Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

Grant writing tip: While the task of writing a proposal often falls on the shoulders of a project manager or grant writer, anyone—even an outside consultant—with the proper skills could write the proposal. They focus funding on organizations that work on financial literacy for elementary and high school students (established programs only).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 22, 2023

Kettl share compelling and instructive stories about some of today’s most successful bridgebuilders—federal state, and local government leaders who transcend boundaries and partner across sectors, to achieve success and meet their goals. Build capabilities around skills rather than authority. Eggers and Donald F.

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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. To meet this demand, consider partnering with a local tree farm or nursery to host a Christmas tree or Christmas wreath fundraiser.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

And while video games like Zoo Tycoon or online games can teach them all sorts of skills that will need to be successful adults (and this has been validated recently by a MacArthur Foundation funded study ,) I was excited to discover this wonderful list of games for change.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Led by Benetech’s VP of Engineering Gerardo Capiel, we will create an online space, SocialCoding4Good, where people in the tech community interested in social causes can volunteer ideas, connections, time and skills. with the tools to teach reading to adolescent and adult beginning readers, such as those with developmental disabilities.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

the numbers of students you can enroll, patients for whom you have beds, ticket buyers for whom you have seats, etc.), There are ways to take the wonderful work you’re doing and expand your reach to teach more people, heal more people and enrich more people’s lives. You can take art to the schools or bring students to your art.

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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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NTEN

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

11NTC Day of Service Volunteers Now in its thirteenth year, the Day of Service provide an opportunity for nonprofit techies to give something back to the local community where the Nonprofit Technology Conference is held. We need your help to get The Stride Center students interview ready!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

This year I facilitated several labs, including several for the Knight Foundation Arts Program to learn about the local arts ecosystem in four cities, including Philadelphia, San Jose, Charlotte, and Macon. Instructional Design and Facilitation: I love teaching and exploring different ways help nonprofit professionals learn.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Tutor students so they can reach their potential in school? Think about your audience as someone who doesn’t know anything about food insecurity, homelessness, first generation college students, or animal abuse. If you want to help first generation college students, how do you want to help them? How will yours make a difference?

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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.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

ECB involves a series of steps taken by an evaluator (internal or external) to build evaluative knowledge and skills, create a culture of continuous learning and accountability, and make resources readily available. So the evaluator has to consider if they are going to: Teach. Guide to building evaluation capacity.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2022

However, with a read-a-thon fundraiser, you can give your supporters the opportunity to slow down and crack open a book while also teaching young students the value of reading and escaping into exciting stories. Send them home with students so parents are aware of the fundraiser and can provide support. Support your fundraisers.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 26, 2011

Remind me again how this is linked back to reducing poverty in this country, or creating sustainable local food systems, or increasing graduation rates, or fighting institutional oppression? It demands a perspective that is self-reflective, microscopic, local, and grand. Can we break that down one more time? Because I'm lost.".

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2015

TechHire spans the corporate, nonprofit, government, and educational sectors and has the ambitious goal to "give Americans the opportunity they deserve, and the skills they need to be competitive in a global economy." I first learned about Year Up's local Bay Area chapter through a Microsoft YouthSpark initiative event.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

There are ways to take the wonderful work you’re doing and expand your reach to teach more people, heal more people, and enrich more lives. For example: If you work in the education sector , you could offer learning opportunities to non-enrolled students. Think about your movement, not the current moment in time. .

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2012

in schools, libraries, local governments, and nonprofits, it was tough to choose just one to profile this week, but I chose YouthBuild Boston because of my fondness for green tech. The kids go there after school to either learn construction design in the computer lab or learn construction job skills on the job site.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 11, 2013

continuing series, we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. David loves to offer his skills and interests as well as writing a check, becoming deeply engaged in one nonprofit at a time. They want to be proactive, build new skills and develop greater leadership capacities. posted by Patsy Kraeger, Ph.D.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2014

A local TV station employee was hired to work with the teens in a 6-week course where they created a promotional video for the library. The teens have new skills which can help them in work and education. They recruited a local volunteer to teach the kids Adobe InDesign to lay out the publication. This was a win-win-win.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

[2] To better understand the skills and knowledge needed by nonprofit professionals, we conducted a needs-assessment study based on surveys of NMI instructors, advisory board members, alumni, and participants in NMI courses since 2007. Responses from NMI students and alumni reveal that 94% say NMI courses are relevant to their daily work.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. Our institute is designed to advance the skills and knowledge of nonprofit professionals, volunteers, board members, and community leaders. State/Local / #DCNP2018 / @DMANF. State/Local.

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NTEN

AUGUST 18, 2009

If you're reading this blog, you likely have a skill that can be put to use helping folks out with their tech needs. This year’s theme is “Digital Inclusion” and there will be local service events that you can join! Mozilla has sent out a call for volunteers for their service week , taking place September 14-21.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

They may be able to work with local stores or boutiques that act as sponsors and also get to show off their collections. You can find local comedians on entertainer-sourcing sites like GigSalad or The Bash, or you can ask for help from local comedy clubs. Haunted House Tours There are a couple different ways to go about this.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2011

The Foundation supports organizations with a principal focus on the creation and exhibition of visual and multimedia art, as well as those that use or teach design as a tool to address social issues and to improve lives and communities. students with a global audience. Youth Services. Youth Voices: Creating with Purpose.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I was introduced to lesson planning from veteran teachers and have written “lesson plans” or now that I’m an adjunct professor a syllabus for everything I teach. This is the actual delivery of the instruction and content. This is where you apply your presentation and facilitation skills. I do this all the time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2008

Epic Change uses their donations to provide interest-free loans to local partners to finance their community improvement efforts. are an all volunteer organization and making a big difference in the lives of the students and their families and the schools of the indigenous of western Guatemala. Here is more about their approach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2005

The initial cyberstrategy was to capitalize on the inmates' interest in music by using music as a means of teaching digital skills. " Then he takes us to where they are now - after seven years of doing, reflection, and improving this project - he lays out the main elements of the project: Skill training. Cyberschool.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Incredible assets, skills and resources to offer to your community but they are in need of more awareness, promotion, visibility and representation. A genuine enthusiasm for sharing their skills, building knowledge and developing relationships in the community even if they haven’t done it before. Large and small (or no) followings.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 25, 2023

Engage local artists to create art from recyclables in their homes and auction the pieces out during the online event. Teaching art by hosting online courses has become a viable option, one that your nonprofit shouldn’t ignore! Engage Your Community Local art is something that people want to be a part of!

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Golf Tournament Bring together avid golfers and local philanthropists—in many cases, they’re one and the same—for a day on the greens. Sports Tournament Organizing a sports tournament can attract local teams and sports enthusiasts to compete in games like soccer, baseball, softball, basketball, and more.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 28, 2006

Campus Compact Campus Compact is a national coalition of more than 950 college and university presidents - representing some 5 million students - dedicated to promoting community service, civic engagement, and service-learning in higher education. I love placing college students in service learning positions.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Concentrating on your storytelling skills and getting the word out to your donors is the best way to guarantee your campaign’s success! If you have any amateur chefs in your organization’s network, reach out to them to see if they’d be willing to teach your donors how to cook a special dish. Virtual peer-to-peer fundraisers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 20, 2006

Urban Sprouts teaches youth to grow, harvest, prepare, and eat vegetables from the school garden in order to help them to become more engaged in school, eat better, exercise more, and connect with the environment and each other. Britt Bravo: Do you have any stories about how this work has impacted individual students' lives?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Many of us are familiar with local businesses sponsoring local sports teams. Plug donor skills into the work. Do you have something similar to offer possibly through a partnership with a local art collective or other nonprofit? Can you adapt the training for donors as a group teaching session? It was super cool.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is the only national conference expressly designed to prepare 400+ college students for a career in the social sector. We have gathered an outstanding group of field experts to teach how to build and sustain this kind of governance. Nonprofit Leadership Alliance / Houston, TX / $250. Leadership.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

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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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 3, 2021

Instructional design, curriculum development, and teaching experience is a plus . Strong project management skills including consulting, time management, collaboration, communication. Experience monitoring student outcomes and behaviors to improve learning experience. Fluency in current Salesforce training programs (e.g.,

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