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Libraries pivot to survive pandemic

Candid

Libraries store the energy that fuels the Imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life,” said famed writer and producer Sidney Sheldon. Libraries have adapted to COVID-19 challenges in unique ways.

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How Libraries Use Social Media

Tech Soup

Nearly all brands have a social presence, and libraries are no different. Libraries are using social platforms now more than ever before. The New York Public Library has 2.2 Social media is playing a significant role in helping libraries stay relevant in our ever-growing digital society. More than half (55.7

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Study the Data, But Eat the Cake—Put the Human Factor Forward

.orgSource

Several providers offer open source or limited free access, which is a great way to test options. Free and Open-Source Apache Spark provides a powerful platform for large-scale data processing and machine learning tasks. RapidMiner is another open-source platform with a drag-and-drop interface. This was a controversial move.

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Zero-cost, maximum-impact professional development for fundraisers

Candid

Our team of librarians has curated responses to the questions we hear most from nonprofits. However, if in-person learning is more your style, visit your nearest Candid community location —libraries and nonprofit resource centers that partner with Candid to offer our tools and services at no charge to their communities.

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How To Focus When You Work in An Open Office Space

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Many nonprofits are moving to open office floor plans with flexible seating. Such spaces offer great benefits for collaboration, transparency, knowledge sharing, learning, creativity, and team building. The three biggest problems associated with open office plans are: noise, interruptions, and a lack of privacy.

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Architecting Composable Digital Experiences

Forum One

Bottlenecks are a thing of the past with teams no longer needing to wait on stubbed-out views to be created. That said, because of the decoupled nature, like with all things Composable, you can easily utilize open-source JavaScript libraries that aren’t tied to any specific CMS or back-end.

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Top 20 Best WordPress Plugins for Nonprofit Websites

Nonprofit Tech for Good

He helps women-led communications teams free up their time and lock down WordPress from getting hacked. It is the ideal content management system for nonprofits because of how it’s open source and anyone can contribute to making it better. Monthly one-on-one video training so your team feels confident using WordPress.

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