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New recipes for capacity building for nonprofits and foundations

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Flickr photo by DoroQuez. Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. New recipes for capacity building for nonprofits and foundations – guest post by Annie Hernandez. Succession planning.

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To What End?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo By PetroleumJelliffe. Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. To What End? The questions are: 1.

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Is a Culture of Learning Required To Learn in Public?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Zen. Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Many individuals and foundations are taking “baby steps” towards creating learning cultures, but lack of time for learning is one chronic complaint.

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Who and What is the “The Network”, Really?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by hanspoldoja. Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Paul Shoemaker is Executive Connector at SVP Seattle. Thanks, GEO.

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Bridge Building or Trust Busting: A Warts-and-All Reflection on “Learning in Public”?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by AnEye4Pictures. Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Packard and the TCC Group collaborated on an alternative approach evaluating the foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness Program.

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Don’t Bring Your Phone in the Shower

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Helokee. Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. At the Durfee Foundation, we bring together nonprofit leaders from different fields to work on intractable problems in the Los Angeles region.

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Learning in Public Challenges and Actions

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Andy Beal. Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. I found out that we were not alone when NO ONE in the room stood up when we were asked if our foundation uses every bit of data collected.

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