Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

No matter what flavor of facilitation you put into your toolkit, there are some facilitator fundamentals and skills that facilitators need. These skills are useful in all group settings, whether it is a meeting, workshop, or conference. Part 2 offers checklists and reminders for these basic skills. Facilitated Listening Skills.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Their programs are aimed at increasing digital literacy and helping people gain valuable tech skills to funnel into successful careers. New Black Renaissance The New Black Renaissance is dedicated to empowering people in Black communities and providing people with the resources necessary to thrive and find success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2012

As a parent of wired kids, I think teaching digital literacy is very important for parents to do. It’s all about teaching digital literacy and citizenship: the knowledge and skills necessary to think critically, behave safely, and interact responsibly in a digital world. Preparing them for college or jobs?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

You can review resumes, do mock interviews, or be a referral to job seekers through GEMs in Tech. You can mentor or teach a class with Tech Forward. I asked Charise Van Liew, Salesforce MVP, about the resources she’s used to support her allyship journey: “One of the most useful trainings for me was a course called Whiteness at Work.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Being stuck in chronic performance can have a devastating impact on your skills, confidence, job, and personal life. No matter how hard we work, if we only do things as best we know how, trying to minimize mistakes, we get stuck at our current levels of understanding, skills, and capabilities.”

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

This guide will teach you what you need to know to get your new organization up and running. As top leaders in your organization, your board members should be skilled, trustworthy, reliable individuals who are passionate about your mission. Identify skill requirements. Write job descriptions. Hold interviews.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

You probably learned that not everyone needs to be in your office to effectively carry out their jobs. But typically, the job someone had at the end of 2019 or the person doing it will have changed just enough that with some education and training in new skills, the organization and the person can thrive. About the Author.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 15, 2020

These programs help your staff members develop skills that can be applied at your organization for more efficient processes and a productive work environment. . We’ve written this guide on professional development programs to help nonprofit executives like you empower employees to develop skills and hone their craft.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Train Them On the Job. Whatever it is, giving your volunteer a broader look at why their job is important is motivating and gives a great sense of accomplishment when it’s complete. Teach Them About the Program, Too. Next, you’ll want to train them on the specifics of the task you expect them to do. Get Them Trained.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 24, 2022

Equity is different from equality where everyone is getting the same opportunities, access, and resources. DEIB work is all about engaging and connecting people to it so it's my job to figure out the best ways to do that so they can fully embrace it. Equity acknowledges that not everyone needs the same things to succeed.

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The Nerdy NonProfit

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

She probably has a job, a family, and maybe pets that use some of her time each day. Do staff members need to develop a skill, such as the ability to recognize and avoid common grammar mistakes? The American Red Cross wanted to educate volunteers to fill out key tracking documents, logging the resources that are used in a facility.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Many business experiences and skills can be adapted to the nonprofit sector - such as project management , sales and marketing, and accounting. More responsibility: Funding and resources in some organizations may be tight. This gives you the chance to grab more responsibility in your job. Evaluate Your Skills and Experience.

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Twenty Hats

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

As a veterinary resident, part of her job involved teaching, and that responsibility did not end with the shut-in. Your virtual volunteer roles will probably require better resources and technology. You will probably find that a functioning virtual role requires an investment in new resources and technnology.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2022

Matt Hugg, President and Founder, Nonprofit.Courses – He’s the author of the Guide to Nonprofit Consulting, and teaches nonprofit management at several universities, via the web, and in-person in the United States, Africa, Asia and Europe. New board members are valuable resources. Mary’s University of Minnesota. Let’s begin.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

These volunteers should have the time, skills, and interests to help you provide programming and services to your beneficiaries. Once you’ve pinpointed what you need new volunteers to do, write out “job descriptions” for different volunteer roles to put on your volunteer website. Use current volunteers as a resource.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The hot button issue was capacity, skills, and lack of resources. It was articulated as: “We don’t have the skills to analyze, slice and dice, and make sense of our data, so it is hard to do it well.” I hear this too often from nonprofits. The people with skills are out there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2017

Orange hats” are assistant crew leaders who teach “green hats” how to do trail building and maintenance correctly. Becoming certified as an orange hat is recognition of commitment and skill–it’s a real accomplishment. They offer direction, supervision and make outings fun. We make expectations very clear.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 14, 2017

With a larger social network, you’ll have more resources at your fingertips, which leads to better physical, mental and emotional health. Volunteering as a family is a great way to teach important lessons to your children. Teaches new skills. Makes you feel good. Volunteers also experience lower levels of depression.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2021

And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.” – Peter Drucker. Often, they’re using this time to seek new learning opportunities to enhance their skills and become better versions of themselves. So how can you, in the words of Peter Drucker, “teach people how to learn?”

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BoardAssist

JUNE 7, 2016

Consider this one example of many: a recent board placement reorganized her nonprofit’s services so they were able to save $450,000 a year, without cutting any employees’ jobs…with just a few hours of her time. Develop New Leadership Skills: There are invaluable skills you’ll acquire serving on a board.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2013

For nonprofits, libraries, and their constituents, training is esse ntial to keep knowledge and skills up to date. Whether your organization is training its own staff in nonprofit management, or teaching others technical skills, TechSoup can help you get started. Resource Development. Board Governance. Strategic Planning.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 14, 2020

and global workplace tracking, including interviews of employees and managers from 160 counties, interviews with leading economists and roundtable interviews with CHROs (Chief Human Resource Officers) from 300 of the world’s largest organizations. What knowledge and skills do you need to get to the next stage of your career?

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

But what if kids learned basic tech skills along with reading storybooks and taking spelling tests? Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age. Defining Digital Literacy.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

92% of job roles are not aligned with behavioral skills, making it more likely that a person’s job is a less-than-ideal match with their personality. Most nonprofit jobs seem to be a dead end. Take an inventory of all job descriptions within your organization. Emphasize benchmarking within each job description.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2013

A lively discussion took place regarding how to prepare young people for the jobs of the 21 st century and what nonprofits and corporations can do to support the initiative. Through the program, the native San Franciscan learned valuable business skills, received tech training, and made job connections. More Resources.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Your Board members should not be family members, but people who are interested in your cause and have an applicable skill, such as accounting, marketing, social work, or social media, that they are willing to bring to the table. What resources will you need to launch the program? Will donors give money to sustain the program?

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2015

A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources and other goodies. The Fundraising Online Conference 2015 is an exploration of new digital fundraising environments, coordinated by the Resource Alliance. What will it take to get a nonprofit job in 2020? Read more posts on our blog. We may just find out, thanks to Ms.

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Tech Soup

JULY 12, 2011

Each of the solutions, such as online conferencing, recorded seminars, screencasts, and learning management systems, utilize the Internet to take the common job training seminar and keep it on location, saving time, energy, and money. Tools for Training Staff Online. Getting to know Online Conferencing Tools.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

For nonprofits, libraries, and their constituents, training is essential to keep technology knowledge and skills up to date. Job training for at-risk youth, veterans re-entering the workforce, or even homeless or transitional populations. Atomic Training is the resource that Best Buy's Geek Squad uses for their training.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 3, 2016

Anne Kotleba Lecturer/ Program Coordinator, Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Anne Kotleba is our newest staff member, joining us as a lecturer in the School of Community Resources & Development and coordinator of the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance and the Certified Nonprofit Professional Credential. Any secondary interests?

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Qgiv

MAY 5, 2021

Despite the fact 57% of people who watch a nonprofit video go on to make a donation, video still seems skill- and cost-prohibitive for strapped fundraising professionals. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Minnesota does a great job with auction item reveals. Show your skills. The BIG announcement. Keep it personal.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Manager of Knowledge Resources, Research and Academic Affairs, ASU Lodestar Center. The more a person’s job includes the following elements, the harder it is to fairly evaluate (and reward) individual performance: 1. Someone calls to complain, and you are doing a bad job. We welcome your comments and feedback.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

If you get kids in on the fundraising fun, you have a great opportunity to teach them important values like leadership, responsibility, goal-setting, team building, and community engagement. Wrangle all of your creative kids together and ask them to put their art skills to work creating one-of-a-kind holiday cards.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

For nonprofits, libraries, and their constituents, education is essential to keep knowledge and skills up to date. Specifically the 1989 flame-red Ferrarri Trapper Keeper I walked into fourth grade with. --> While TechSoup may not have Trapper Keepers, we have tons of free and donated resources to keep any busy adult up to speed.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

We have to reinvet what we have been doing because we have to do more with at least the same resources if not less. You are in the business every day of figuring out how to have people engage, have fun, and build skills – change their behaviors through games. That’s teaching. So how do you do that?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 7, 2019

and global workplace tracking, including interviews of employees and managers from 160 counties, interviews with leading economists and roundtable interviews with CHROs (Chief Human Resource Officers) from 300 of the world’s largest organizations. What knowledge and skills do you need to get to the next stage of your career?

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Yes, finance and risk management are important, but this might be the most important job you will undertake as a board member. Yes, finance and risk management are important, but this might be the most important job you will undertake as a board member. That’s the ED’s job. Here are a few ideas: Get to know the ED.

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