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3rd Annual EveryAction Nonprofit Halloween Costume Parade

EveryAction

Each year, our staff marks the occasion by dressing up as some of our favorite nonprofit organizations as a way to recognize their incredible work and the start of end-of-year fundraising push with some fun. Children's Literacy Initiative.

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

NTEN

The folks at Idealist recently shared their obsession with drawing the actor Nicolas Cage in their post, Doodling Nicolas Cage: How we keep work fun. This post by Beaconfire empowers you to assess your page weight with step-by-step instructions (and illustrations!) to put you on the road to recovery. Communicate & Howe!

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Back to School at TechSoup

Tech Soup

And, organizations that provide workforce and job skills training can share easyLearning courses with constituents. Check out guides to available online tools for training staff. Train on QuickBooks with QuickBooks Made Easy. Train on QuickBooks with QuickBooks Made Easy. Instruction is also available in Spanish.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: What It Takes to Lead.

ASU Lodestar Center

The study reveals that current leaders in the local nonprofit sector believe the skills most needed in the nonprofit workforce are financial literacy, communication (verbal and writing skills), knowledge of laws pertaining to the nonprofit sector, information technology, volunteer management, and donor cultivation. All You Need is Love.

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How a Few Tiny Horses Bucked the Facebook Algorithm

Tech Soup

Gentle Carousel also has a literacy program called Reading Is Magic that brings the horses into schools, libraries, and at-risk youth programs. These unreasonably adorable miniature horses go through a two-year training program to be therapy horses. She will see each message." " This is genius! Post Timely, Thematic Content.

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5 Tips to Plan Engaging Virtual Volunteer Opportunities

NTEN

Offer a valuable training process. Ensure you thoroughly explain what each role involves and create fun role descriptions to get volunteers interested and prepared! A virtual advice line for community members — Train volunteers to answer questions and offer guidance on topics relevant to your nonprofit’s mission.

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Game Friday: Harnessing Collective Intelligence with Jane McGonigal

Museum 2.0

Serious games now are viewed as “resources” (for education, training, instruction, simulation) or “platforms” (for messages, persuasion). McGonigal’s idea that massive data collection can be packaged in a way that people are compelled, and have fun, participating in REAL science resonates with me and gets me excited about the 2.0

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