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When props don’t cut it – advocating for your virtual volunteer roles

Twenty Hats

Ali was expected to make a training video from home on how to extract a bone marrow sample — without an examining room, without equipment, and most especially without an animal. I was reminded of Ali’s video last week when I led a class for volunteer managers on creating virtual volunteer roles. The challenge here is the cost.

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LGBTQ+ advocacy strategies to generate advocates year-round

EveryAction

Similarly, attending volunteer events with LGBTQ+ people and allies can be a healing experience, giving everyone involved the energy needed to continue their efforts. Seminars, trainings, and webinars Education is so important when it comes to generating advocates.

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77 Quotes from VolunteerHub Clients

Volunteer Hub

The Importance of Volunteers. “The value that volunteers provide our organization is tremendous. We could not achieve our goals and provide the support we do to the community without our volunteer’s commitment to the cause,” said Mary Bachman, Director of Volunteer Resources, Catholic Charities of St.

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Computer Centers in West Virginia's Volunteer Fire Stations | PCWorld

AFP Blog

Computer Centers in West Virginia's Volunteer Fire Stations | PCWorld : "West Virginia is leading the nation in technology innovation. Other states have set up public-use computers at public libraries, but that's not always feasible when the only public library in town is small and understaffed.

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6 Ways to Improve Your Year-End Donor Cultivation

Qgiv

She has completed specialized fundraising training through AFP International, The Virginia Fundraising Institute, the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Shenandoah Virginia Chapter, and is a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE). In future communications, you can share ways to get involved that would include donating.

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Greater Washington Give to the Max Day Training Event

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The training event, which will be live streamed starting at 9:00 am , will feature fundraising and social media gurus Katya Andresen, Danielle Brigida, Tracy Equality Viselli, Jocelyn Harmon and more. They used social media to help win the DC Best Place to Volunteer Contest. Image by Codilicious from Flickr.

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Receiving the 2013 Migel Medal

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

From my college dorm room, where I thought that pattern recognition could do more than target missiles, to my first successful high tech company where we built technology that could read just about any font without training, to Benetech’s founding with the Arkenstone reading machine for the blind. We hope you’ll join us on this journey.

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