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4 Reasons to Embrace Gen-Mix Volunteerism

VQ Strategies

Simply put, co-generational teamwork will not only strengthen the outcomes of the program in the communities it serves but also foster greater intergenerational respect among volunteers. Program Stability. Of course, designing an age-diverse volunteer program is not without its challenges.

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My First Intergenerational Social Media: Learning from Gen Z's and Value of Different Points of View

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How can we use all this technology View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. This was fascinating to learn why and how they participate and how adults in their lives perceive these technologies. Then have the group work on coming up with those. (2) Then had a discussion having the ready folks give advice to the not ready. .

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Ocean and Beach

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've also started a second "intergenerational" or rather in interdecade blog mentoring with Juanita. I would love to read Juanita thinking outloud as she explores the technology and weaves it into her work. He's mulling over what he write about and I'm wondering whether he will make blogging a habit over the next month.

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Intergenerational Wired Fundraisers: A Conversation. ROI and Nonprofit Technology Presentation. Beth's 51st Birthday Challenge. Is Facebook Causes A One Night Stand? Harry's Fundraising Video. How Do Social Networks Incorporate the Ladder of Engagement. Spell my Twitter Name Correctly. How Nonprofits Can Get The Most Out of Flickr.

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From Community Arts To Community of Online Learners: Janet Salmons, Ph.D

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I met Janet Salmons many years ago while I working on various arts and technology projects in New York State for the New York Foundation for the Arts. Ever since, our paths have crossed several times in nonprofit technology circles online, most recently via the Digital Divide Network listserv and the online forums at TechSoup.

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

Museum 2.0

We also formed a Creative Community Committee (C3), composed of a diverse range of multigenerational community representatives from social services, the arts, business, education, the city, technology and our board of directors to provide a multitude of perspectives and expertise.

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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

Have Fun - Do Good

It is a time where a lot of organizations are going through an intergenerational transfer of leadership, and a lot has been written about what does that mean? Locally, we run a project called the Technology Empowerment Project of Oakland. Stepping into that world after she left the organization is really very, very exciting.