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Supercharge Your Intern Program: 18 Proven Assignment Ideas Across Marketing, Data, & More

Whole Whale

This book draws on case studies from Donor’s Choose, DoSomething.org, Idealist.org, Move For Hunger, Women Deliver, The USO and decades of experience of running internship programs. Business challenge Challenge interns to create a 10 page presentation that researches an existing problem in the company and pitch practical solutions.

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What Best Practices Exist in the Nonprofit Sector to Improve Operational Effectiveness and Achieve Greater Impact?

ASU Lodestar Center

Stakeholders should be asking how do we identify effective practices throughout the organization and how do we improve organizational effectiveness to achieve greater impact? The goal is to identify best practices and opportunities and subsequently to adapt to improve (Bridgespan, n.d.).

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Captivology: The Science of Capturing People’s Attention

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is filled with the science and practical techniques to create a bonfire of attention — for anything – from a product to social change cause. Parr spent over two years researching and interviewing people for this book. Let’s look at one of these triggers that nonprofits and social good causes might leverage.

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The Knowledge is in the Room: How To Let It Out

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They don’t want to engage, reflect, or hear what others in the room are doing. I just don’t like that style because prevents deeper sharing of insights. On the other hand, people do want those tips and best practices. So, letting the knowledge out in the room is a balancing act of peer interaction with expert insights.

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Future of Social: Gen Z

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you want to learn more about what I’ll be talking about, read this interview in the Guardian. He created his own nonprofit and program called “ Brae’s Brown Bags ” to help fight against hunger, probably making him one of the youngest nonprofit CEOs and founders. Gen Z By The Numbers. Don’t talk down, treat them as adults.

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Fair Trade Certified: An Interview with Paul Rice of TransFair USA

Have Fun - Do Good

Paul Rice, the founding president and CEO of the Oakland based nonprofit, TransFair USA , answers these questions and others in an interview for the Big Vision Podcast. What is Starbucks relationship with Fair Trade? You can read a transcript of the podcast below.

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NpTech Tag: Socially Responsible Idol, Nptech Meebo Chat at PDF Conference, and Personal Fundraising

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Fight Hunger shares the results and learnings from its Second Life fundraising event "Walk the World." you can catch up with Mike Seyfang's live blogs, twitters, pipe, and more , including this interview with Daniel Ben-Horin from CompuMentor. The Non-Profit Tech Blog interviews Scott Crowder, Kintera CTO. (If

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