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Geek Heresy

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He uses this to analyze why many technology interventions are successful in the pilot phase and fail when they go to scale. In the pilot phase, you frequently have the best (human) conditions: the best partners and the best program staff making something work. Avoid indiscriminate dissemination of packaged interventions.

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Harnessing Higher Education Advancement Technology to the Fullest

sgEngage

Universities across the globe face challenges with successful digital transformation and what it means for their fundraising and alumni data, legacy systems, data literacy, and access to skills. The goal is to make it easier to act upon the vast amounts of data these institutions have. It cannot and should not be all about fundraising.

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An Interview with Jeska Linden about Nonprofits in Second Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I went to the University of Detroit-Mercy where I got a dual BA in English and Communications. That's what led me on the next phase of my adventure. In 2001, I started at the Digital Media Studies Masters program at the University of Denver. Mentors in the community are great. Of course, once you???re

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[VIDEO] You’ve Been Let Go From Your Nonprofit Job – Now What?

Bloomerang

And in the early phases of the pandemic last year, I was first indefinitely furloughed and a few weeks later my position was completely eliminated from my employer. So I was at a university and in the early part of the pandemic, the university was hit hard by just the economic changes that were happening in the country and in our state.

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[VIDEO] Power Of Community In Strategic Planning

Bloomerang

I’m a big believer about putting things into the universe. We tell our colleagues, other folks have mentors, or we do some research about it. Or who do I need to talk to to continue to mentor me to be able to step up into my leadership potential to help manage a community-based strategic planning? .