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Trainer’s Notebook: The Importance of Hands-On Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For the past five years, I’ve been an adjunct professor at Middlebury College in Monterey teaching a graduate course called “ Networked International Organizations ” for students pursuing an advanced degree in International Development. That’s why I always enjoy teaching in flexible classroom spaces.

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How Public Speaking Skills Can Help You Run Your Nonprofit

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Public speaking and presentation skills can help you craft better written and verbal communications, whether you’re engaging with your team internally or connecting with an external audience. . Internal benefits. Improving internal communication. . Internally, you likely engage with the following team members regularly: .

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Board diversity strategies to help nonprofits achieve success

ASU Lodestar Center

A statement can also aid in recruitment and retention of board members. Complete an annual self-assessment to determine strengths and growth opportunities for boards. An assessment tool can help identify strengths, challenges and gaps and help the board hold themselves accountable to reaching benchmarks and goals.

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Transform Your Communications & Collaboration With Slack

Saleforce Nonprofit

The university now uses the collaboration tool to host classroom discussions, develop new courses, and support students — both on campus and online. Professors are also creating surveys in Slack, allowing them to gauge student interest and retention of new material.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

The purpose of the Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium is to highlight current best practices, lessons learned from the field, and trends in effective nonprofit and philanthropic board leadership, as well as board recruitment and retention. Association of Fundraising Philanthropy: International Fundraising Conference. Fundraising.

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7 Can’t-Miss Nonprofit Conferences for 2017

NonProfit Hub

Lectures are left for the classroom. International Fundraising Conference. AFP International is hosting their 54th International Fundraising Conference April 30-May 2 in San Francisco, California. Donor retention. If you haven’t noticed yet, we recently announced our speaker lineup and we couldn’t be more excited.

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Going to AFP? 10 Sessions You Can’t Miss

NonProfit Hub

She is Vice President of Training at Pursuant where she transforms individuals into confident, successful fundraisers through classroom, custom and online training. I’m packing my bags and counting down the days to AFP International in Boston. Rachel Muir, CFRE, is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub. Monday, March 21, 9:30 am.

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