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The End of Expertise and How Associations Must Adapt

The MatrixFiles

Many association execs expressed the belief that declining trust is affecting their industry, including execs from higher education, medicine, public health, foreign affairs, media, real estate, government, technology, science, veterinary medicine, and libraries.

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Why I Do Good: Starry Night

Have Fun - Do Good

My mom had a variety of teaching and counseling positions while my dad worked mostly for nonprofits. As I walked back to my dorm across the dark quad from the library, I remember the sky being incredibly full of sparkly stars, the grass feeling extra soft, and the people I passed seeming simultaneously close and far away.

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Why don’t we tell more stories in our fundraising messaging?

Connection Cafe

There’s a chapter in the book called Emotional – in this chapter the authors share a study conducted by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University to understand how people give to nonprofits. Stories are also used teach us how to behave and how to grow up (something Peter Pan lacked).

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HTML Is Easier Than It Looks

Tech Soup

Throughout the month of May, TechSoup is sharing a variety of resources on web design and development for nonprofits and public libraries. Even in the early 1990s, the idea of teaching a computer language on paper seemed funny to me, but I kept that page all summer, adding new tags to it as I went along.

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4 Best Professional Development Practices for Nonprofits

NonProfit Hub

For example, the Leaderosity Learning Library by the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance has courses that utilize engaging learning elements such as text, video, images, and interactive features. For instance, let’s say you read a chapter of a book that is highly relevant to your organization’s mission statement.

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Nonprofits, Companies, and White House Unite on Tech Gap

Tech Soup

" Here at TechSoup, we're excited to see nonprofits and public libraries as well as our donor partners, Microsoft and Cisco, involved with TechHire. I first learned about Year Up's local Bay Area chapter through a Microsoft YouthSpark initiative event. The Power of a Year.

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Leading the Participant

Museum 2.0

Last month, the radio show This American Life ran a fascinating episode called " Kid Politics ," which starts with a long segment about the Air Force One Discovery Center immersive experience at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Instead, they get a lecture on what really happened in 1983. Maybe, maybe not. It would also be expensive.

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