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Zero-cost, maximum-impact professional development for fundraisers

Candid

Another quick way to pick up practical tips is to browse Candid’s knowledge base , which provides answers to hundreds of questions. Our team of librarians has curated responses to the questions we hear most from nonprofits. Fundraising-related entries include “ How do I find grants for my nonprofit? ”

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London Net Tuesday January - Resolutions for Learning

Amy Sample Ward

Join us for Net Tuesday London, this month: Resolutions for Learning! January’s event will ask questions like: How do you manage your learning? How do you connect with others to ask questions, share ideas and try new things? 6:15-7:00 - Learning discussion groups & idea sharing. 7:20+ - Networking.

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How To Focus When You Work in An Open Office Space

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Gensler study suggests that employees need four different work areas to be productive: focus, collaborate, learn, and socialize. Such spaces offer great benefits for collaboration, transparency, knowledge sharing, learning, creativity, and team building.

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Peeragogy: Self Organized Peer Learning in Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Peeragogy comes from Howard Rheingold via his Social Media Classroom and he explains it here: When I participated in the Change: Education, Learning, and Technology MOOC , I grew even more interested in the intersection of digital media/networks with self-directed learners and collaborative learning methods.

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Great reads from around the web on April 28th

Amy Sample Ward

We hope to establish a collaborative learning community — with plenty of space for ideas and wisdom of the field. We aim to work together to create a vision for meeting the education and learning needs of people in our field. The question, says Nancy Lublin, is whether such so-called slacktivism really works.

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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

It focused on collaborative e-learning. I interviewed ten online educators in five countries about how they planned and organized collaborative learning activities. whether the collaboration is across sectors, disciplines and organizations, or within a given organization, with participatory decision-making and teamwork.

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Why You Need To Keep Fundraising Technology Skills Current

Greater Giving

Now the question is out there: What skills are missing, and how do nonprofits catch up to achieve their full fundraising potential? Connecting remarkable fundraisers to collaborate, learn, and become inspired. The rise of remote working and virtual events has presented both new opportunities and new challenges. Online giving.

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