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How a university got itself banned from the Linux kernel

The Verge

The University of Minnesota’s path to banishment was long, turbulent, and full of emotion On the evening of April 6th, a student emailed a patch to a list of developers. Fifteen days later, the University of Minnesota was banned from contributing to the Linux kernel. “I How did one email lead to a university-wide ban?

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10 Volunteer Training Ideas for Onboarding All Types of Volunteers

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Matt Hugg, President and Founder, Nonprofit.Courses – He’s the author of the Guide to Nonprofit Consulting, and teaches nonprofit management at several universities, via the web, and in-person in the United States, Africa, Asia and Europe. Mary’s University of Minnesota. Start off your volunteers’ journey right.

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Training Nonprofit Staff & Volunteers Effectively in 5 Steps

Get Fully Funded

More importantly, are your staff and volunteers ready and trained to perform productively in their roles? Then there’s your workforce—both paid and volunteer. Today is the day you’re going to shed the “vacation” mentality of training your nonprofit staff and volunteers. Instead, it’s creating a new normal entirely.

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A Nonprofit Partnership: How One Board Member Connected Two Organizations and Boosted Both

Blue Avocado

With experience working in both two-year and four-year colleges, as well as dedicated time spent volunteering in her local community, she accepted the position in 2022, and was excited to be a part of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation again — now as a staff member. By creative, I mean it’s not just in Minnesota, it is national.

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3 Nonprofit Social Media Challenges, And How To Overcome Them

TechImpact

Image courtesy of University of Minnesota. Some nonprofits struggle with multiple profiles being made by staff members or volunteers who are eager to help. Nonprofits have been told since Facebook’s rise to prominence that they need to be investing in a social media marketing / fundraising campaigns. Start your search there.

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The #1 Skill Nonprofit Professionals Should Focus on in 2021

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Marketing is also how your staff and volunteers feel and talk about your nonprofit in their everyday lives. When you have a good name in your community or discipline, the risk of a client, funder, or volunteer associating themselves with you goes down. Mary’s University of Minnesota.

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Onboarding Your Program and Fundraising Volunteers

Qgiv

In the first blog post of this series, we discussed the basics that need to occur to onboard any volunteer at any level. We took the process from greeting the fundraising volunteer at your door all the way to helping them connect with your mission, and quite a lot between. Your Program Volunteers.