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Organizational Amnesia, Accountability Buddies, and Other Things I learned at the Grant Managers Network Conference

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In mid-March, I had a whirl wind day at the Grant Managers Network Annual Conference where I did the following: Panel Session : Outcomes, Impact, and Communication with Roberto Cremonini and Danette Peters. The number one thing we can do to help groups learn is to create space and time for reflection. How do we do that?

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Grantmakers for Effective Organizations Conference: What have you learned, Dorothy?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Glinda the Good Witch: ”You don’t need to be helped any longer. Helping African communities change their children’s lives. Solution seeker.

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Lee Bryant at #KMUK10

Amy Sample Ward

I’m here at #KMUK10 , also known as the Knowledge Management UK conference. David Wilcox will be spending the day helping show folks understand and get started with various social media tools. KM is about helping people make better decisions. From Lee Bryant: KM = sense making.

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Bullet Journaling for Nonprofit Professionals

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: At last year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference, I was lucky enough to join a “birds of a feather” lunch table. Adding the trackers in your weekly or monthly spreads can help you follow them up and stick to it. For me, BuJo makes time management and planning more enjoyable.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

Thousands of nonprofit pros rely on our annual Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar to discover skill-building, strategy-slaying, network-enhancing nonprofit events. We've scoured the nonprofit-sphere for high-quality conferences, both large and small, broad and specialized, here in the U.S. WHAT IF Conference. Name (a-z).

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Learning is the Work

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you are not already familiar with their work, you will learn a lot about online collaboration, knowledge management, informal learning, and networks by following them. She points out that you can’t teach people to be social, only to show what it is and help facilitate it.

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2011 NTC Preview: Let's Talk About Tech, Baby

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Ask them what challenges they currently face in their jobs and talk about ways that strategically-implemented technology could help them. What about other senior management? Are there technical solutions to those issues, or can technology help address particular inefficiencies? Is your ED a technophobe? Listen to what they need.

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