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Tribute to My Mentor

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In honor of Gerry Davis, April 2018 My mentor passed away earlier this month. I have had the benefit of numerous mentors over my long career, but Gerry Davis was The Mentor. Just last month, he helped me solve a knotty trademark and web domain challenge. Gerry was like a father to me. Gervaise Davis III, Esq.

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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Year That Was and the New Year Ahead Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, Benetech's VP and General Manager of the Literacy Program 2012 was a year of titanic shifts in the fields of consumer technology, education, and publishing, along with the requisite challenges brought about by such rapid change.

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Revolutionizing Salesforce Staffing with Talent for Good

Cloud 4 Good

Talent for Good provides the nonprofit and education spaces with a Talent as a Service (TaaS) program ready to solve employers’ hiring challenges by providing vetted, trained, specialized Salesforce system administrators on a contract-to-hire basis. And how can employers do so quickly in the face of rapidly increasing competition? .

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Three Fabulous Conversations

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Conversation Two I had agreed to act as a mentor to a Global Changemaker, in this case Mousa Mousawy, an Iraqi teenager now living in Jordan. I had no idea when I agreed to the mentor gig that there would be something like this I actually know something (a lot) about. What a great kick-off for a day!

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Tips for Activating a Culture of Wellbeing in the Nonprofit Workplace

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Because staff turnover challenges effectiveness and poor morale does not inspire staff to move the organization’s forward to great heights. Create a leadership library of nonprofit books for staff to check out and read. Mentoring program and cross training. Encourage sharing what is learned at conferences with staff.

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Microsoft's YouthSpark Initiative Seeks to Close the Opportunity Divide

Tech Soup

Although the challenges differ by region, the outcome is the same everywhere: young people are simply not gaining the 21 st century skills and experience required for today's workforce. While her internship could be tough at times, Mackey's mentors at Year Up pushed her to move forward in her career. Libraries Building Bridges.

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CommBuild Tweet Chat April 9: Storytelling with Data

Tech Soup

While both are important to your nonprofit, charity, cause, or library, both together just might be its secret weapon. Pacific time for a special Digital Storytelling Challenge edition of the weekly CommBuild discussion on Twitter. He served as a mentor at SXSWi in 2012. Join us on Tuesday, April 9, at 10:00 a.m.