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The Story of the Boston Youth Sports Initiative Network

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

.” After lunch, conference participants got to to choose two presenters to spend an hour with in a small group to ask questions and deepened the learning. I was attracted to this discussion about the Boston Youth Sports Initiative hosted by Roberto Cremonini and Chris Lunch because we explored the “So, What?”

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Shifting our Role in the Hub

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Accepting this challenge, I entered the network weaver role with intermediary partners to develop what has become the nonprofit network and online community, goodWORKSconnect.org. I was quickly affirmed in that there are more questions than answers in this work. We are a little over two years old and over 1,000 members strong.

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Social Media Breakfast Leverages Two Truckloads of Tyson Food Donation for Boston Food Bank!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The theme for Social Media Breakfast #11 in Boston this morning was " Social Media for Social Good." Tyson Foods was willing to donate 100 pounds of protein to the Boston Food Bank per comment on its Hunger Relief blog. . Social Media Breakfast Boston View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own.

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Reflections from Arts Leaders Workshop: Resilient Leaders from the Inside/Out

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Earlier this month I was in Boston for the annual convention for Americans for the Arts where I facilitated a leadership development pre-conference workshop, “Impact without Burnout: Resilient Arts Leaders from the Inside/Out.” Analytical Style people control their emotions but tend to ask questions rather than give orders.

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4 bbcon Takeaways for Philanthropic Organizations to Power 2019 Planning

Connection Cafe

Think carefully about what questions could result in data points that can help guide funding decisions, smart partnerships, and stronger board relationships. The program relies on multiple partners including the city of Boston, Boston University, local nonprofits, EVERFI , Boston’s Center for Teen Empowerment , and others.

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How Small & Medium Enterprises Can Support the Sustainable Development Goals

Connection Cafe

This week, we partnered with Common Impact, SVP Boston and IMPACT2030 to launch Skills for Cities-Boston , a city-wide day of skills based volunteer service to support the SDGs. So it begs the question: How can small and medium sized businesses get involved in a way that makes sense for them?

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The Seven Ways To Become A Generous Leader

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Be available to connect with the person, and not just the person in their role to make them feel seen. Ask thoughtful questions. Joe Davis Today, Davis shares these insights with us: Question: Of the seven essential elements, which do you find the most difficult for leaders to master and why? Ask questions!

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