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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. USD School of Leadership and Education Sciences / San Diego, CA / TBD. Nonprofit Management.

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MCON13: Working with Millennials

NTEN

To them, there isn''t a distinction between work and life and this is a lesson that Nicole has taken in her own approach to work. It''s important to equip them to learn leadership skills and hear what they are thinking. Many engaged in the pre-session morning exercise program and the post-session fireside chats.

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9 Amazing Organizations Share Their Tech Success

Tech Soup

The program offers year-round dance lessons and an annual event in which 80 children are joined by volunteers from professional dance schools. The Kosch-Westerman Foundation connects terminally ill children to their classrooms through technology. " The Kosch-Westerman Foundation. " New Heights Educational Group.

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Weaving the Web Into Teaching and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Starting way back in 1995-96 when the web was just starting to explode with content, I focused a lot on searching skills, information literacy skills, how to organize and retrieve your finds, etc. Our participants always really appreciated not having to "waste too much time" finding the good sites.

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Games for Change 2007: Funders Perspective Panel

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mentioned recent studies about taking laptops out of the classroom and there is a problem with using old metrics and it is important to look for new metrics and rethink learning environments in general. It is a new form of teaching, not just skill-based learning. Emphasis is on digital literacy. Microsoft Corporation.

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Great List of Links: Preschool Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Early Connections - Preschool is a great set links from the Northwest Technology Consortium on integrating technology into the pre-school classroom. According to this site, In the preschool classroom, children and teachers are working on readiness skills and early literacy experiences.

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Abby Rosenheck, Urban Sprouts, Interview Transcript

Have Fun - Do Good

The kids were everywhere, they're running around, they're cursing, they're throwing things, they're angry, they're upset, just everything coming out, and we would go out into the garden, and you would just see them relax, like just being outdoors, instead of in the classroom. Britt Bravo: What does a typical class day look like?