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West Virginia VOAD Receives the Governor’s Service Award

VisionLink

VisionLink would like to congratulate the Member Agencies of the West Virginia Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) on receiving the Governor’s Service Award. The award honors WV VOAD’s dedication to service and acknowledges their commitment to volunteerism throughout West Virginia.

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Video Fridays #27 When Social Media Became News

NCE Social Media

James Surowiecki pinpoints the moment when social media became an equal player in the world of news-gathering: the 2005 tsunami, when YouTube video, blogs, IMs and txts carried the news — and preserved moving personal stories from the tragedy. How have you used social media for your news source?

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

Twenty Hats

When the pandemic first hit, my stepdaughter, Ali, had to make a video. 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. It’s a funny video thanks to the props and a good on-the-fly solution.

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How to Create A Holistic Nonprofit Digital Marketing Plan

Pamela Grow

Plan to share impact stories, video clips from previous fundraising events, relevant statistics, behind-the-scenes tours, and more. For instance, you might decide to add emojis to your email subject lines to make them stand out more or create custom video thumbnails to attract more viewers.

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November Cause Awareness: National Native American Heritage Month

Qgiv

You can also read books, watch videos and movies, and listen to talks and podcasts by Indigenous experts, scholars, conservationists, linguists, chefs, and more. The film festival is held in Virginia every year, and filmmakers can submit feature films, documentaries, and short films to be screened during the festival.

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Real-world lessons in the painful consequences of outdated software

Nimble AMS

When in-person school was no longer possible, Fairfax County Public Schools, in Northern Virginia, launched virtual school for its 189,000 students. Others who were able to log in experienced poor audio and frozen video. Troubles began immediately , with teachers and students having problems logging in to the online school system.

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AI for Nonprofits and Social Good: Link Roundup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The panelists included, Virginia Eubanks, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University at Albany, SUNY and author of Automating Inequality ; Rashida Richardson, Director of Policy Research for the AI Now Institute ; and Di Luong, Research and Policy Organizer at Media Mobilizing Project.

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