Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

At the time, the Salesforce Admin certification had only just been introduced and was beginning to gain momentum, there wasn’t a Trailblazer Community (we had a few “community boards” and Google groups), and it was nearly impossible to find training materials. Why aren’t we training new workers on it?” Salesforce is projecting $26.01

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Because, Thursday, September 8 brings the official release of Paul Smith 's new book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. I'm a big fan of Paul's earlier best-sellers, including Lead with a Story and Parenting with a Story. Storytelling is a skill.

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Kindful

JUNE 8, 2021

Teach them about fundraising. The Governance Committee, responsible for ensuring the board can fulfill its fiduciary responsibilities, should work with the Finance and Fundraising Committees to create an Education and Training Plan with consistent opportunities for board members to learn about finances and fundraising.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Today, we look back to 2016 : 2016 brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. I'm a big fan of Paul's earlier best-sellers, including Lead with a Story and Parenting with a Story. Storytelling is a skill.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

Get a free Demo Volunteerism has a long and storied history, in both the United States and the world as a whole. That’s one of the best things about volunteering; there are a variety of ways for individuals to make an impact according to their interests and skills. Teaching volunteers valuable life skills.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Today, we look back to 2016 : 2016 brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. I'm a big fan of Paul's earlier best-sellers, including Lead with a Story and Parenting with a Story. Storytelling is a skill.

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The Nerdy NonProfit

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Many nonprofits are interested in using e-learning to train staff members and volunteers. It can reach a larger number of people in a shorter amount of time than in-person training. Staff and volunteers can access the training anytime and anywhere. By Guest Contributor, Amy Morrisey , Artisan E-Learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

Leadership skills are only just about our inner-selves, it is also how we relate to other people and manage those relationships, especially in the workplace. One of the workshop exercises was to teach leaders a process they can facilitate back in their organizations to begin the discussion about how to activate a culture of well being.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Your Program Volunteers Your Fundraising Volunteers Get Them Trained Provide Them with Useful Tools. Knowing that your food service operation meets the highest standards for cleanliness, or that you source your foods from local providers as much as possible helps your volunteer tell your story to their friends, family, and work colleagues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2017

Orange hats” are assistant crew leaders who teach “green hats” how to do trail building and maintenance correctly. Becoming certified as an orange hat is recognition of commitment and skill–it’s a real accomplishment. 7000 kilometres away in India, Haiyya is training the next generation of community organisers.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Packed with uplifting personal stories, action steps and writing exercises, you’ll learn how to be accountable for developing your character, integrity, and commitment to reaching your goals. Why writing your success story in reverse is the best approach. This is the timeline for success. It takes decades, not months.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

These volunteers should have the time, skills, and interests to help you provide programming and services to your beneficiaries. This will influence how many volunteers you’ll need to recruit and train. This is a great way to find volunteers with skills that can benefit your organization in a variety of ways.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

Innovation Lab Facilitation : For the past few years, I’ve trained in and designed and facilitated innovation labs using the Luma Institute Methods. In the US, I gave workshops at nonprofit conferences in Iowa, San Antonio, Iowa, Tahoe, Palm Beach, Miami, and San Francisco on networked leadership skills.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 1, 2018

2016 brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. I'm a big fan of Paul's earlier best-sellers, including Lead with a Story and Parenting with a Story. A great story builds credibility and properly positions you in the eye of the buyer."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

On New Year’s Day, I heard a story on NPR about some research on instructional techniques used by many college professors – the lecture and how it is less effective in an age information abundance. It’s more fun to teach this way and more fun to learn this. Content Delivery Is Not Learning. Begin Connections.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2011

Mary Joyce leads a session on digital activism using the Story of Electronics. I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. To reflect on how these modules might be used in their own trainings.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 14, 2022

Across two days full of interactive sessions, workshops, and hands-on training, I had the chance to meet members of my Chicago Ohana Salesforce group and connect with new people with similar passions, challenges, and solutions to share. It was also the first in-person event I’ve had a chance to attend in two years.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Last month brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's new book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. I'm a big fan of Paul's earlier best-sellers, including Lead with a Story and Parenting with a Story. Storytelling is a skill.

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BoardAssist

AUGUST 25, 2015

So why are some board members more successful at that than others? Guest blogger Gail Perry believes that any board member can be that critical agent of change with the right training and support, especially with respect to opening doors for his or her board. It has to be their OWN PERSONAL STORY of why they care. Here’s How!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2012

Each chapter starts with a personal story that illustrates a concept related to managing unproductive distractions. I want to sustain that focus throughout the year and apply to what I do — from content curation to blogging to facilitating trainings and developing curriculum. Be more of a focusing lens versus a fire hydrant.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Using your email tool, here are a couple of best practices for volunteer recruitment to keep in mind: With email segmentation, group your volunteers based on their preferences or skills. For instance, create a specific group for those who are skilled in coding and web design. Take your training online.

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2009

Technology and youth can go hand in hand… if you have the right tools, techniques, and training. This webinar will highlight the work of two successful nonprofits that are using Adobe and other software to engage their youth. Pacific to learn more about their programs and what makes them successful.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2024

As you’ll see through the book, people don’t always give you the whole story right up front. And that deeper story is even more interesting and important than the first one you get,” shares Wetzler. The more you train yourself to listen for content, emotion, and action, the less you'll have room to take in external distractions.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 13, 2019

Social media is a simple and inexpensive way to share the story of your organization, foster relationships with the community, maintain a consistent conversation and communicate the impact being done. Secondly, data helps you track successes and failures within programs and an organization as a whole. Conclusion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2016

Note from Beth: I’ve just returned from an amazing training project in Cambodia and will be sharing more about that this coming week. But for now, Listening and feedback loops are important skills for nonprofit leaders and for organizations to get better results. Designing an Effective Feedback Loop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

Not all nonprofits are born with the spreadsheet gene. And it isn’t simply a technical problem that can be solved through training or purchasing analytics software. There not is a reflection process for analyzing success or failure to take into next use or campaign. DoSomething.Org: A Data-Driven Nonprofit In Action.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2015

And one in five, or 23 percent of the adult American population , is functionally illiterate or lacks basic skills past a fourth-grade reading level. It was there that she discovered her passion for teaching others: "When I was working with kids with autism or ADHD, something happened within me where I identified with their experiences.

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Achieve

JUNE 7, 2021

After all, our mission was all about teaching. Yet across the table was an educational leader who denied that teaching could have any impact. Most training in the field was from professional associations like. and they were based more on people passing experience and random successes on to each other than any kind of science.

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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. I want a program director who can write compelling stories about the experiences of our participants. During the hiring process, make the skill of writing a top requirement for all positions.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2015

These unreasonably adorable miniature horses go through a two-year training program to be therapy horses. The photo of Faith with Magic along with her story has 5,302 likes, 1,007 shares, and 1,948 comments as of this writing. For an example of this, check out one of TechSoup's most successful Facebook posts. Tell a Story.

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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. Ahern didn’t start in fundraising. She is also a certified executive coach.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Instead, help your board members tell a story. You can even take a portion of a board meeting to go around the table and have your board practice sharing their fundraising story. They Need More Training Most new board members don’t have fundraising experience. The solution to this problem is simple, even if it isn’t easy.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Evans teaches readers of her new book, THE RESILIENCY rEVOLUTION: Your Stress Solution For Life 60 Seconds at a Time , how to become resilient to stress. Evans Her new book is fully of stories, action plans and techniques for becoming healthier (eating healthfully, exercising, etc.) to create the resiliency you need to combat stress.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 27, 2017

Not only will they work with you to ensure that your campaign is optimized to receive maximum donations; they’ll also teach you valuable fundraising and donor stewardship skills that you can use for future endeavors! . Tell us all of your online fundraising success stories! Price Point. Price Point.

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Unifying Constituent Data with the Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) and Pardot. Sustained Success Through Training + Communication. Managed Services not only implements solutions but makes sure that we understand what they did so that we can independently maintain it and learn new skills.”. Written by Blake Becker.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Adobe’s software donation programs through TechSoup help organizations design powerful print collateral, create video accounts of their successes, build their web presence, and more. The Adobe Foundation invests nearly US$7 million per year in the Adobe Youth Voices program, primarily through training, educational resources, and grants.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In fact, I am planning to post a how-to article to teach you how I go about writing a typical appeal with Fundwriter. I spent about 5 minutes to write the “appeal” for Fundwriter and here is what it wrote for me… Beautiful communication leads to successful fundraising Dawn Sherman’s eyes were starting to glaze over.

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