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Guest Post: Stories of Volunteer Managers, Technology, and the Pandemic

Twenty Hats

The survey gave us a basic sketch, but the color and texture emerged during follow-up focus group conversations. They wanted to help students and teachers who were teaching from home that needed curriculum ideas and ways to engage their students in this new virtual environment.”. But for some, it opened doors.

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

Although we did not start with a particular emphasis on equity and access, this theme came up regularly in our conversations with the field. In the spring and summer of 2021, with funding from AmeriCorps, our research team held focus groups with volunteer administrators about their technology use in the pandemic.

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Learning in the White Space: 5 Unintended Lessons from a Marketing Class

NTEN

I wondered if we have gotten so caught up in digital social networking that we've forgotten how to do the original social networking – talking with one another! The instructor made no mention of digital marketing or social media. Unintended) Lesson #2: Say less, people will remember more. Next time, say it with feeling. ever since.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Why Do People Stop Giving?

ASU Lodestar Center

And I tell my students that Ill give to any of the worthy causes they pour their hearts into, but they have to ask me in person (not on Facebook)! The reality is, we're all bombarded with digital messages and shares and likes and spam. Currently (on my lowly grad student budget), I only give money to one nonprofit org.