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Grow the Human Skills: Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration, and Communication

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Although this explanation sounds more like it belongs in the classroom than the office, my takeaway is the focus on uniquely human skills. Open-minded humanists, interested in a broad spectrum of topics and issues. Both participants must be aware of the unspoken emotional dynamics and backstory that might influence the conversation.”

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Zerofootprint: A Cool Approach to Sustainability

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Zerofootprint shows what you can do with real data to influence meaningful social change. What blew my mind in the demonstration was how the Zerofootprint team took a metro area’s schools, and mashed the energy consumption data together with student census data to demonstrate how much the energy costs by dollar per student per year.

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How Public Speaking Skills Can Help You Run Your Nonprofit

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industry influencers. Her unique combination of being analytically minded, extroverted, charismatic, and skilled in presenting and training has guided her career journey. Word spreads about your inspiring presentation, and soon, you find yourself fielding requests to speak at other events. .

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Web Courseworks Wins Silver for Excellence in Technology

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Web Courseworks, a leader in innovative learning management systems and virtual event technology, won a coveted Brandon Hall Group silver award for excellence in the Best Advance in Technology for Virtual-Classroom or Conferencing Technology category.

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Community Matters, Even at SxSW

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South by Southwest reinforced the true value of connecting like-minded groups in person — particularly in our field. During a panel on fundraising, Donors Choose raised enough money to fund a music classroom project in Austin. Tags: Influence Events Internet Strategy Online Community Social Media. And am I ever energized.

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Transmedia Storytelling and Co-Creation Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is a much a deeper engagement with the content and the influencers or those most passionate about the cause. Her article brought up some great planning questions in my mind: How can your organization build a community (or network) that can connect with your cause? She also points to some funding sources.

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What's Your Vision?

Museum 2.0

It's 8am in the classroom; 5am in my body. You'll warm up your hand and get yourself in a positive frame of mind. I'm sitting at my assigned seat, next to a man who sells trailers in in Indiana, a woman who runs a Chamber of Commerce in Pennsylvania, and a guy who provides liability insurance to doctors across the US.

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