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Reddit bought a five-second Super Bowl spot celebrating GameStock

The Verge

Who knows, maybe you’ll be the reason finance textbooks have to add a chapter on ‘tendies.’”. Who knows, maybe you’ll be the reason finance textbooks have to add a chapter on “tendies.” Maybe you’ll help r/SuperbOwl teach the world about the majesty of owls. What just happened? Maybe you’ll even pause this 5-second ad.

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Training on your new database

Robert Weiner

I discussed training at a high level on page 13 of this chapter from CASE's Handbook of Institutional Advancement. The trainer needs to understand the database, present technical concepts clearly and without jargon, teach at the students' level, and be incredibly patient. Not everyone can train. It's an art.

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New Benetech board member, Robert Wexler

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Rob is also a lecturer at Stanford Law School where he teaches the Law of Nonprofit Organizations. I particularly have appreciated his help with the SF chapter of the Social Enterprise Alliance, a national organization I helped found and am now the immediate past chair.

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What To Do When You're New

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Being more introverted versus extroverted, the author's advice and teachings would have helped me during new jobs and after promotions, when relocating to new cities, when joining new clubs and organizations, and whenever I became a member of a new team. Each book chapter examines: Why the skill is important to your success.

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The Information Diet: Not Just A Book, A Movement For Conscious Consumption of Information

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve been curating resources and teaching workshops on the topic of information coping skills for a couple of years. His chapter on “Data Literacy” describes what sounds a lot of good content curation skills minus the social sharing part. 11-12: Email. 4-5: Email. 10-11 pm: Book Reading.

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Announcing Measuring the Networked Nonprofit Book

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The money went to support students like Maneth, an IT major who now teaches computer lessons in the orphanage where my children lived. Paarlberg, who guided us in the polishing and revising stage and who made go through a 10-draft revision process for each chapter.

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Boy Scouts Of America Rebrands To Scouting America

The NonProfit Times

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA), which in recent years has been rocked by declining participation, a coronavirus pandemic that limited in-person gatherings, sexual abuse litigation and Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring for the national organization, is being rebranded. For Life,” President and CEO Roger A. Krone said via a statement.

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