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Facebook, Nonprofits, and Youth Programs: Safety and Privacy Issues

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Yesterday, Holly Ross at NTEN , mentioned that a common question she gets after talking about Social Media with nonprofits is from organizations that work with students or young people and are concerned about liability issues surrounding what students who “like&# their page may post on their page, or on their own walls.

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Tag, You're IT! An Introduction for Technical Managers: Mentorship

Tech Soup

Follow him on Twitter and read his first post in the Tag, You're IT! I've heard a lot employees and managers talk about "needing a mentor." " When I ask them what goals they are looking to accomplish with a mentor, most have no concrete answer. What is a mentor and what do they do anyway?

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Flexibility and Resilience Carries the Day for Big Brothers Big Sisters Houston

Greater Giving

Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) Houston , the largest, one-to-one mentoring agency in the country, found those same qualities served them well last year when they needed to quickly switch from hosting their yearly gala to hosting a virtual fundraiser during the pandemic.

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Three Fabulous Conversations

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Conversation Two I had agreed to act as a mentor to a Global Changemaker, in this case Mousa Mousawy, an Iraqi teenager now living in Jordan. I had no idea when I agreed to the mentor gig that there would be something like this I actually know something (a lot) about. What a great kick-off for a day!

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Diversity and Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

A short twitter conversation I had with a colleague brought up the issue of whether or not this is just an exercise – will this actually lead to any lasting change? Are there good mentoring models? Tags: Open Source Technology Zen. That’s a good question. Is it easy for new developers to start, and get deeper in?

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Diversity and Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

A short twitter conversation I had with a colleague brought up the issue of whether or not this is just an exercise – will this actually lead to any lasting change? Are there good mentoring models? Tags: Open Source Technology Zen. That’s a good question. Is it easy for new developers to start, and get deeper in?

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Playing the Social by Social Game: London Net Tuesday

Amy Sample Ward

As you can see from the summary sheet above - click here for larger - the sequence was: we all brainstormed the characteristics of a south London borough, with its share of unemployment, health and housing issues, transport problems plus some very positive community activity on the arts front. Social by Social game cards.

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