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How nonprofit leaders can successfully navigate the rough waters of a crisis

ASU Lodestar Center

Make sure you know what the actual crisis is by listening, asking open-ended questions, and challenging assumptions. Ask the questions: What is working? Teams can make better plans and adjustments to adapt to the everchanging circumstances crises creates when these types of questions are asked often. What are we doing well?

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Selfies for Good?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I asked this question on my Facebook brand page, and here’s what I learned: The New York Public Library Photo Booth. Using photos for online organizing is not limited to the US, it is global. Here is a recent example from Global Voices Online reporting on how activists in the Philippines used selfies to protest train fare hikes.

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Blog Action Day 2010: Water

Amy Sample Ward

I believe that one of the best things we can do every day to improve our own lives and the lives of those around is to learn as much as we can – listen, ask questions, absorb. Try the water calculator – the questions are insightful and make you think, and the usage answer at the end may surprise you! Cebu, Philippines.

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Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: Using Social Networking Tools - Advice, Brief Case Study, and Resources

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This particular Carnival raises the question of how to decide which online social media tools to use and ramp up your skills using it. Identify 2-3 questions you want to answer from your experiment. SaveGuimaras is a group of individuals who are dedicated to raising awareness on the recent oil-spill tragedy in Guimaras, Philippines.

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How Drones Are Being Used to Benefit Humankind

Tech Soup

Actually, that's not a dumb question. In December 2013, drones from the NGO Direct Relief were put to work assessing damage and participating in search and rescue operations in the super typhoon Haiyan-stricken Philippines. Here is what we've found out about how drone technology is being used to benefit humanity. In the U.S.,

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NetSquared Goes to 15NTC. And Your Hometown Too

Tech Soup

Vancouver, British Columbia: Questions Answered Regarding Tributes Module in Raiser’s Edge. Manila, Philippines: NetSquared Manila Launch Event. Research Triangle, North Carolina: Get More out of Excel: Tips and Tricks. Thursday, February 19, 2015. Cleveland, Ohio: Tech4Good Cleveland — Social Media Workshop. HTML EXAMPLE.

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Dancefloor and Balcony: What I learned about emergent online collaboration from Eugene Eric Kim

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are now 990 actively engaged Fellows— across the five focal countries of Ethiopia, Nigeria, India, Pakistan, and the Philippines—regularly participating in the Leadership Development for Mobilizing Reproductive Health network activities. Eugene shared his experience going to a developing country for the first time.