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How The Nature Conservancy’s Work in the Cumberland Forest Supports Jobs & Climate Mitigation

Saleforce Nonprofit

By: Andrew Tingley, Director of Communications at The Nature Conservancy. One great example of the intricate connections of habitats, wildlife, and people is our Cumberland Forest Project , located where Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet in the Central Appalachian region of the eastern U.S. About the Author. Andrew Tingley.

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Guest Post: What Good Could Come After a No?

Twenty Hats

In the ensuing years, I have become a great fan of managing up , the idea that you can use your influence to reach your goals without the authority to make the final decision. I think volunteer directors, managers and coordinators see things that are necessary and incredibly impactful for our programs. Same response: no.

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November Cause Awareness: National Native American Heritage Month

Qgiv

Parker, a Seneca Indian who worked as the director of the Museum of Arts and Science in Rochester, N.Y. The film festival is held in Virginia every year, and filmmakers can submit feature films, documentaries, and short films to be screened during the festival. The earliest efforts were led in the early 1900s by Dr. Arthur C.

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AI for Nonprofits and Social Good: Link Roundup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The panelists included, Virginia Eubanks, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University at Albany, SUNY and author of Automating Inequality ; Rashida Richardson, Director of Policy Research for the AI Now Institute ; and Di Luong, Research and Policy Organizer at Media Mobilizing Project.

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[Opinion] Millennials and the Fight Against Hate

Achieve

About the Author. As Achieve’s Director of Research, Amy is responsible for identifying and devising appropriate methodologies and data-collection strategies for projects like the Millennial Impact Report and the Millennial Running Study. To download this year’s Millennial Impact Report or previous years’ reports, please visit.

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Context Is Everything: Online Communities

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Dealing with good and bad buzz - Pete Snyder, formally of New Media Stratedgies (now part of Meredith Corporation) and most recently a run for Virginia’s Lieutenant Governor talks about the need to track good & bad online buzz for clients. He authored The Virtual Community and was an original founder of the WELL.

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Countdown to Civic Data Challenge Deadline: Turn Raw Data into Community Tools

Tech Soup

This guest post was authored by Kristi Tate, director of community strategies for the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC). Beth Kanter, nonprofit technology expert, author, blogger, trainer. Jake Porway, founder and executive director, DataKind. Maria Teresa Kumar, founding executive director of Voto Latino.

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