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Bench Learning: Zoos and Aquarium Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve been looking for an excuse to share this YouTube Video of a River Otter playing the piano that Humberto Kam from the MBA mentioned. It think it rivals the YouTube video of Mariachi Connecticut performing for a beluga whale at Mystic Aquarium. Aquariums and Zoos (and animal welfare groups) may a key [.]

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5 Places to Find Grants for Your Nonprofit for FREE!

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And if you need help navigating Foundation Directory Online, their handy Features Guide offers tips, best practices, and video tutorials. This group of 400+ organizations – libraries, community foundations, and other nonprofit resource centers – offer you a way to access it from their location. They offer free webinars to learn more too.

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Best Practices for Virtual Foundation Board Meetings

Connection Cafe

One review panel member with the United Way of Southeastern Connecticut said using an online reviewer portal for their remote meeting was, “By far the easiest process we have had in my 6+ years on review panels.” . Most kinds of video conferencing software allows members to break out from the main room into small chat groups.

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11NTC Tip of the Day: Get out and See DC!

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Gaithersburg, MD) Lobster truck (@LobstertruckDC) Five Guys Burgers and Fries (1645 Connecticut Ave NW) Restaurant Nora (2132 Florida Ave NW) Jaleo (480 7th Street NW) We're really excited to see you all next week and we know we aren't the only ones: the Case Foundation is so excited they even made a video! Check it out:

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Volunteer value reached almost $32 per hour in 2022

EveryAction

Expressing your gratitude can take shape in a lot of ways: experiment with the mix of channels you use to contact them, like adding mobile messaging or a video message to your email outreach. in 2021), and • Connecticut, at $34.56 (up from $33.35 Where was a volunteer hour most valuable? in 2021) • New York, at $35.71 (up from $34.59

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Good News! Starbucks Signed an Agreement with Ethiopia

Have Fun - Do Good

The video above is a thank you message from the President of Oxfam and an Ethiopian farmer. One of the campaigners was working with Ethiopian bloggers and asked them to embed the video on their sites, which they did. Then they sent an email to Oxfam's supporters and asked them to look at the video and comment. Pretty cool stuff.

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NpTech Tag Summary: NpTech Slide Decks, Twitter Saves Children, and Visualizing Information for Advocacy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

With streaming video tools that are free - like Ustream.TV - I imagine we'll see more people video streaming from professional conferences like next month's NTC Conference in New Orleans. Nate Ritter gives a brilliant example of how Twitter could help save the lives of missing children.

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