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Interview with Bryan Stevenson: On Juneteenth and Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

In this interview, Stevenson shares his thoughts on how we seek to reconcile as a nation, how he personally handled prejudice and racism, his path to his true calling, and how he finds the strength everyday to keep on fighting. When we teach history in the United States, we often skip the parts that are not so wonderful.

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How To Build Immunity To Burnout In The Workplace

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Over the last 11 years, I’ve conducted hundreds of in-depth interviews with people who experience chronic stress at a seven or above on a 10-point scale – that’s severe, very severe, or worst possible levels of stress – and they managed to avoid burnout. So, what did these resilient role models have in common?

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Can Recurring Giving Save Nonprofits?

Allegiance Group

Drawing on her experience as a successful businesswoman, Greer is now out to “save giving” by teaching nonprofits how to improve the ways they interact with donors. A subscription-based model is one trend that nonprofits can take from the private sector. This blog post is based on a podcast interview with Lisa Greer.

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Interview with NTEN's Community Program Coordinator

NTEN

This month''s theme is building community, on and offline - a perfect time to interview Bethany about her inspiration for working in nonprofit technology and more! And, co-organizer Ivan Boothe is an excellent role model and all-around Awesome Dude. We teach this. Community interview nptech nten staff' We know this.

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Autism After 21 Utah Project: Lessons from a first-time fundraiser

Candid

Foundation Directory and Foundation Maps quickly became two of my favorite tools, teaching me about researching funders, finding specific grant opportunities, and making connections in the fundraising and grantmaking landscape of my state. We hope this will result in a model we can share with other states across the country.

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What can nonprofit technology trainers learn from the social work field to improve their training techniques?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I love teaching (and learning) and it was a pleasure to work with students, nonprofits, and faculty. And while this model is describing individual behavior, individuals make up organizations – so I think it is important for people working in organizations to understand, whether they are the executive director or the social media manager.

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Paul Smith Teaches You How To Sell With A Story

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Paul's new book includes : Model stories Skill-building exercises Enlightening examples from Microsoft, Costco, Xerox, Abercombie & Fitch, Hewlett Packard, and other top companies. What took longer was actually convincing myself that writing a book teaching salespeople how to be better storytellers would make the world a better place.

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