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Creating a Culture of Storytelling Webinar Recap

Tech Soup

Blumenfeld also suggests that organizations move from classic corporate-speak to more natural, emotional language. Getting to natural, emotional language is possible by asking staff about their proudest moments fulfilling your organization's mission. Creating a storytelling culture begins with getting leadership buy-in.

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An Interview with Silvia Tolisano of Langwitches Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I immediately saw the potential of being able to connect to my friends and family across distances and being able to read news and research in my other languages and from different perspectives than the media in the US provided. The past five years I have been teaching Spanish at an Elementary School and serve as the school???s

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And the Winner is. Jaffe's Join the Conversation Book Giveaway and How To Do A Giveaway Contest on Your Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Robin Yap left a comment that he was leaving for Manila to teach social media to educational technology students, so I decided to part with my cherished copy of Dave Warlock 's Classroom Blogging. He attended the Cambodian Blogging Summit and received the digital audio recorder to create language lessons for his students (offline podcasts!)

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Big Vision Podcast: Steve Williams from POWER

Have Fun - Do Good

I recently posted my interview with Steve Williams, the Executive Director and co-founder of POWER: People Organized to Win Employment Rights on the Big Vision Podcast. Welcome to the Big Vision Podcast, where we talk with individuals and organizations who are creating positive change. I was hooked from that moment on.

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150+ Creative Ways to Show Donors Appreciation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

But if you are using their language or really innovative elements, you should credit them. Does your organization have a podcast or radio show for promotion? You can create a new benefit for donors simply by choosing to use language about their donation that deepens their commitment. Get creative. Hear me out.

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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. I work with a co-facilitator and we visit sixth grade language arts and social studies classes for two-week writing workshops. They're like, "Why can't I speak my home language?"

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What is your 15SecondPitch? An Interview with Laura Allen

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I think that our current technology (cell phones, ipods, blogs, podcasts, blackberries, etc.) ve presented my 15SecondPitch workshop at: Streetwise Partners and the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship. s pitch: My name is Mara Sanchez and I am a Singer/Songwriter specializing in creating songs in 3 different languages.