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Unlocking the Power of APIs: The SKY is the Limit!

sgEngage

I went to school for music education and, up until this point, had a long-winding road learning how to write code in Google Apps Script. Remember, music major over here. Once I felt like I had most of the pieces in place, I still couldn’t break into the Blackbaud SKY API authorization despite hundreds of iterations of code.

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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

How to Design an Effective Staff Retreat: A Lesson from Life – Guest Post by Karen Axelson from ETR. This music was played in the meeting room during transitions and breaks. Let me tell you, our staff has some great taste in music!). For ETR, that meant music, games, photos with colleagues and so much more.

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Let Volunteers Shine (And Inspire Gifts) On GivingTuesday

Bloomerang

Plus giving the mic and shining the spotlight on your volunteers also gives them a well-deserved moment to bask in the glow of genuine appreciation. Spend the day thanking instead of asking Marie Curie is the UK’s leading end-of-life charity. Like a timeless piece of music, gratitude has an incredibly long half-life.

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Forget Coffee Spoons: I Can Now Measure Out My Life With Facebook Status Updates

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Alfred Prufrock : “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.” For I have known them all already, known them all: Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons; New Feature: The Timeline. One of my favorite lines of poetry comes from TS Eliot’s The Love Song of J.

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February Cause Awareness: Black History Month

Qgiv

In September of 1915, he founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH) before establishing the second week of February as Negro History Week in 1925. Every year, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History designates a theme for Black History Month.

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Back to Basics: Self-Care for Caregivers in the Sector

Bloomerang

This could be as simple as listening to music in the car, watching a regular TV series, reading a book, doing a hobby, having a pamper treat, or spending an hour with candles and a hot bath. We need a social life and ways of letting off steam, but these “crutches” can come with long-term negative side effects.

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Bo Eason Teaches You How To Achieve Your A-Game In Life

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Take a nice deep breath, think about your life, and start writing. Now look back at your distractions list: What are those distractions in your life that you have to include? That plan guided my life. This was my LIFE DREAM. Every big result I have seen in life started as a declaration. What life are you living?

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