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Guest Post: Stories of Volunteer Managers, Technology, and the Pandemic

Twenty Hats

One volunteer manager at an Arizona zoo described finding new ways to teach their volunteers about wildlife: “Over Zoom, we would give presentations about the different animals in our collection… So, for example, I did a presentation on bird conservation, which was not something that we ever had before. It wasn’t!

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. Engage for Good / Chicago, IL / TBD. Jan 16 - 19. Finance / @southwestfdns.

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The 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

Attendees include approximately 200 Directors and senior staff from Service and Conservation Corps across the country; officials from federal agencies; representatives from philanthropic foundations; and friends and supporters of the Corps movement. Council on Foundations Public Policy Summit. ASAE / Chicago, IL / Not available.

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Thriving in the Knowledge Age: Interview with John Falk and Beverly Sheppard, Part 1

Museum 2.0

It’s indicative of the ways the museum world to me is a very conservative world. The Smithsonian and a small history museum have very different communities and thus should have very different expectations of what makes them unique. But then the question becomes, what about the public? Are the donors here to serve the public?

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

EveryAction

Whether quietly spearheading some of the world's most groundbreaking scientific and medical research or not-so-quietly leading revolutions on the battlefield, our history is ripe with stories of ferocious, adventurous, enlightened, and persistent women. Are you passionate about conservation and environmental causes? Gabriela Mistral.

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AAM Recap: Slides, Observations, and Object Fetishism

Museum 2.0

A Crowd-Curated Exhibition (Shelley Bernstein), the Tech Virtual Test Zone (me), along with a new participatory research project, Children of the Lodz Ghetto (David Klevan), to talk about our lessons and struggles working with the public to create "museum-quality" exhibitions and research projects.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Say you want to track mentions of a particular public issue or news item. Nature Conservancy. Enable public feedback on assignments. Content used in mashups is typically sourced from a third party via a public interface or API Many people are experimenting with mashups using Google, eBay, Amazon, Windows Live, and Yahoos APIs.

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