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The Wealth of Networks, Chapter 3

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The Wealth of Networks, Chapter 3 November 16, 2006 I bet you thought I’d stopped reading? So here’s the summary for Chapter 3. Or given up? It’s really worth a read.

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Creating A Culture of Well-being in Your Nonprofit Workplace: The First Step

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Erika Atkins, Director of Operations at Opening Act , a theatre program that teaches theatre skills to students from New York City’s most underserved schools to help them succeed in life. Before their annual staff retreat, Erika discussed the takeaways from the workshop with her executive director and some ideas of how to apply it.

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New Benetech board member, Robert Wexler

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I particularly have appreciated his help with the SF chapter of the Social Enterprise Alliance, a national organization I helped found and am now the immediate past chair.

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Busting the Overhead Myth: How can nonprofits convince stakeholders to invest in capacity building?

ASU Lodestar Center

Educating the Board of Directors and Reviewing Internal Policies (internal): By reviewing internal policies to make sure they are up-to-date with societal trends, the organization can be sure they accurately reflect their work in the current landscape of social issues. Be upfront about the funds it will take to implement or run a program.

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Celebrate International Grant Professionals Day

NonProfit Hub

March 14-18 is International Grant Professionals Week and today it culminates to International Grant Professionals Day (IGPD), a day dedicated to honoring the many hours that go into writing, making and seeking grant projects and proposals—a task that’s often done behind the scenes and not highlighted enough in the nonprofit sector.

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Mentoring Staff New to Nonprofit Work

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Sheryl Keeme , Executive Director, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Today, she is proud to lead the Arizona Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, an organization new to Annual Funds. Have you ever been asked what you do for a living and when you responded, the person reacted as though you were Mother Teresa? Get another!

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Social Media: Who Should Navigate the Ship

NTEN

Based on our experience, I propose to you that “who” works with social media is much more important than “which department” in this case. Compelling arguments can and have been made for it to live with the web department, with the marketing/communication department, or with the development department.