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A New Habitat: Transforming Communities with Remote Work Tools

Tech Soup

My interview with Bob Lynn, the technology manager at the Omaha, Nebraska branch of Habitat for Humanity, is a lesson in the advantages of remote work tools. Habitat for Humanity of Omaha has built 993 homes for families since 1984, and has doubled in size twice since Bob Lynn joined the team in 2008.

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Heartland Pride: Winner of the #npfail Little Bets Contest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The second year we made changes and moved our event to a large park in Omaha and in doing so we were able to save the organization more than 25K in expenses and make it possible for us to retain more of our profits allowing us to provide larger grants and scholarships to help the local LGBT community! Partnerships. Test your assumptions.

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What I've been learning, cooking, reading, teaching and making

Have Fun - Do Good

I learned a lot about my strengths and challenges as a leader, and gained a bevy of tools to help me be a better one. Although I will use what I learned about myself and the tools for a lifetime, the most powerful experience was watching the evolution of trust and love in my group of 29 incredibly diverse people (e.g.

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Dos and Don’ts for Online Restricted Donations

Qgiv

Even though fundraisers love unrestricted gifts, many donors tend to prefer giving to specific programs or campaigns. If you’ve got a program with many restriction options, it may be a good idea for you to build it its own page. Alternatively, you may want to include sub-restrictions for programs with many individual funds.

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Happy New Year: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In the US, I keynoted and gave workshops at nonprofit conferences in Pittsburgh , North Carolina , Buffalo , and Omaha. ” I will blogging about the use of online social network tools and techniques for effective professional networking. I also gave a plenary talk at AFP in San Antonio, Texas.

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In-box reveries

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

And as my friend from Omaha says, the Google Calendar is "slicker than snot on a doorknob" with an interface that can parse time, date, and location out of a single text input. I try to use the email system as a tool to enhance my ability to keep my work organized, rather than as an input that makes things more chaotic.

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