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Association 4.0—A Playbook for Success

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Sandy Marsico, Founder and CEO of Sandstorm Design, described the challenge of balancing risk with growth like this: “You need the courage to take chances and the stomach to handle anxiety. These funds are designated for experimentation. It’s a frenemy they’ve learned how to manage. You have to believe in yourself,” she advises.

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E-Mediat Networking Conference at the Dead Sea, Jordan

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I’m here at the Dead Sea in Jordan where I delivered the key note for the E-mediat Networking Conference, “New Media for the Networked NGO.” Beth presents HRH Princess Rym Ali from Jordan the Networked Nonprofit. Then we walked with her into the conference room as they played the National Anthem of Jordan.

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Meeting the Geeks of Arabia at N2Vlabs Talks in Amman, Jordan

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E-Mediat is working with more than 220 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, and Yemen. I’m looking out my hotel window at the Dead Sea in Jordan. He founded Shabakat Al Ordon , the first networked nonprofit that I discovered in the Middle East and that provides youth ICT training 300 communities in Jordan.

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Build a Board for the Digital Future

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Garth Jordan, CEO of the American Animal Hospital Association , talked about how that attitude aligns with the Board’s relationship with the executive director and the staff. “We’re But your board doesn’t need to configure a database or design a website, nor should they be encouraged to try. We’re a board of eight.

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How to use innovative technology to attract members to your association

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Together with your continuing education program, your best practice sessions, and networking opportunities, you’ll become indispensable to the professionals you serve,” says Tristan Jordan, General Manager of YM Careers. Become a career resource for professionals by mapping career paths for various roles in your industry.

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How Nonprofits Can Raise Money Using YouTube

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A great marketing video is designed to capture the eyeballs of strangers, pique their interest, and entice them to learn more. Told from the perspective of her father, this video is a story of childhood cancer hero Jordan Vincent – named the Cancer Slayer. and Canada before the international rollout.

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E-Mediat: Social Media Capacity Building for NGOs in the Arab World

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The project is training 300 NGOs in Jordan , Lebanon , Tunisia , Morocco , and other Arab countries to become networked ngos and use social media for civil society goals. A true public/private partnership, the funding partners include Microsoft and craiglist Charitable Fund. I’ll be Jordan and Morocco in March, 2011).