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3 Reasons to Explore Virtual Training For Nonprofit Staff

Connection Cafe

One great way is to guide your staff through new information using a virtual training course. By leaning into your staff members’ desire to learn by implementing virtual training courses, you can see benefits such as: Improved Staff Retention Rates. But why is virtual training the answer? Guided learning. Self-paced learning.

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Pro Bono Week Spotlights Collaborative Nonprofit & Education Solutions

Saleforce Nonprofit

By: Cori O’Brien, Senior Manager, Open Source Commons. This year, we are highlighting contributions made through Open Source Commons , a unique program that highlights the partnership between Salesforce.org and our community of customers and partners. Build Sustainable Apps to Meet Unique Community Needs.

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How to find out about free and open source software

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

How easily or quickly does it seem that questions get answered? Many standard virtual hosts have “one click install&# or “fantastico&# – which makes it easy to try out some kinds of web applications. { Make sure that the features that it outlines there match your requirements. See if they have good documentation.

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5 Questions: Are You For Real? Working with a Virtual Team

NTEN

We're asking them all to share their answers to five very important questions. Working with a virtual team. Openness and FOSS (free and open source software) are really perfect fits for nonprofits who share the values of collaboration, community, empowerment, and sharing. That virtual work could save the planet!

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Success By Design: Choosing the Right E-Commerce Platform

Byte Technology

In the world of e-commerce—that virtual marketplace that has increasingly redefined how we shop and spend—the right design can mean the difference between boom and bust, soaring profits and slumping sales, simple success versus outright failure. Is it aesthetically pleasing to the point of encouraging sales as well as repeat visits?

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Announcing Our First Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Addressing Food Insecurity in the U.S.

Saleforce Nonprofit

For example, our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. Shortly after launching Impact Labs, we had to shift to virtual with the quarantine. Email us at impactlabs@salesforce.com. Food Insecurity.

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It Takes A Village: Joining and Participating in the WordPress Community

Byte Technology

After all, the platform is open-sourced, meaning anyone and everyone can contribute to it in the form of updates, new themes, and custom plugins that help create more functionality and give the program greater versatility and, in turn, greater popularity. Join a Facebook Group.

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