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11 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

There’s no shortage of year-end-and-beginning blog posts about social media, but I thought I’d throw mine into the mix as well. I took some much-needed time off in December and was able to spend some down time reflecting on the future of social media and mobile technology for the nonprofit sector.

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Live blogging from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit: The Generational Divide (Panel Discussion)

Amy Sample Ward

Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. I’m guilty of calling our community on the social web selfish because what it means is that anything we put out, it needs to be useful for them. Millennials come to the work place more prepared to teach than previous generations.

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Benetech: President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

President’s Update Fall 2011 Don’t be surprised, but we’re picking up the pace of change at Benetech! Our team has been thinking hard about scaling positive social impact of technology work. So, we’re creating a new place where techies can find social tech applications that resonate with their personal passion for change!

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New Benetech board member, Robert Wexler

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Rob is also a lecturer at Stanford Law School where he teaches the Law of Nonprofit Organizations. Rob also helped me with my recent essay in the Spring 2011 issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review, For Love or Lucre that offers practical guidelines for social entrepreneurs who want to start for-profit or nonprofit companies.

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How To Build Immunity To Burnout In The Workplace

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Maintain your social connections. The longer version of my why is that in 2011, I had a hypertensive emergency with a blood pressure reading of 200/110 that was brought on by severe chronic stress and burnout. Question: The book's servant leadership teachings are particularly interesting. Have some fun. Try an anti-stress diet.

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Learning is the Work

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She is one of the leading voices of ”social learning practice” which is about self-directed and informal learning from your online networks. She’s written a book about this, “ The Social Learning Handbook.” Teaching the new is not structured because it is social learning.

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Arts Organizations Digital Strategies Master Class and Train the Trainers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’m teaching a master class today in San Francisco for arts organizations for Theatre Bay Area. The second year in 2011, we did two sets of peer groups using workshops, action learning projects, and micro grants to encourage experimentation. The first phase was an intensive “ Digi-Strat ” boot camp last month.

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