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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

Classy

The Fletcher School & Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University. National University. Leads the innovative efforts at National University for military, veteran, and military family educational degree programs . Has extensive tech expertise from his years of startup experience in commerce, healthcare, and defense .

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Why and How Rituals Build Resilience in the Nonprofit Workplace

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Rituals have been performed for centuries and are an important part of human history – from religious ceremonies to common rituals like saying hello or shaking hands. Researchers led by Kevin Kniffin, of Cornell University, discovered that communal meals can help with team building and more effective work together.

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Migration and Development: Can Diaspora Contribute to Effective Development of the Country of Origin?

Tech Soup

The biggest issue to address is the "brain drain" phenomenon and how to curb it. Although this session was slated to be a debate on the "innovative and controversial issue" of migration and development, I felt that the actual question debated was how can diaspora contribute to effective development for the country of orgin.

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Feeling Inspired Thanks to NTEN and the ConnectingUp! Conference

NTEN

I spoke with him afterwards to pick his brain on how he got involved with such an ambitious global project. My mom suffered from polio and has dealt with her disability her whole life, so my personal history with polio made me even more passionate about the cause. Impressive is an understatement.

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Things We Like (June 2010)

NTEN

A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources. We have so many data-themed links this month, you should probably take a moment to consider what all this information may be doing to your brain. Oh, and you might want to check out the longest tennis match in the history of the Universe -- at Wimbledon, no less).

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Steven Johnson Key Note at Serious Games Conference

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" In the book, he makes an argument for why playing digital games is good for their brains. "The best part of the conference was when he got in front of the crowd of CEOs of major tech companies and he stood up raised his hand - asked, "How do you feel about using games for educational purposes? See the fan sites.

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2020 Round-up: The Top 5 Lessons for Canadian Nonprofits and Charities

Connection Cafe

Citing the research of Dr. Russell James of Texas Tech University, Green explained that when the human brain was studied in relation to legacy gifts, subjects showed activity not in the empathetic part of the brain, but rather in the autobiographical part.

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