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Does Your Nonprofit Need Some Data Therapy?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And while I haven’t done an in-depth map of this space, I keep thinking that a network of intermediaries (people who teach skills, connect skilled volunteers, generate discussion — those data nerds ) is missing. (I And community organizations can use data to illuminate the challenges they face.

Data 101
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How Small Businesses Inspire Big Businesses

Eric Jacobsen Blog

You’ll read those dozens of stories captured by three information-hungry economist/b-school professor buddies who traveled Memphis, TN to Omaha, NE; Charlotte, NC to Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL to Cincinnati, OH, and so on. A great example was Panhandle Converter Recycling , a company that we met with in Dothan, AL.

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The Lessons Learned From Small Businesses

Eric Jacobsen Blog

You’ll read those dozens of stories captured by three information-hungry economist/b-school professor buddies who traveled Memphis, TN to Omaha, NE; Charlotte, NC to Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL to Cincinnati, OH, and so on. A great example was Panhandle Converter Recycling , a company that we met with in Dothan, AL.

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6 Road Trips Reveal Critical Lessons For Business Success

Eric Jacobsen Blog

You’ll read those dozens of stories captured by three information-hungry economist/b-school professor buddies who traveled Memphis, TN to Omaha, NE; Charlotte, NC to Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL to Cincinnati, OH, and so on. A great example was Panhandle Converter Recycling , a company that we met with in Dothan, AL.

Lesson 62
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4 Takeaways from #AG2014 Social Media

Connection Cafe

If those figures don’t get you moving, just think of the $115 million dollars the ALS Foundation raised since July with the “ Ice Bucket Challenge ”, all because word spread like wild fire through social media. Teach for America demonstrates this by recognizing their few and far between male pre-k teachers.

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Get Help in Telling the Story of Your Nonprofit's Impact

Tech Soup

Port Charlotte, Florida: How to Tell Your Nonprofit Story with Spark and TechSoup's StoryMakers 2017. Atrisco, New Mexico: Working Group and Help Desk: Bring Your Projects and Tech Challenges. Kampala, Uganda: Teaching Youths the Dangers of the Internet. Phoenix, Arizona: Storymakers 2017: Defining Your Nonprofit Narrative.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

Have Fun - Do Good

I think what makes us unique is that we are really investing in women's leadership and women's creativity in developing local solutions to some of the world's most challenging problems. I think the biggest challenge for us is trying to make hard decisions. It works in over 160 countries around the world.

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