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The End of Expertise and How Associations Must Adapt

The MatrixFiles

Higher education and the media have been hard hit with trust issues. From Tara: How declining trust is affecting the media Declining trust is something that isn’t new within the journalism landscape; we’ve been dealing with it for decades. Execs agreed on the importance of educating members about trust issues in their field.

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The social sector has a negativity bias. Here’s what you can do about it.  

Candid

By necessity, the sector focuses on the negatives—the systems that are broken, the problems that need solving, the issues that are underfunded. This is why we tend to remember that one negative piece of feedback while the positive comments fade away). And yet, this hyper-focus may be counterproductive.

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Drupal security, and other CMS Report comments

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Drupal security, and other CMS Report comments April 3, 2009 Now that the Idealware CMS report is out, I get to have my say about it. Now the security issue. And you know why it got a “Solid&# ?

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DIY Nonprofit Technology: 5 Tips For Increasing Engagement on Facebook

NTEN

[Editor's note: The following first appeared in the September 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ]. Always Be Commenting This one is simple, and comes from a wonderful post by Guy Kawasaki.

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Great reads from around the web on March 30th

Amy Sample Ward

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " 2012 Top 100 Best NGOs by The Global Journal | The Global Journal – "The Global Journal is proud to announce the release of its inaugural ‘Top 100 Best NGOs’ list.

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Nonprofit-Centric Data Sharing Sites

NTEN

[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. Read the complete issue on "Collaboration" when you subscribe to the journal for free! Please let us know in the comments below. Where are you finding/sharing data for your organization?

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And, if you submitted a nonprofit panel - and I managed to miss it while scanning 2200 in ten minutes - please add the link and description in a comment. Community Funded Reporting : The news industry is dying but in its wake are new business models to support investigative journalism. I will also be tweeting this post.). What is it?

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