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In Defense of Community Managers

Amy Sample Ward

I’m excited to see the proposal gain momentum and hopefully move to implementation soon! Image credit: Flickr muir.ceardach ). Background. And, as a displaced Oregonian myself (I will make it home one day!), What do you think? How do you advocate for or describe the work of a community manager in your organization?

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Call for Presenters: Conference on Volunteering and Service

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Flatbush Gardner. You’ve spent hours developing a workshop proposal, hoping it would be accepted and then working hard to make sure the actual session lived up to your original vision in the proposal. Pay attention to instructions or tips on different segments of the proposal form.

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Sharing Foundation Nominated For Omidyar Network Collaborative Funding Proposal

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Read my Flickr Story About Leng Sopharath, an orphan being sponsored for college by the Sharing Foundation I've been a board member of the Sharing Foundation for the last three years and volunteer several years before that. Read my flickr story 2. Read the proposal 4. You can read about the others here.

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Submit Your Session Ideas for 14NTC, May 15 - June 15, 2013!

NTEN

Flickr: dougwoods It''s time to move the cat off your keyboard and submit your session proposals for 14NTC! As you know, the NTC isn’t just any old conference.

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Guest Post on Care2 Frogloop: Designing Campaigns for Impact

Amy Sample Ward

For example , if you are an organization working on public education policy changes, you probably recognize teachers as a core demographic to your work – both in supporting the changes you propose as well as helping identify the changes that can and should be made. Photo credit: Flickr leehaywood.

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Interruptions at Work: Which Are Good and Which Are Bad?

Tech Soup

Your organization’s HR Director knocks on your door wanting to discuss the latest employee benefit offerings while you’re in the middle of working on a grant proposal. Image 1: toolstop (Flickr / Creative Commons ). Image 2: Robert Banh (Flickr / Creative Commons).

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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. What if instead of reviewing another program report and proposal for continuation funding, program staff sat together and engaged with each other about what they were learning from their portfolios? The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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