Candid

JANUARY 15, 2025

Once folks know who you are, its less awkward to ask for advice, collaborate on a project, or offer feedback. Take advantage of learning opportunities Feedback from your manager, trusted colleagues, and mentors helps clarify areas for improvement. Relationships are the foundation for job satisfaction.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Sudden departures lead to expenses related to recruiting, hiring, training, as well as lost productivity and project disruptions. Equally important is offering opportunities for employees to contribute beyond their job descriptions, whether through special projects or mentoring.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The prior CEOs, who actually were mentors to both of us, have now stepped into global chair roles. JG: I was really focused on a design career, but as I got into larger, complex projects globally, I really enjoyed the leadership aspect of that. Were leaning on people who have been peers, who have been mentors to us, who weve mentored.

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The Next Web

APRIL 21, 2018

The first time I crossed paths with the person that would eventually become one of my favorite mentors, I wasn’t exactly jumping for joy. We were both assigned to this massive project that required us to fly in and out of a remote location, and I vividly recall sifting through pictures of my new teammates.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 19, 2022

Startup nonprofits, nonprofit newbies, umbrella organizations, community foundations, mentors… there are a lot of ways people may think about or refer to fiscal sponsorships, even if they’re unfamiliar with the term “fiscal sponsorship.” In fiscal sponsorship, organizations are “sponsored” by an existing nonprofit.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 17, 2012

Many thanks to Thushan Ganegedara for this guest post about his summer open source project. My project is associated with the ‘Go Read’ Android application. The project I’m working on consists of several major objectives: Implement Periodical Downloading Go Read currently has download capability only for books.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2014

Two recent research studies take a pass at answering that questions and the findings should be useful to those mentoring emerging leaders in their organizations and looking for professional development opportunities for them. “ The report offers some great tips and advice to those managing emerging leaders on how to mentor them.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 15, 2014

Or are you a sponsor and mentor? A shared language leads to the shared vision that keeps us working late on projects and it is the reason that those extra efforts feel more like pleasure than work. Do you tell people that they “should” do that thing, or do you “offer” a solution? Are you a boss and a manager? Managing not to manage.

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.orgSource

APRIL 25, 2023

The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the unemployment rate will remain low, at 3.9% I frequently encounter similar situations on digital transformation projects. Once we talk through the issues, they realize that there is a current employee, who with the right training and mentoring, would be a great fit for the role.

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The Verge

AUGUST 9, 2020

She taught IBM employees the basics of its new Fortran language, later becoming one of three designers for the company’s Stretch-Harvest project. She also helped develop software for IBM’s Blue Gene supercomputer project. IBM said in an appreciation that Allen made seminal contributions to programming and compiler research.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 21, 2011

He argued that I could have a bigger impact on the world by mentoring new social entrepreneurs, finding resources for them and helping them avoid the pitfalls I had experienced. Robert felt that, by aiming high, I would help build a movement of technologists who were more engaged in meeting humanity’s critical needs.

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The Next Web

MAY 13, 2013

On top of that, there will be weekly pitch sessions with a host of mentors, obligatory startup visits and regular talks from top entrepreneurs and investors from the Bay Area. This year we will really focus on having them build solid startup projects. Great friendships came out of it and we had great talks from inspiring entrepreneurs.

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Recode by Vox

MARCH 13, 2025

Services like OpenAIs Deep Research are very good at internet-based research projects like, say, digging up background information for a Vox piece. That said, part of Blooms skepticism about full-remote work comes from his belief in the importance of mentoring, which is much harder to do in a remote work setup.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Upper-level managers don’t have the bandwidth to vet or supervise new projects. Junior employees who are mentored and empowered as decision-makers and innovators will reward you with personal investment in their work, concern for your members’ well-being, and passion for your association’s mission. New hires don’t engage.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

At this crucial juncture, the views of venture capital market leaders, mentors and experts carry greater weight, and many of them have publicly and unequivocally advised founders to lengthen their project’s runway and push it into the black. A mentor advised the founder to lengthen their runway as much as possible.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

Proprietary insights are the keys to game-changing businesses : you dont need a unique project to start an empire, just an intuition all your own. I mentor people all the time and this is the number one assumption I challenge. But I didnt want to write a book that is thought provoking but not actionable.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

The startup has gr3own into a platform that allows cohort-based synchronized learning led by industry experts (mentors), who use the platform to monetize their expertise. Qureos also matches the trainees on its platform with projects in their respective fields of study.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2012

Since students who participate in Akilah’s Leadership Program are required to do a social change project and participants are on a professional career path, I did a workshop about using social media to support social change projects and how to use it as a professional networking tool.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

One person (me) handles the bulk of our copy and content projects. Prompt: “ Please write engaging copy promoting my raffle fundraiser benefitting Community Cares, a nonprofit supporting underserved kids in the community with after school enrichment programs such as mentoring, tutoring, sports and dance classes.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

And we now have 500 highly qualified Mentor Teachers—very special people who assist their peers in using Bookshare and assist us in testing new products and features. Looking Ahead In October, we began another five year project with OSEP to keep offering free Bookshare services to students. and a new audio option for Spanish titles.

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The Next Web

JUNE 6, 2013

For 2013, IC tomorrow is also looking to add mentoring sessions to its roster of activities which follow a similar format to the speed networking events but give small businesses the opportunity to talk with a ‘mentor’ for around 15 – 20 minutes, rather than the 5 minutes (with 8 companies) the speed networking provides.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

Marjorie Radlo-Zandi is an entrepreneur, board member, mentor to startups and angel investor who shows early-stage businesses how to build and successfully scale their businesses. Have a realistic five-year projection that includes profit and loss – a mid-level projection that isn’t too optimistic or too conservative is best.

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The Verge

JANUARY 16, 2022

app developer, Steven Cravotta, detailing how his coding project blew up five years after its creation, unknowingly riding on Wordle ’s coattails. to BoostOakland, a charity geared towards tutoring and mentoring young people in Oakland, California. The story unraveled in a thread on Twitter , with Wordle!

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Forum One

MAY 13, 2022

Honored for her experience helping mission-driven organizations accomplish impact through digital strategy, Molly Mattessich , Forum One’s Managing Director of Project Delivery, has been named to the Women We Admire list of Top 50 Women Leaders of Virginia. Molly’s leadership has been critical to Forum One’s success.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

After three days of exploring ideas, gathering feedback on projects and concepts, and thinking critically amongst nonprofit peers, the Idea Accelerator gave participants the chance to switch gears and think about how to put their ideas into action. Supported by teammates Zenzel Lewis, CSRA EOA Inc.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 9, 2023

Funded by the NIA with $40 million over the next five years, the awards announced today the first cohort of 33 projects selected for funding. The a2 Collective includes three Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratories (AITC) that the projects will work with.

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Tableau

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Since its founding, the group has grown its leadership team with the addition of Ethan Lang and Abe Diaz , launched a Viz-For-Vets Data Initiative with more than 5 projects, and met 17 times, mostly virtually. The Viz or Vets Data Initiative , which the group manages, engages the community in telling these stories through data projects. “We

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Tableau

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Since its founding, the group has grown its leadership team with the addition of Ethan Lang and Abe Diaz , launched a Viz-For-Vets Data Initiative with more than 5 projects, and met 17 times, mostly virtually. The Viz or Vets Data Initiative , which the group manages, engages the community in telling these stories through data projects. “We

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

Young volunteers and interns who are lacking in the longer view of mobile and social media can quickly advance provided they are mentored by experienced communications or development staff, or given access to quality training.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 4, 2023

Leverage your social media and online community platforms to post pictures of your volunteers’ projects and updates about your volunteer program. Celebrate your member volunteers by organizing a special event to recognize their dedication to your mission and the entire association. You can see all of the winners here.

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Tableau

JANUARY 18, 2023

This motivates him to train and mentor students and professionals. His passion as a System Engineer is helping to grow others, bringing his experience of over 20+ years in designing and implementing data warehouses and leading data and analytics mission-critical projects.

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Candid

APRIL 6, 2022

Meme: A great friend and mentor of mine—who is also a philanthropist—challenged me to hone in on my theory of change and mentioned how GuideStar is a great place to share our work with funders. Thank you for your commitment to transparency and earning a Candid 2022 Platinum Seal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2013

Note from Beth: I first learned about this project last year, when Shiree Teng, the project leader, interviewed me as part of some research on capacity building consultants that lead to the design of ImpactRising. The project partners include Shiree Teng, Groupaya, and Compasspoint.

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Association Analytics

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

You don’t want risk-averse people to give up on the project. Most Engaged Members : Share the benefits of volunteering, mentoring or donating. Make sure you pace yourself as you implement and socialize your data analytics plan. You will be shifting the way people think and operate. Be patient as people adjust and learn.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

OpenClassrooms partners with mentors so that they can help you remain motivated. The company still offers free classes if you’re looking for your next weekend project. OpenClassrooms covers many different fields, from web development to digital marketing, product management, HR and sales.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 20, 2024

Your organization needs to do its research before deciding on the right technology for your staff and members. Additionally, you need to prepare for a successful project implementation and the launch of your new AMS. Choosing the right association management software (AMS) is a major decision.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

“I contribute to the DEI Open Source project because I want to help create events that are open and affirming to people who have traditionally been excluded from working in tech,” says Sarah Pilzer , a Salesforce Trailblazer and the director of operations at Country Dance & Song Society. “I What’s next? See something? Say something.

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