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How to Design an Effective Nonprofit Staff Retreat: A Lesson from Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: Blocking out time for your nonprofit’s staff to do planning and work on areas like organizational culture is essential for success. How to Design an Effective Staff Retreat: A Lesson from Life – Guest Post by Karen Axelson from ETR. I can’t overstate the importance of this part of a learning event.

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Developing staff technology skills in your nonprofit

NTEN

In this post, I will briefly explain how to pinpoint which technology skills folks need, assess current skill levels, provide training that doesn’t stink, and nurture a technology-positive culture where tech skills are a priority. Maybe it imparts knowledge, but people can’t transfer that to a real-life environment.

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New Models for Children's Museums: Wired Classrooms?

Museum 2.0

There’s a thriving debate about the role computers should play in children’s museums, with many professionals sounding the alarm about the negative impact of exchanging screen time for tactile environments. But the more I learned, the more I wondered where the real threat is, and why children's museums have been so resistant to change.