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Why Movement Is the Killer Learning App for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I came across a brain scan by Dr. Chuck Hillman from University of Illinois Neurocognitive Kinesiology Laboratory. People can’t be as focused on content when they been sitting longer than 20 minutes. The lab does research on the relationship between physical fitness and cognitive function.

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Why Nonprofits Are Needed in the Sharing Economy

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Despite having modeled institutionalized sharing for literally centuries ( hello, public libraries! ) In some models, it's not sharing that's taking place at all; it's renting a commodity owned by the community, rather than owned by the company. Why Nonprofits and Libraries Should Be Central.

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PopTech Fellows Program: Reflections

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This includes leadership, social innovation, communications, branding, graphic facilitation, financial and funding models. In comparison, this was a shorter time amount of time, different instructional styles across faculty, and the overall frame was social innovation. All of the instruction is aligned to a network frame. .

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: "Really, How Many.

ASU Lodestar Center

The main point of comparison is information on volunteering from the Current Population Survey (CPS), conducted by the U.S. So, the ASU Lodestar Center survey, modeled on the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy Panel Study , emphasizes several major prompts. Better Together: Collaboration and Nonprofit Netwo.

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Liberating Nonprofit Data for Greater Impact

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While the questions vary between the version for private foundations or small nonprofits, the 990 collects details on the financial, governance and organizational structure of America’s universities, hospitals, foundations, and charities to the end of ensuring that they are deserving of tax exempt status.

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Nonprofit Technology News for March 2014

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It is 2025 according to a new report by the nonprofit Pew Research Center and Elon University in North Carolina. The Pew/Elon University prediction is non-partisan, however, and is based on the views of 2,558 experts and technology builders about where we will stand by the year 2025. " Facebook, Solar Drones, and Cheap Internet.

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Podcamp Session on Social Media Metrics: Thank You Jeremiah

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When standard metrics are discussed, people easily fall into the "mine is bigger or better than yours" comparisons or "numbers data out of context thinking." Mapping is the process of developing a map of all things you are doing to generate conversation, sharing, and collaboration as a social media maker.

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