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Lessons Learned Living the Virtual Experiment

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With limited access to body language, tone, and context, precise communication becomes an essential skill. We learned that having a history of shared values and expectations for behavior makes for healthier virtual environments. A history of shared values makes for healthier virtual environments.

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Developing a Product Mindset for Impact

Forum One

We’re pleased to be seeing a growing focus on products and product strategy among government agencies and nonprofit organizations, developing products and approaches that advance progress in health, the environment, and beyond. Mission-Driven Product Examples Products can be websites, but not all websites are products.

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Why We Celebrate Pride Month & 4 Ways to be a LGBTQ+ Ally

Saleforce Nonprofit

Listen to their stories, ask questions about their journey, and read about the history of the LGBTQ+ community. Language Matters. When meeting new people try integrating inclusive, gender-neutral language into your conversations such as ‘they’ instead of ‘him’ or ‘her’, and ‘partner’ instead of ‘boyfriend’ or ‘girlfriend’.

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10 Tips for Better Grant Management Processes

sgEngage

Learn the language and history. Talk to your funder, peers, and internal experts to ensure that you understand the language of grants and other funding sources. With many initiatives in a rapidly changing environment, it can be challenging to keep staff engaged throughout the process. Seek clarity.

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Pride is a Protest, Not a Parade: How Education Can Help Fight Hate Against the LGBTQ+ Community

Saleforce Nonprofit

The increase in violence and hatred has not only been observed in countries with a history of exclusionary laws but also in France and Germany which saw a 39% increase in anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes in 2021. are twice as likely to have been bullied, and 91% have heard negative language about being LGBTQ+ in the past year. In the U.K.,

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How To Create A More Inclusive Workplace

Eric Jacobsen Blog

The first part of the book identifies eight common triggers that undermine our ability to connect with people whole history and values may be different from our own. It’s especially noticeable in virtual environments, where we may get spotlighted every time we affirm what someone else says. Rights have been sold in 22 languages.

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Back to School: New Tech for the Classroom of the Future

Byte Technology

History can truly come alive with video clips and interactive timelines. Imagine this scenario: instead of staring at a wall map of foreign lands, students can don some hi-tech headgear and be transported to those places in a 360-degree virtual world of images.

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