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Organizational Amnesia, Accountability Buddies, and Other Things I learned at the Grant Managers Network Conference

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In mid-March, I had a whirl wind day at the Grant Managers Network Annual Conference where I did the following: Panel Session : Outcomes, Impact, and Communication with Roberto Cremonini and Danette Peters. The number one thing we can do to help groups learn is to create space and time for reflection. How do we do that?

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Unlocking the Potential of Peer Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Many funders are interested in using peer learning to help nonprofit leaders advance their capabilities. It’s a form of network building. When should you (and when shouldn’t you) consider starting a peer learning group? What role(s) might a funder play in initiating and implementing a peer learning group?

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Help a Nonprofit Cross the Digital Divide This Summer

Tech Soup

But there are millions of nonprofit staffers who don't have the skills to use technology to do more good. You can help your tech-shy NGO friends cross the digital divide by bringing them to a nonprofit tech meetup. Every month our global network of community organizers host Tech4Good events in more than 60 cities.

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NTEN Community Update: CoP Transition

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CoP's offer groups within the nonprofit technology sector an online space to connect, as well as the opportunity to hold monthly webinars or discussion phone calls. Designed with peer knowledge sharing in mind, CoP's aim to provide an established point of reference along with a network of support and resources.

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2011 NTC Preview: Let's Talk About Tech, Baby

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A close read of the lyrics provides a good framework for thinking about communicating horizontally (across departments or silos) and vertically (with everyone from senior management to interns) in your organization about technology. Ask on listservs ( ProgEx , NTEN Affinity Groups , ISF Yahoo group , etc.) for an organization.

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Foundation Transparency – Foundation Center’s Surprising Glass Pockets Website

Tech Soup

So much attention in philanthropy has been devoted to nonprofit accountability, like the work of Charity Navigator ; it looks like the time has come for funders to be more open about how they’re doing grantmaking. Glasspockets is actually a consortium project. It has developed something called the hGrant reporting format.

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NpTech Tag Roundup: Election Day, NPTech Blog Chatter, and Tool Talk

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo from Politalk_Tim Flickr Stream via the Voter s project Cross-posted at Netsquared Election Day, Organizing, Campaigns, Nonprofits and Web 2.0 The NPTech Blog Chatter Confessions of a non-profit IT director blog rasied ruckus with his proposal for creating a closed forum and new NTEN Affinity Group : nptechhelp.

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