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Listening Literacy Skills: What keywords or phrases have brought you some insights?

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Flickr Photo by Incurable Hippie I've been writing a lot about listening through social media channels in preparation for a live workshop for WeAreMedia next month in San Francisco. The most important listening literacy skills are. Reiteracy is Social Media Listening Literacy. Use Some Creative Thinking Skills.

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Member Round Up: A busy September with new research, a cure for website obesity, and world literacy day

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Flickr: Juushika Redgrave This past weekend saw the first offical day of fall which means we can all look forward to months of potted mums, candy corn, and annual conferences. No matter where you are, there''s still a week left for you to hone your social media skills during Social Media September. Register now!

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

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Flickr Photo by AstridWestvang. Interfaith literacy events and interesting learning opportunities. Studies confirm that creative activities – painting, drawing, dancing, playing music, theatre, or singing – can improve employee productivity and skills. 5 floating holidays and 7 fixed holidays per year.

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My Three Words for 2011: Seek, Sense, and Share

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A lot the products of my sense-making are shared through this blog, flickr, YouTube, and Slideshare – as well as offline through presentations, book and article writing, and facilitating workshops. Most of all, sensing requires discipline, a routine, systems, and being organized.

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Guest post by Kate Bladow: My Name Is Kate and I'm a Listener

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Flickr Photo by Nutmeg66. Beth Kanter - Listening Literacy Skills: What keywords or phrases have brought you some insights? Online, I spend time listening , attempting to separate signal from noise. This started when I was in high school. Occasionally, I would egosurf , or search for my name on the Web.

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Getting Your Nonprofit Organization Ready To Listen

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Flickr Photo by PaulGi. Qui Diaz, The Big Dig: Online Listening and Research Amy Naslund, How and Why of Listening David Alston, Top Reasons To Listen KD Paine, 27 Different Types of Conversations Beth Kanter, Listening Literacy Skills Beth Kanter How Listening Returns Value for Nonprofits.

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Riffing on David Armano's Listen, Learn, and Adapt: Need Your Organization's Adaption Stories!

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As the chief listener for the organization, Wendy honed her listening literacy skills using free tools like google alerts, technorati, RSS reader, and delicious. Listening skills and tools upgraded. Since I'm a visual person, I also use flickr as a documentation tool - I do a lot of screen shots with snagit and annotate.

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