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Getting from “no” to “yes” for climate justice

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A philanthropy insider once shared during a presentation that foundations develop guidelines so they know to whom to say “no.” The experience has also shown us that, when pressed, philanthropy can flex its guidelines and meet the moment to address urgent need. . Though it sounded cynical and harsh, it also rang true.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Making Accommodations In Workshops

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My style of teaching is participatory; I don’t lecture with PPT endlessly and involve the audience. I modify instructions or make accommodations for physical disabilities. I made this part of the instructions. Training is better when you content and instruction is as inclusive as possible.

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NTEN Leading Change Summit #14lcs: Reflection

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Leading Change Summit was more intimate (several hundred people), participatory and interactive, intense, and stimulating. You need to orient your learners to the journey ahead. It is importance to establish participant guidelines, especially around respect, maintaining privacy, and encouraging a spirit of sharing.

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Bags at Blogher.and the orientation session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The session and moderator guidelines are designed to make the next a very interactive and participatory conference. It will be interesting to see if this achieved and there is a high likelihood since powerpoints (except for instructional sessions) have been banned.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Personal learning and reflection on and about your instructional topic. Research to incorporate in instructional materials. Unlike library subject cataloging, which follows a strict set of guidelines, tagging is completely unstructured and freeform, allowing users to create connections between data anyway they want.

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