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From the Kids’ Table to the Adults’ Table: Taking Relationships Seriously in a World of Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Change the conversation from vanity metrics to validated learning. In these early stages, it is more important to honor learning. But there is something else to add as well. The article makes a compelling case for funders to focus on relationships rather than networks. From the Kids’ Table to the Adults’ Table.

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Heartland Pride: Winner of the #npfail Little Bets Contest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We took all the necessary steps to become an official 501c3 and we made little changes to the event in the first year we hosted it. Learning: We learned that by not changing what was happening over the years we were doomed to repeat the mistakes of the previous organization.

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Happy New Year: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I didn’t do a complete unplug, as we’re so dependent on the Internet for information in navigate our daily lives, which is a huge change since I first got online in 1993. And, now with those beautiful sunsets behind me, I look ahead to 2015. I have a couple of New Year’s rituals that help prepare me for a new year.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Myths about Women as.

ASU Lodestar Center

They want to be part of the change they are helping to make happen." [5] Interestingly, women are very interested in social networking and have evidenced faster growth in the use of Facebook than have men. Several studies have found that women report higher levels of empathy than do men. [4] 9 ^ [8] Ibid, Pg.