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BIPOC Leadership Challenges: 26 Tips To Increase Accessibility Across The Nonprofit Sector

Bloomerang

There is no shortage of highly talented leaders coming from Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, and many of them lead from within the nonprofit sector. BIPOC communities are disproportionately impacted by social inequality, with higher rates of poverty and unemployment.

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How to Keep Donors Engaged Using Emerging Technologies

Cloud 4 Good

Pencils of Promise (PoP) was founded in October 2008 to help build safe and healthy learning environments for young children worldwide. Founder Adam Braun started the organization with a dream of creating educational infrastructure in the communities that need it most and a deposit of just $25.

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Interesting Uses of Technology: Virtual Libraries in Second Life

Tech Soup

"We're moving from a 'top down' model where high quality resources were once published through peer review and traditional authority-based publishing modes to a different model," she explained. "Second Life libraries are examples of immersive learning environments ," explained Dr. Hill.

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How to Design an Effective Nonprofit Staff Retreat: A Lesson from Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Staff are in one of three offices in California or are part of the Remote Team (R-team for short—people who work from their home communities, wherever those may be). These steps reinforce the content, skills and information from the learning event. We are a distributed workforce of 90, with folks located all around the country.

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Educating Medical Personnel: New Book Reviews CPD Topics

Forj

Every so often a book is published that provides a community of practice with a fresh perspective on current issues. Several of the book’s authors are associated with the Society of Academic CME (SACME) and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Editors William F. Rayburn, Mary G. Turco, and David A. Mary G Turco, PhD .

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What’s A Learning Experience Platform? The Essential Guide

Forj

Social and Community-Based Learning: The experience within an LXP occurs through both formal and informal learning. In part, this is carried out through social and community interactions. On the other hand, LXPs are: Focused on personalized learning experiences. Driven by the learner.

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How to Build Platforms that Our Movements Can Own

Non Profit Quarterly

For example, if a group raises $1,000 for a project that builds community power—like a mutual aid group, a skillshare, a giving circle, a timebank, or a tool library—who is going to hold onto the money that was raised? Over time, we connected with the communities that needed us. Using Venture Tools for Mission Ends.

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