Volunteer Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Have you ever considered allowing that volunteer to train others on how to efficiently complete that specific task? Provide volunteers with valuable skills. One of the best ways to provide value to volunteers, in exchange for their commitment to your organization, is in the form of skill development.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 8, 2013

I love Marianne''s Elliott''s e-news where she shares what she''s been "learning, reading, writing and listening to," so I''m doing my own version. Frankweiler , My Side of the Mountain , and A Wrinkle in Time.

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Byte Technology

JANUARY 15, 2016

Online resource EdSurge has even compiled a five-point list for educators to help understand and begin merging VR into their lectures and lab exercises as well as how to create their own custom-made videos as supplements to their normal teaching routines.

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Tech Soup

MAY 8, 2017

TechSoup is justifiably famous for our product donations, but we also have great digital and in-person training resources for your charity, foundation, or library. Find out about our trove of how-to articles, weekly webinars, discussion forums, Netsquared in-person training events, and new step-by-step online courses.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 12, 2019

And, if you've been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? Teach something new to your team 24. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Don't micromanage 2.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

But what if kids learned basic tech skills along with reading storybooks and taking spelling tests? Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age. Defining Digital Literacy.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 6, 2018

And, if you've been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? Teach something new to your team 24. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Don't micromanage 2.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

And, if you've been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? Teach something new to your team 24. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Don't micromanage 2.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

But we want to give nonprofits with limited resources access to quality tools and training that will allow them to build a house social network even if they don’t have a big budget or a social networking guru on staff. Every org is different and must build its community to work toward its own goals and mission.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

Key takeaways from Grubb's new book, Clash of the Generations , include: Old habits - not old people - kill innovation , and pairing veteran workers with younger ones has proven to spur innovation at many companies. By ensuring everyone is heard, your teaching respect for all which can positively affect employee motivation and engagement.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Key takeaways from Grubb's new book, Clash of the Generations , include: Old habits - not old people - kill innovation , and pairing veteran workers with younger ones has proven to spur innovation at many companies. By ensuring everyone is heard, your teaching respect for all which can positively affect employee motivation and engagement.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 27, 2013

And, if you''ve been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? Teach something new to your team 24. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Don''t micromanage 2.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 30, 2017

Key takeaways from Grubb's new book, Clash of the Generations , include: Old habits - not old people - kill innovation , and pairing veteran workers with younger ones has proven to spur innovation at many companies. By ensuring everyone is heard, your teaching respect for all which can positively affect employee motivation and engagement.

Management 40

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 29, 2017

And, if you've been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? Teach something new to your team 24. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Don't micromanage 2.

Mentoring 40

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

And, if you''ve been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? Teach something new to your team 24. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Don''t micromanage 2.

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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." "It's not just about training the young adults; it's about making them relevant to corporate America."

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 17, 2016

And, if you've been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? Teach something new to your team 24. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Don't micromanage 2.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2024

The more you train yourself to listen for content, emotion, and action, the less you'll have room to take in external distractions. Jeff Wetzler Today, Wetzler shares these insights with us: Question: Do you believe both introverted and extraverted people can be equally successful at learning and then using the skills you teach in your book?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2011

And, if you've been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? Teach something new to your team 24. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Don't micromanage 2.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 27, 2013

Teach something new to your team 24. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Share bad news, not only good news 57. Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management General Management Skills Leadership' Praise when compliments are earned 19. Be decisive 20.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 11, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Circuit Rider School June 11, 2007 Way back when (last month – I’ve been busy) Deborah Finn blogged about the "New England School for Circuit Riders."

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

There wasn't much news to report; nothing was known about Dan’s prognosis. Doug and I found ourselves musing on the inherent injustice of a universe in which Dan, who was not only a exemplary human being, but also a fitness fanatic who trained for 100 mile races for fun, should be stricken with a heart attack.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! We too dersire more instruction on financial literacy.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Tom Ahern makes his living by writing cases and direct mail … by doing audits, reviewing and recommending fixes for donor communications … and by teaching others what he’s learned during decades of trial, error and the occasional spectacular success. AhernComm.com. Ahern didn’t start in fundraising.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

Being an independent consultant was, for me, a way to feel like I was using my skills for the greater good. Whatever emerges next, you’ll hear about it, for sure. (In In other words, no I don’t exactly know what I am doing next, yet.) And, I think I did that. Perhaps I’m now more ready to wrestle those.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 9, 2011

Teach something new to your team 24. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Share bad news, not only good news 57. Praise when compliments are earned 19. Be decisive 20. Say "thank you" and sincerely mean it 21. Send written thank you notes 22. Reward the doers 53.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 3, 2013

Teach something new to your team 24. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Share bad news, not only good news 57. Praise when compliments are earned 19. Be decisive 20. Say "thank you" and sincerely mean it 21. Send written thank you notes 22. Reward the doers 53.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

If not, and you want to be a more effective leader for your team at work in 2012, select one or more of these 70 New Year's resolutions for leaders: Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual (..)

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

We we use the “with” instead of the “for” perspective, we are able to see skills and contributions the community can make, opportunities for growth outside of your programs or your walls; we are able to see that we are part of a solution and not responsible for engineering the entire fix. But, we have to train them! Remember the car?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

All April long, we’ll provide your organization with training and resources to tell its story digitally. Read all about how the Orange County Library System in Florida is teaching teens how to use MakerBot printers and flight simulators as well as other technology skills. TechSoup Digital Storytelling.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

The good news is that the myth that you can’t make systemic change quickly is just that, a myth. They can’t build the schools and they can’t train the teachers fast enough to replicate our model. That’s teaching. Fundamentally that’s what teaching should be. So how do you do that?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2006

Often the effective practices are well documented, but the novices -- who are often in the majority -- lack both the core civic skills and the confidence for independent experiential learning. The Toolkit contains helpful resources as well as an interactive digital game that teaches doorknocking.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Do you have the news clippings of major events in your files? News release mentioning the benefactors. If you are with a job training program, maybe you make a bookmark that is focused on job interview tips. Plug donor skills into the work. Free access to trainings or programs that normally have a fee.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

Writing is a skill learned early in life, and most of us disliked writing and grammar classes as much as we disliked eating vegetables. During the hiring process, make the skill of writing a top requirement for all positions. At many nonprofits, the skill of writing is an afterthought in the hiring process. That won’t cut it.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

Research backs up their claim: Studies show that incarcerated individuals who participate in prison education programs are 43 percent less likely to return to prison than those who did not enroll; yet, only a quarter of people in prison participate in vocational training programs.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

Think back to your school days, and which teaching style was most likely to keep your attention long enough to learn something â?? These might include knowledge or skills tests, observations notes, evaluation forms, even anecdotal reports collected after a presentation, workshop, training session, meeting or other communications event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

s These uniforms are made by girls in our vocational program where we teach these young women sewing skills and pay them to work for our sewing shop or train them for higher paying jobs in the garment industry. So, if don't worry that we're over goal - there are many children who will benefit from the additional support.

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