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Three Reasons Kids Need Digital Literacy and Citizenship Education

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011

Eric Jacobsen Blog

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). So, decide today to secure a mentor who will work with you during 2011.

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3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips

Eric Jacobsen Blog

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). A mentor always exercises the power of suggestion. They pose alternatives.

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Live blogging from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit: The Generational Divide (Panel Discussion)

Amy Sample Ward

Millennials come to the work place more prepared to teach than previous generations. When you step in the door, you come prepackaged with skills you can share. The ability to teach, with patience, is essential. Suzy : Collaboration is the best skill someone can have. Seeing Millennials with those skills is great.

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Mentoring Staff New to Nonprofit Work

ASU Lodestar Center

Not to mention one in which the skills set must be honed and finely tuned. Teach or model a succinct delivery of the cause’s elevator speech. It’s rare to learn of someone who entered a nonprofit career having always known that this is what they were born to do. Not everything translates from for-profit to nonprofit.

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Tips to strengthen your volunteer program and empower member volunteers

Nimble AMS

The peer groups also offer opportunities for member v olunteers to develop more skills and become leaders. Empower your volunteers by offering the chance for members to teach in your learning program or speak at your annual conference. Mentor/Mentee program. Speaking opportunities.

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70 Ways To Be A Better Leader

Eric Jacobsen Blog

And, if you've been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? Teach something new to your team 24. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Don't micromanage 2. Be decisive 20.

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