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Top 10 Spreadsheet Secrets From A Nonprofit Data Nerd

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

First I had to “ Stop Fearing the Spreadsheet ” and then started to interview nonprofit data nerds about their Excel secrets. You can follow this syllabus to boost your skills at all stages of the data analysis process. I call these “housekeeping skills” because these techniques keep my data neat and tidy.

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Microsoft's YouthSpark Initiative Seeks to Close the Opportunity Divide

Tech Soup

Although the challenges differ by region, the outcome is the same everywhere: young people are simply not gaining the 21 st century skills and experience required for today's workforce. Through the program, the native San Franciscan learned valuable business skills, received tech training, and made job connections. More Resources.

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An Interview with Silvia Tolisano of Langwitches Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The past five years I have been teaching Spanish at an Elementary School and serve as the school???s I wanted to combine my two passions in teaching: Foreign Languages and Technology. I enjoy sitting down with my girls and teach them about the tools that I am experimenting with. s webmaster. Why did you start Langwitches blog?

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

So, we assembled a research team at Arizona State University and set off on an ambitious research project to survey and interview volunteer managers across the U.S. And…they know technology, so they’re also an asset to help teach other volunteers. and Canada about their technology use. Failure to engage the digital immigrants.

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Abby Rosenheck, Urban Sprouts, Interview Transcript

Have Fun - Do Good

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I splurged and got the interviews I've been doing for my podcast transcribed by CastingWords, so I'll be posting an interview each day this week. Yesterday I posted the transcript from my interview with Ilyse Hogue of the Rainforest Action Network. I like CastingWords overall. Britt Bravo: Hi!

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5 Tips to Plan Engaging Virtual Volunteer Opportunities

NTEN

Offer skills-based volunteer opportunities for participants to enhance certain skills, especially tech-related ones. Remember to offer roles where your volunteers can learn new skills and engage with others, just like they can with in-person opportunities. Ask volunteers what they’d like to see.

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Solutionary Women: Viet-Ly Nguyen

Have Fun - Do Good

This week's Solutionary woman is Viet-Ly Nguyen, a former co-worker from Streetside Stories , who I interviewed for my Big Vision Podcast last winter. Viet-Ly: The biggest challenge is that some of the students have very low writing skills. Update: Viet-Ly was accepted into a teach credential program for this fall].