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Interview with Carolyn Appleton: How to Launch Your Grant Writing Career

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Do you need a lot of training, or just the basics? From accountants to college students, from administrators working in construction offices to legal professionals, many are considering new career directions to gain more meaningful work and to serve the greater good in their communities. Would volunteering help?

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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. One thing I realized is that training social workers receive as part of their education is also very relevant for change makers inside of nonprofits, consultants, and trainers. Training Design'

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

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For example, a guide on using Fortnite to reach tweens, or a short training on memes or emerging social media platforms the company should be aware of. Handwritten updates DonorsChoose.org is known for their epic handwritten notes from students. Why not create a similar messaging for the work your organization is doing?

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Trainer’s Notebook: The Importance of Hands-On Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For the past five years, I’ve been an adjunct professor at Middlebury College in Monterey teaching a graduate course called “ Networked International Organizations ” for students pursuing an advanced degree in International Development. Rather than just talk about the campaign, students has to participate.

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ITWorks: Your Support Changes Lives

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Our students are unemployed or underemployed. Here’s how your generous tax-deductible contribution can go directly to work, helping those students to succeed: $50 purchases the tools a student needs for the course. 160 ensures one student can complete the A+ certification. He has since been promoted. Donate this.

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BIPOC Leadership Challenges: 26 Tips To Increase Accessibility Across The Nonprofit Sector

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This could involve setting specific goals or quotas for the number of diverse candidates that are interviewed, as well as making sure that the pool of candidates that are considered for board positions is diverse. Provide education and training programs that are tailored to the needs of underserved communities.

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Scholarships in the Time of COVID-19: A Conversation with UW Madison

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Their fundraising team got to work right away raising emergency funds to help students who were impacted financially by the pandemic. Once that money was raised, Keith and his team began making awards and disbursing the money to their students. Going virtual does bring some added work on the front end.