numbers actually mean. Is your organization collecting stories or anecdotal data in a disciplined way that helps you with your content strategy?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2012

When I first got started with social media training (2004-2007), I often rain into a lot of raised eyebrows, crossed arms, and skeptics suggesting that “Social media is a fad.” Low-technology settings require high-touch network facilitation. Not all capacity is best built through one-on-one consulting.

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Tech Soup

JULY 11, 2011

cloud-based tools that facilitate group process around mapping, making. 2010 as a way of using film, photography, and real-time reporting. including: a product matching program, storytelling trainings, social. Help Us Share! Connection points like Google Hangouts allow your circle to share what they are. Collaboration.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

Facilitating face-time and team building for your regional staff. In September 2010 Bill McKibben, the founder of 350.org, In the fall of 2010 the community rallied around a pledge to find common ground and unity in the Charter for Common Ground. Building buzz and press for an advocacy action. Raising funds.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

If however you want:- - more viruses & security holes - wasted tax payers money - closed certification & training - hardware upgrade cycles (and hardware disposal issues) - data ownership issues (open standards) then promote and use proprietary systems! Be Helpful. If you value software choice, privacy, common ownership, etc.,

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

In order to make change that is sustainable and scalable, additional funding sources need to be considered to help nonprofits achieve their core missions. L3Cs were specifically designed to help social entrepreneurs raise capital from a much broader range of investors. Banks were not lending.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

April 8, 2007 As I write this, I’m hurtling through small towns and big cities on the train home. So I hate to throw cold water on the whole enterprise – but if the core issues that most nonprofits are facing haven’t changed, and the situation isn’t getting better, how is it that have we helped?

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NTEN

MARCH 25, 2013

The soup kitchen operates in a field of health clinics, shelters, and job training centers. But more often than not, these individual organizations operate alone, never knowing if the individual receiving the meal is getting the job training that might help her find employment and become food secure.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

As I move out of doing implementation, and into more evaluation, planning and facilitation of technology change within organizations, I wanted to spend some time articulating what I have tried my best to practice when I’ve been in a place of providing technology support. Or, they’ll call you because the website really is down.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2010

Saturday, December 18, 2010 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Lynn Flinn of EWF International in Tulsa, OK wrote the following in a recent newsletter. EWF International provides professionally facilitated peer advisory groups for women business owners and executives. Its so powerful I wanted to pass it along. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

." - Amira Diamond Women's Earth Alliance (WEA), unites women on the front lines of environmental justice causes by coordinating training, technology, and financial support for thriving communities and the Earth. We do that by coordinating training, technology, and advocacy support. The problem that we are addressing is a great one.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

In particular, we aim to help groups to communicate securely, network with other groups, and make decisions in a way that is easy to understand, transparent, and directly democratic. Where traditional social networking is about connecting individuals, Crabgrass is social networking to facilitate network organizing. Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2012

This is a common experience when you attempt to facilitate global presentations, discussions or peer groups. Giselle has been using Razoo to help raise funds for her to make the trip and she still has a way to go before reaching her goal. (I made a small donation and hope you might consider a small gift too).

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2022

In ways beyond Marx’s most vivid nightmares, the poor and dispossessed now unwittingly train the very machines built to track their movements and terrorise their communities, or else replace their role in the labour process. Such information is concealed by big tech cabals who rely on microwork sites to facilitate projects of a secret nature.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

New computer and internet technologies would facilitate direct connections between individual users anywhere in the world, using web- based platforms provided by companies like Craigslist, eBay, Airbnb, Uber, and Grubhub. Craigslist can help. Workers are not paid for training time to master a job or for transit time between gigs.

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