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5 Essential Free Online Courses for Nonprofit Professionals

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By Alec Green , Chief Marketing Evangelist at NonprofitReady.org , an online hub of 400+ free online courses in topics ranging from fundraising to grant writing, leadership to program management. Too often, nonprofit professionals don’t receive the training they need. Justifying the price for a paid training course is never easy.

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Demographics via Candid: One year in 

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This includes on-demand training, onboarding calls, and step-by-step instructions on how to participate. We are also working with our research partner, Viewpoint Consulting, to implement learnings from surveys, focus groups, and interviews about collecting demographic data in a way that is feasible for nonprofits.

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Why Self-Interested Volunteers are the Best for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Authored by Capulet’s Julie Szabo and Darren Barefoot, this report is based on in-depth interviews with leading practitioners and a literature review. Orange hats” are assistant crew leaders who teach “green hats” how to do trail building and maintenance correctly. They offer direction, supervision and make outings fun.

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Women's Global Green Action Network: An Interview with Melinda Kramer

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She is the co-founder and co-director of Women's Global Green Action Network , a nonprofit that cultivates global partnerships of grassroots women environmental leaders by providing access to communication tools, support services and networking capabilities. Below is a transcript of an interview with her from the Big Vision Podcast.

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Van Jones Testifies Before Congress on Green Collar Jobs

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Over the past month, many of you have posted comments or sent me emails about my interview with Van Jones, the President and Co-founder of Oakland's Ella Baker Center , that I posted here, and on the Big Vision Podcast. I just finished listening to your podcast interview of Van Jones. Van Jones green economy in Lansing, MI.

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Record-breaking donations on Give to the Max Day in Minnesota

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I have been tracking this giving day since its first Giving Day back in 2009 and every year do a debrief post or interview. A really unique partnership with Metro Transit, which is Minnesota’s transportation resource offering a network of buses, light rail and commuter trains, allowed us to plug into their engaged audience of commuters.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Just A Few Participatory Facilitation Techniques

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I answered yes to all, but more importantly I think these two methods helped me the most: Carve out time for reflection after each training and do an after-action review with yourself. Be a participant in other people’s training sessions. a) Green: Great things you’ve heard of, or done yourself. Share in the comments.