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How To Focus When You Work in An Open Office Space

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are numerous reports, indices, and studies, such as Gensler’s Workplace Index , that explore the relationship between physical space design and business performance metrics. The Gensler study suggests that employees need four different work areas to be productive: focus, collaborate, learn, and socialize.

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Get to Know the Lodestar Center: Lili Wang

ASU Lodestar Center

Her work on nonprofit studies has appeared in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly , Nonprofit Management & Leadership , Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations , and Public Management Review. The findings of these studies often have important practical implications. Any secondary interests?

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From Community Arts To Community of Online Learners: Janet Salmons, Ph.D

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Most of the projects with these programs were carried out collaboratively; so I had a chance to see how different kinds of organizations, from grassroots to national, operate. It focused on collaborative e-learning. A premise for this work is that we need to be better at working collaboratively???whether

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NpTech Tag Roundup: Election Day, NPTech Blog Chatter, and Tool Talk

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It includes case studies, tools, and how-tos. The Knowledge-at-Work blog writes about when learning and knowledge collide -- and the importance of collaborative learning networks. Something to read before jumping into using the tools.

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Building My Leadership Tribe in the American Express Leadership Academy

ASU Lodestar Center

Research from Harvard Business Review shows that learning happens best when learners collaborate and help one another.

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7 Reasons Nonprofits Need iPads

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It could spawn innovative interactive applications that support collaborative learning. The iPad provides a richer, more interactive presentation than any previous hand-held device. It promises a better experience for reading electronic documents and books.

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Harnessing Philanthropy to Promote Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the Nonprofit Sector

ASU Lodestar Center

Just as organizations have best practices and standards in place to minimize risk of corruption and greed within an organization, recruitment practices should be studied and standardized so as to enable minority groups to be considered with minimal interference of an interviewer’s biases. OMG Center for Collaborative Learning.