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5 Essential Free Online Courses for Nonprofit Professionals

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Alec Green , Chief Marketing Evangelist at NonprofitReady.org , an online hub of 400+ free online courses in topics ranging from fundraising to grant writing, leadership to program management. Complete all three courses, pass a short knowledge check, and you will earn a certificate and badge to add to your resume and LinkedIn profile.

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The Right Person For The Job – Van Jones Is Now Special Adviser on Green Jobs

Tech Soup

A few months ago I profiled Van Jones in a blog post called Van Jones on the Green Collar Economy. In it, I summarized his book: The Green Collar Economy , which includes his recommendations for a 'Green New Deal.'. I am truly stunned that the visionary who conceived of the Green New Deal, now gets a shot at making it so.

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YouthBuild Boston: A TechSoup Youth Organization Profile

Tech Soup

in schools, libraries, local governments, and nonprofits, it was tough to choose just one to profile this week, but I chose YouthBuild Boston because of my fondness for green tech. This is an after school program that is all about green jobs training and making old things new again. The Mission of After School Programs.

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UK’s greenworkx takes aim at the domestic retrofit skills challenge

TechCrunch

Lots and lots of people to come in, eager and willing to learn new stuff, and take up green retrofitting jobs. So it’s a job discovery problem. Aka, the kind of multifaceted, hands-on skills that technologists haven’t figured out how to automate yet. Fixing this problem absolutely, therefore, demands human beings.

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Interview with Jonathon Colman: Social Media Secrets from a Green Geek

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

s taken us a long time to build up credible, authoritative profiles and groups on sites like Care2 , Digg , Facebook , Flickr , and StumbleUpon. ??? Amazing job by the conservancy.??? I routinely bookmark and comment on environmental news, green blogs, and stories about sustainability and alternative energy technology.

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Pintarnya is building a super app for Indonesia’s blue collar workers

TechCrunch

Many are forced to bounce from job to job, some fall victim to scam job postings and without a steady employment history, are unable to qualify for financial services, say the founders of Pintarnya. It also verifies job listings’ authenticity to avoid scams and highlights verified job posts using green shield markers.

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BlocPower wants to evict fossil fuels one building at a time

TechCrunch

Many people living in these same neighborhoods faced a lack of decent jobs, fueling a cycle of poverty that was hard to break. Baird not only wanted to replace inefficient systems that burned fossil fuels, he also wanted to create high-quality, stable jobs for folks who were often left behind by the economy.

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