Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 5, 2008

The native people of Guam are called Chamorros, and the language is resurgent. The centerpiece of the meeting on Guam was the first leadership meeting of the Pacific Consortium for Instructional Materials Accessibility Project, or Pacific CIMAP for short. Not quite ready for students, yet!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

It is always challenge to use participatory techniques when your participants are not native English speakers and you don’t speak the language. When on site, make sure you introduce yourself and ask for any clarifications of language or ideas. The thumbs up means the pace and language is good.

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Facilitation Training Train International 50

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

I think of nerves when my first day of high school was coupled with my first day of football practice. Access donated live instructional QuickBooks seminars with QuickBooks Made Easy, now available in TechSoup Limited. Instruction is also available in Spanish. But mostly, going back to school reminds me of my Trapper Keeper.

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Library Instruction Instructional Course 47

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2017

And, in their new book, The Fido Factor: How to Get a Leg Up at Work , they outline the four qualities every leader needs to succeed and earn respect, and in their book, they use real-life dog (and human) stories to illustrate these core principles and practices. They look at body language and tone of voice, not just the actual words spoken.

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Teach Leadership Demonstration Companies 40

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

They end up keeping the templated language and design on the page. That’s why we added in a general profile picture and some text around the organization’s impact beforehand, all in the voice of the fundraiser, so that the page is engaging even if it’s not updated by the individual fundraisers.

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Goal Fundraising Help Africa 310

Museum 2.0

JUNE 10, 2008

And instructive. Today, scientists understand that people change cultural practices to respond to changing conditions. And O'Rourke's frustration with the use of language like "anthropologists don't fully know" in label text is understandable. It's painful. And revelatory. And painful. O'Rourke is wrong.

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Museum Story America Culture 20

Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Here are some branding elements you should keep consistent across your operations and include in your organization’s style guide: Overall mission and goals Audience Tone and language Colors Logo Fonts. To get the most out of your email newsletters, invitations, and updates, you need to have some best practices top of mind.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 6, 2021

The whole pack is designed to speak to the reasons of why supporters give in their own language. It’s like you are sharing with them things that they do like, and you are talking everything in the language that they like so they feel if they give, it is about what they care about. This just feel way too manipulative.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

To help us learn more about how to apply Lean Start Up ideas to nonprofit causes and organizations, Meg Rulli is the Social Media Director for Lean Impact and her colleagues will be contributing a regular blog post covering different aspects of the Lean Impact practices. Vanessa Hurst, Girl Develop It (Co-Founder).

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Impact Method San Francisco Social 122

Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

Once they’re all sold, instruct everyone to pop their own balloon and see what they’ve won. Voice lessons – Do any of your supporters want to be singers? Consider hosting a voice lesson class where you teach them how to control their range and practice scales. Then, put each slip into a balloon and fill them with helium.

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Ideas Fundraising Virtual Fun 59