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Why Self-Interested Volunteers are the Best for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Authored by Capulet’s Julie Szabo and Darren Barefoot, this report is based on in-depth interviews with leading practitioners and a literature review. For Washington Trail Association volunteers like Chris O’Brien, donning an orange hard hat out on the trail is a badge of honour. They offer direction, supervision and make outings fun.

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Cambodia Bloggers Summit: Help Young Cambodian Bloggers Join the Global Conversation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here's what I'm going to do: A train the trainers workshop with the Cambodian blogging team to share resource information, answer questions, and exchange ideas for teaching young people how to use social media in a developing country like Cambodia. Identify and interview 3-5 amazing Cambodian BlogHers and post on BlogHer site.

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The Networked NGO in Pakistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

On Day 3, when it was time to focus on more time on teaching the tools, we started with an opening exercise designed to help identify those in the room who had knowledge. Participants made name badges using selecting tool names for their first and last name. Dealing with Connectivity Issues, Remote Work, and Use of Social Platforms.

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Use New-Hire Employee Badges

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Sunday, August 29, 2010 Use New-Hire Employee Badges If you lead an organization that uses employee ID badges, considering using a different color or a special designation on the badges for newly hired employees for at least their first 30 days and ideally up to 60 days. Some people call this a "hello" culture.

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How to Engage Your Supporters and Find Super Fans

Tech Soup

Interview people who are your influencers and champions, and find out why. Remember that most content is consumed and discarded, and so use content as a teaching moment, and a way to engage and involve your audience in your work. It will keep them reading, and that's what you want! Don't forget that great stories stay with you.

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150+ Creative Ways to Show Donors Appreciation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

They can be a video interview with the donor about the mission. If you are with a job training program, maybe you make a bookmark that is focused on job interview tips. A digital member badge that can be shared on social media. Can you adapt the training for donors as a group teaching session? These exist already!

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NpTech Tag: Roundups from and about Facebook and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For more on that topic, read the excellent interview with Carie Lewis of the HSUS here. And, looking at the list, it's only US-based charities) He raises a great question that gets beyond the scoreboard, numbers only focus of his approach: "Don't you think that they might have lessons to teach all of us?"

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