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Reflections from 12NTC Panel on Data Visualization

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Photos: I rounded up the photos and screen captured important tweets and put them into Flickr here. Then I interviewed them. It was very informative, judging from the conversation and the tweets. One insight is that the denial stage is about the perceived lack of time to collect and analyze data.

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5 Methods for Avoiding Procrastination for Nonprofits

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That shift is easier when you have some good techniques for actually get those tasks done. Here’s five ways to avoid procrastination and be more productive: Flickr Photo by TBN97. You start each day writing down the three most important tasks on your to do list and reflecting on it for 5 minutes. Capacity Reflection'

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New Research: 10 Case Studies on Nonprofit Transition to the Cloud

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Our interviews with diverse nonprofits revealed a number of great examples from local and international organizations of all sizes and from across a wide range of technology expertise. We welcome your feedback and stories on this topic -- do these case studies reflect your experiences? Flickr photo credit: Podrunzy.

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Grazing on Curated Lists Is Like Sipping A Fine Wine

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Flickr Photo by JC Burns. It is process o f organizing, filtering and “making sense of” information on the web and sharing the very best pieces of content that you’ve cherry picked with your network. In the post I referenced a video interview with Robert Scoble by Howard Rheingold that Mari Smith highlighted in a google + post.

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Why Creating Space for Creative Time in the Nonprofit Workplace Improves Productivity

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Flickr Photo by AstridWestvang. I’ve been busy interviewing people who work for nonprofits for my next book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout , with Aliza Sherman. Our values reflect this commitment. 5 floating holidays and 7 fixed holidays per year.

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Reflection and Analysis: Gnomedex Real-Time Social Fundraising Experiment

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I've been a little shell shocked for the past few days, but wanted to share this reflection and analysis of the Gnomedex fundraising experiment. The secret sauce to success for nonprofits and social media is reflecting in action. A= Action M0= Monitor RE= Reflection on results - rinse and repeat. Flickr photo by Beth.

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Reflections on the Meyer Memorial Trust Workshop

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I'm happy that my new laptop has an extended battery life so I am writing some reflections on the plane en route to Boston. What I most enjoy about doing face-to-face training workshops is the right after reflection questions: How could this learning experience been improved? What worked? What didn't? Tags as a metric.