Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

As you investigate, be sure to ask specific questions about setup, like: Do you have an onboarding team devoted to delivering full data conversions? An instructor travels to your place of business to teach you how to apply your new features to your existing processes, one-on-one. How long is the onboarding process?

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

DeepL Voice for Conversations does the same thing, but for one-on-one conversations happening on mobile devices. Speak For supercharging English-language learning with live conversational roleplays Speaks AI English tutor app, which is widely used in Korea and Japan, has been around for years.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

You will probably need to hire a WordPress developer to build your site, but your developer can teach you how to make updates after your site goes live. Keep your explanations simple and conversational, as though you were telling a friend about the work your organization does. With a WordPress site, you can get exactly what you want.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2012

As a parent of wired kids, I think teaching digital literacy is very important for parents to do. It’s all about teaching digital literacy and citizenship: the knowledge and skills necessary to think critically, behave safely, and interact responsibly in a digital world. Teaching them to use creative tools responsibly?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Below, I’ve shared my keynote remarks and slides and I hope you’ll share your ideas and further the conversation in the comments. Another barrier is the idea that we are all so different. Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation. You have to go beyond that and listen for action.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Gary Chou, an instructor at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, teaches people how to launch a startup by taking an entirely contrary approach. Thinking of big billion-dollar concepts is actually a limitation, because it tends to result in some bad ideas. That $1,000 company might be bigger than you initially thought.

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NetWits

JULY 27, 2011

There are very well established best practices, standard metrics that are tracked, widely accepted and proven statistical data to measure your effectiveness by and countless bits of information on the web to teach us how to do email marketing and communication well. We started an eNewsletter for event fundraisers. Track where they come from.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of January 15th). " My favorite lesson?

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Web Bookmarking Haiti Lesson 132

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2013

In addition, I was lucky enough to be the online facilitator for a virtual leadership program for arts administrators co-hosted by the Cornell University School of Management where I learned and practiced a range of instructional techniques for teaching adults.

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Classy

JULY 13, 2021

The following books ask you to rethink your assumptions, consider new approaches, and act on your best ideas. This book focuses on getting results by teaching new and experienced nonprofit leaders the fundamental skills of effective management. Register to Access Session Recordings From the 2021 Collaborative. Dive in today. .

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of December 15th). And it's fun!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Whether you were here in Toronto or not, I’d love to hear your ideas, feedback, and goals for change! Let’s start at the most fundamental place for this conversation. This may mean making introductions, starting conversations, asking for help, providing leadership opportunities that aren’t on staff. What is a movement?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2013

We received copies of his Luma’s book and cards, “Innovation for People,” which is a synthesis of landscape analysis of design-thinking and human centered design methods. He told a story that someone in one of his workshops to teach these methods asked him, “So what are the skills that we need to practice for 10,000 hours?

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

Davidson was right: It not only transformed our conversation, but the entire nature of my day. In our conversation, he explains why our relationship to ourselves, each other, and the world are the product of the stories that we tell ourselves. Its the idea that every human being has a narrative that they tell about themselves.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 22, 2014

I’ve just finished teaching a class at the Monterey Institute of International Studies based on my books, The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. Speaking up, sharing my ideas and thoughts. Don’t Be Afraid To Try New Things: Your internship is a great laboratory for learning new skills and ideas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

By “pitch”, I mean opening the door to deeper engagement with your organization, whether through a quick conversation with someone who is learning about you for the first time or the ask in a year-end appeal letter to a donor who has supported you for a long-time. Those initial conversations tend to be awkward and creepy.

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Social Media Sound Conversation Fundraising 124

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Synthesis: Combining ideas and themes or boiling down a lot of information into a summary. Customization: Changing the title, context, or revising some of the ideas to match your audience’s needs. Reasons and Evidence: What are some other examples of this idea? Evaluating: Rate and rank items in your collection.

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Content Nonprofit Technique Skills 126

TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

Alex Ruzh is the CEO and co-founder of memoryOS , an edtech startup developing AI-powered gamified software teaching people how to remember anything. So here is a complete 10-step guide: Find a unique idea. You should have a unique idea for a product that would solve at least one problem for your target audience. Contributor.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2024

Check in with the other person to determine if the conversation went well for them and to learn how a future conversation can go better or be more beneficial to both parties. Question: Why is it so important to master only one skill you teach at a time? Wetzler : Absolutely. I have to wait until they are ready to talk about it.

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The MatrixFiles

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

One exec expressed interest in resources to share with our members to teach them how to have conversations about controversial topics. Many execs reinforced the idea that communications should be clear and transparent. Are you having conversations within your association about declining trust, credibility and authority?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2020

To teach himself his first languages, the company’s founder and CEO Gabriel Wyner used the popular flashcard service Anki , wrote a book about his approach, and taught workshops on language learning using his system with Anki. That is the one thing that teaches you is building it.’ But that doesn’t work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

The session was an introduction to design thinking methods and to generate ideas for instructional modules for networked leadership development. After finishing the share pairs, we did a quick full group “popcorn” of the ideas that bubbled up. How do we teach leaders to know when emergence is working? Normalize the hump.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

It’s more fun to teach this way and more fun to learn this. A few ideas: Assigned seating or “social engineering” Solo reflective activity related to the content. Spectra Gram: This is a full group exercise that you can use to bring out ideas or different views on the topic.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

The NetSquared team will be working the room to activate and facilitate conversations so everyone can enjoy the ride. This marketplace of ideas will be filled with simultaneous presentations and hands-on demos, and includes the conference’s Opening Reception. Event Space Hacks: Two great ideas, unlimited open dialogue with peers.

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Candid

JANUARY 8, 2025

But as the head of my family foundation, I believe we have to start conversations around wealth at a younger age. We must teach them the bigger picture of global issues and prepare them to use their future thought leadership and resources to participate in global change making. Embrace transparency and group decision making.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

The product of this learning journey, Just In Time: Beyond-the-Hype Potential of E-Learning , has just been published. Based on a year of conversations with more than 100 leading thinkers, practitioners, and entrepreneurs, this report explores the state of e-learning and the potential it offers beyond the confines of formal education.

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Learning Remix Teach Social Media 112

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

If we lack the skills to avoid collaborative overload, manage difficult conversations, learn from failure, the resulting physical, emotional, and mental strain gets in the way of a nonprofit organization’s success. We had a dozen small groups that each brainstormed 20-50 ideas each. Here’s the list: Function.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

New Year's Resolutions for leaders : Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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Mentoring Policy Volunteer Review 105

Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 28, 2020

It’s not going to happen though, unless you begin the conversation. According to Claire, putting legacy giving discussions on hold would not only be a bad idea, but contrary to providing the stewardship your donors are seeking. Maybe you, or your board, feel that discussing this with stakeholders during a pandemic is a “no-no.”

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 22, 2024

Shifting your approach will go a long way towards shifting your results in a positive direction As one of my mentors, and founder of The Fundraising School, Hank Rosso, taught me: “ Fundraising is the gentle art of teaching the joy of giving.” How might you approach a conversation with potential sponsors in a manner that focuses on joy?

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NTEN

JULY 1, 2014

Each track will have two Lead Facilitators and several additional Facilitators who will design spaces and lead small group conversations to make sure that every participant has the chance to both learn and share. That''s why we''re doing our best to recruit a remarkable group of facilitators to help shape your experience.

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Tableau

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Our goal for this new series is to discuss research, emerging technologies, and insightful ideas that drive innovation. For instance, when COVID became part of daily conversation, it was hard to ignore the wide range of interpretations, skepticisms, and scrutiny of the data. Sadly, data alone is not enough to shut them down.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 5, 2021

It’s the gift of having my children teach me that everyday actions can make a world of difference. Children are teaching their parents that everyday actions can make a world of difference. We need to normalize those conversations, and then involve our children in acting with us for the climate. Pictured: Devi Thomas’ sons.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 31, 2012

You can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR blog or below. That song, “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen, quickly also became the soundtrack to an Internet meme —that is, an idea that spreads online (“ I Can Has Cheezburger?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

It comes speeding at us from our email boxes, social networks, kindles, and even paper and snail mail! We scan, we browse, we try to thoughtfully read the best stuff, and interact through online conversations. Then there’s the whole other world of organizational content that you need to consume or create to get stuff done!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Don''t micromanage Don''t be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company''s strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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