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Tribute to My Mentor

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In honor of Gerry Davis, April 2018 My mentor passed away earlier this month. I have had the benefit of numerous mentors over my long career, but Gerry Davis was The Mentor. I needed help with business negotiations and software licensing and Gerry jumped in teaching me everything I know about doing business.

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5 Reasons Why You Should Make Mentoring A Priority

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mentors: Bobby Deleon and Michel Daniel and students from ECHS - Speed Networking. As one who has always considered their work in the sector a “ calling ” versus a job, I’ve been lucky to have some amazing mentors. 5 Reasons Why Should Make Mentoring A Priority by Porter Gale.

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Beyond efficiency: A human-first AI adoption strategy

Candid

Centering humans begins with expanding the definition of productivity—as the ability to both complete existing tasks (or learn new tasks) faster and better and reallocate time from transactional activities to activities that deepen relationships. Putting humans first There is an alternative approach: a human-first AI adoption strategy.

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Ask Yourself These Questions Before Hiring a Fundraising Coach

Bloomerang

Do you have a manager, supervisor, or mentor who is teaching you how to fundraise and supporting you along the way? Definitely time for a coach. . Here are some great questions to ask yourself before hiring a fundraising coach. A coach is a great idea.

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What Is Volunteerism? A Guide to the History & Benefits

Bloomerang

We’ll cover: Volunteerism definition History of volunteerism Types of volunteerism Why is volunteerism important? Volunteerism definition Volunteerism is the act of contributing free labor to conduct community service or support a nonprofit organization. Teaching volunteers valuable life skills.

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8 Organizations to Support this Black History Month

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

Black Teach Project is the definition of “small but mighty.” The Southern Poverty Law center also has an intelligence project working to track and expose hate groups across the country and a Teaching Tolerance Program that produces and distributes (entirely for free) anti-bias documentary films, books, and lesson plans!

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Mentoring Young Women Bloggers

Have Fun - Do Good

Beth Kanter posted information about an interesting youth mentoring opportunity on the www.netsquared.org blog recently. They are looking for bloggers from around the world to be blogging mentors for 1 week as part of the Young Caucasus Women project, a group blog for young women from the Caucasus region (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia).