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A New Approach for Nonprofit Professional Development: Micro-Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Micro-learning online courses consist of a video, an info-graphic or list of tips, and a set of instructional or assessment questions that help us think differently about the topic and find something bite size to apply immediately. Enter micro-learning, resources that can be quickly read, viewed, or consumed and take only ten minutes or less.

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The Ultimate Guide to Volunteer Recruitment: 15+ Strategies

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Here are a few tasks you might want to turn over to volunteers or recruit more volunteers for: Day-to-day office work or cleaning Door greeter roles Docent positions Event committee positions Event registration and ticketing Event set-up and clean-up In-kind donations collection Marketing and promotion tasks Fundraising tasks Teaching or tutoring.

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Strengthen Your Community with a Knowledge Sharing Network

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Every day, people ask, and get answers to, questions about best practices , professional development , just - in - time technical info , whimsical resources , legal issues , and many other questions related to librarianship. Now go forth and facilitate knowledge sharing! Some are huge. Some are successful, but messy.

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Apple, Mighty Putty, and Your Nonprofit's Website

Tech Soup

When you click on the huge photograph of the featured product (currently the iMac), you're greeted not by an order form but by a full page of information and more photos, with links to even more info about the product. I can give you permission to teach me something. I can watch a video. I can engage in a conversation. read more.

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How To Make A Back Channel Light Up Like Clark Griswald's House

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

After all, teaching others improves retention and helps consolidates one's own knowledge. Here's a few points that I picked up that I will integrate into the next time I do this: Integrating social media into your instructional practice will change how your teach. I like webinar software that facilitates learning between participants).

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Solutionary Women: DeeAnn Resk

Have Fun - Do Good

She is an alumna of Up With People and traveled as an Applied Education facilitator with Up with People last fall. The Stand for Peace project teaches elementary school kids about diversity, respect, and peace. You can get more info at www.upwithpeople.org. While in D.C., Up with People youth education international

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Solutionary Women: Mei-ying Ho

Have Fun - Do Good

And in terms of how I got involved with SOUL, I was actually teaching for a very brief period in the Oakland middle schools. I think it’s important ‘cause we all have lessons to learn, but we all have lessons to teach, and I think sometimes we forget that it’s not easy for any one of us. So I’m only 26. organizing education politics