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Why and How Rituals Build Resilience in the Nonprofit Workplace

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week I presented a session at the Nonprofit Technology Conference called “ Activating A Culture of Resilience for Sustainable Impact ,” with fellow NTEN board members, Ananda Leeke & Meico Whitlock as well as Carrie Rice. Having a workplace flexibility policy can facilitate it.

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Data Are Not Information

NTEN

First, research creates data Data don't just materialize. They are the result of research — measuring something quantitatively or qualitatively, formally or informally; usually involving a question, a purpose, and by necessity a methodology and instrument. Different research. Same reality, different data.

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The Tech That Will Change 2016

Tech Soup

According to research by Adobe, only 3 percent of people find charities by following social media links. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted in June to expand the Universal Lifeline program to include broadband, following a public comment period. Amy Sample Ward, NTEN's fearless leader, has a different view.

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Data and Storytelling: 6 Ways to Use Data to Move Your Mission

NTEN

And chances are your nonprofit, government agency, foundation, or research institution has gobs of it just sitting around. It's locked in white papers, policy briefs, and fact sheets. It's hidden away in project output reports and research excel files. Numbers are a universal langauge.

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Study Provides A Baseline for Nonprofit Use of Social Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

During the NTC, ThePort Network, Inc , NTEN , and Common Knowledge released results of a survey that examines the use of social networking as a marketing and fundraising tool. Policy According to the survey, the communications and marketing departments are most likely to own the social network.

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Are Qwerty Monsters the Nonprofit Donors of the Future?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Google and Microsoft sent me mobile phones in response to my complaints about the Apple iPhone in-app donation policy. Maybe that first step is research. Yesterday I had the pleasure of participating in the final #zoogood Twitter chat of 2010.

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Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

Read More » Online Approaches for Inviting and Collecting Public Input Joe Pringle in Influence 4 Jun 2010 I was invited to present last week at the University of Marylands Human Computer Interaction Labs workshop on Government and Social Media. We also saw some.