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President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

By announcing this in many press interviews, I've managed to create lots of external pressure on myself to get this done! Speaking of the press, it is clear that they really get my overarching goal: to engage more of the tech community in serving the 90% of humanity we haven't been focusing on (yet).

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Make Your Nonprofit Board Meetings Magical

BoardAssist

Ideas include financial literacy training, fundraising discussions, or a presentation about a political or economic issue that affects your organization. It is good to give the group time to flesh out its most pressing issues—ideally, before those issues become too urgent. Decision points.

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Leading the Participant

Museum 2.0

The students are each given roles on one of three teams--the Oval Office, a military command center, and a press room. Each time the students decide what to do, the young Reagan picks up a red phone and presses either A or B. The topic is the invasion of Grenada. Then more information, then another binary choice.

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REALLY Hot Women

Have Fun - Do Good

Rachel can teach you how to make biodiesel, how to convert your car to run on straight vegetable oil, and how to fix your car too. Anyone can nominate a young woman who is REALLY hot, and The REAL hot 100 selection committee will choose 100 women that best represent the intelligence, drive and diversity of young women in the U.S.

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He noted that media literacy has to be integrated as a skill set in all places. Media literacy and creation skills can't be add-ons in schools, but have to be integrated across the curriculum in all subjects. It can't just teach them to think about media, but making it on your own terms." It starts in the home.

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52 Nonprofit Event Ideas That People Will Love

Neon CRM

Classes Nonprofit organizations often offer classes that cover a wide array of topics, from literacy and language skills to financial literacy and job training. These events ignite thought-provoking discussions and promote personal growth while shedding light on pressing issues.

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[VIDEO] Measure Of Success: Creating Tools And Process To Report Impact

Bloomerang

And, as I was sharing earlier, we usually teach this in person over a period of two to three hours, so, you all are getting the, what we’ll call, the boot-camp version of “Measure of Success.” Maybe I am teaching computer classes, or English as a second language classes, maybe I’m teaching those and I have 10 students.

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