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A Free Agent for Hunger: Pittsburgh Tote Bag Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Those that have opened themselves up to using these tools and connecting with passionate people in their networks find abundance. Here’s one story about how one free agent, a social media savvy volunteer for a local food bank, saw a problem, reached out to her network, and helped solved in collaboration with the local nonprofit.

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3 Steps for a Successful Day of Skilled Volunteer Service

Connection Cafe

Whether building a new website or developing a new financial model, skills-based volunteerism is an effective way to ignite employees’ passion and engage their expertise by providing the opportunity to share and stretch their professional skills while making a significant, positive impact in their community. communities.

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Navigating Power Dynamics to Create “Sticky” Relationships

Connection Cafe

It is also helpful to establish feedback as a positive and valuable part of your collaboration. A recent example of a sticky relationship at its best is this story of collaboration from Common Impact partner Charles Schwab and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America in creating a club playbook.

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What is cloud computing?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

What makes it usable Newer applications are using AJAX and Flash, to give the kinds of functionalities we’ve come to expect with desktop applications – so it’s just like having a desktop application with our data – except it’s “in the cloud&# not on our desk.

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10+ Best eLearning Course Authoring Software Platforms

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At the end of 2020, internet browsers phased out Adobe Flash and many organizations needed to adjust their courses accordingly. This could mean a fully open-source environment, a desktop environment where only one person can edit the course at a time, or a cloud-based environment for collaborative authoring. Format conversion tools.

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Nonprofit Technology News for March 2014

Tech Soup

News flash. The plan is to build 11,000 “Solara 60″ model drones that are capable of providing satellite Internet to places on earth without Internet connectivity starting with Africa. Digital Inclusion. The Digital Divide Will End in 11 Years – and Will Be Our Ruination. TechCrunch.

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Spark Engagement, Inspire Loyalty, Upskill to Association 4.0 Board Leadership   

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Fluency with digital tools for communication, collaboration, and decision-making leading to efficient and effective governance. Mentors are a powerful tool because they can model the behavior you are seeking to promote. You need the flash to attract an audience, but it is integrity that yields loyal followers.