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Thursday Thoughts: engaging advocates all year round

EveryAction

However, you also know these cycles of boom and bust aren’t always efficient or effective at building a truly successful program—instead, retaining advocates year-round and between campaigns is what will help you build more power and make a deeper impact in alignment with your long-term vision and goals. Here’s what they said.

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What Makes Social Learning so Interesting?

Gyrus

Social learning, relied solely on what one could obtain in a classroom setting, working with direct peers, or what could be conveyed back in forth on a phone. Why does this matter to those of us in the Training, Learning, and Development field? Those days are now extraordinarily a thing of the past.

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Make Your Nonprofit Board Meetings Magical

BoardAssist

Things are no different for board meetings, with one exception: Regular connection to the mission, or “mission moments” are also critical. These are among the most substantive elements of any good board agenda: Board development. No one likes a dull board meeting, or a long one, or one that doesn’t start on time. Ongoing dialogue.

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Games for Change 2007: Funders Perspective Panel

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" There was an acknowledgment from a panelist about the tensions between the need to look at results and the need for experimentation and pressures of timing. It is a new form of teaching, not just skill-based learning. Solicitation on the streets for programs at the k-12 level to train students to use cyber tools for science.

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iLaw: Cyber Strategy for a Developing Nation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was particularly eager to hear the afternoon lecture , Cyber Strategy for a Developing Nation , by Charles Nesson at iLaw. In 1998, during the embryonic stages of the project, this focus turned to a concept called "Reverence for Life," a non-demonational philsophy of self-development which had taken root in Jamaica's prisons.

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[VIDEO] Measure Of Success: Creating Tools And Process To Report Impact

Bloomerang

Marie Palacios will explain what donors want to know, why it is crucial, and how to share your past achievements, so donors contribute to your future goals. Full Transcript: Steven: All right, Marie, I got 2:00 Eastern. Is it okay if I go ahead and get this party started? Marie: Absolutely. Steven: All right, awesome. You can tweet us.

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52 Nonprofit Event Ideas That People Will Love

Neon CRM

There are so many different kinds of nonprofit event ideas out there! When considering what kind of event your organization could hold, you might find yourself suffering from choice paralysis. How do you choose just one? We’ve broken them down into six major categories. Foot Race These are a classic of the genre.

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