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Reflections from Stanford Nonprofit Management Institute: New Skills for a Complex World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But I also got the opportunity to learn and hear Rob Reich, associate professor of political science, Stanford University, and faculty co-director, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) and Lucy Bernholz, visiting scholar, Stanford PACS present their research in a talk called “New Skills for the New Social Economy.”

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Help! My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. The hot button issue was capacity, skills, and lack of resources. The people with skills are out there. The team works on a practical project that take less than four weeks to complete.

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Help! My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd and How To Find Them!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of the reasons cited in the report and also from participants on the webina: “We don’t have the skills to analyze, slice and dice, and make sense of our data – so we don’t look at it.” The skills are out there. ” I hear this too often from nonprofits. from MIT in rocket science.

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Fail Fast Or Win Big

Eric Jacobsen Blog

In his new book, Fail Fast or Win Big: The Start-up Plan for Starting Now , author Bernhard Schroeder gives you the edge he believes you''ll need to be an entrepreneur who can launch a profitable business—in 90 days or less. He also teaches entrepreneurship, innovation, and creativity courses.

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Most Popular Leadership Posts So Far This Year

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Most Popular Post In his new book, Fail Fast or Win Big: The Start-up Plan for Starting Now , author Bernhard Schroeder gives you the edge he believes you'll need to be an entrepreneur who can launch a profitable business—in 90 days or less. He also teaches entrepreneurship, innovation, and creativity courses.

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Freshen Up the Sunday Morning Giving Routine With These Church Fundraising Events

Qgiv

The price of shirts should make your church a profit while completely paying for the printing costs. All you need to do is partner with a shoe drive fundraiser facilitator. You can teach a new craft and supply materials for a registration fee. 10 Church Fundraising Ideas (Very Profitable and Easy!) – Qgiv Blog.

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My life as an (almost) ex-Technology Consultant

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Being an independent consultant was, for me, a way to feel like I was using my skills for the greater good. And I also spent lots of time wrestling with the demons of consultancy and for-profit-hood (or “for-little-profit-hood&# as one consultant once put it.) And, I think I did that.