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Crowdsourcing / Hive Mind – it’s been happening since at least 1849!
Crowdsourcing is an open, public call for contributions from anyone to talk about a pressing issue, offer advice or data or to help solve a problem or challenge. It’s an open-call brainstorming...
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Something New & Innovative? How about something that WORKS?
So often – TOO OFTEN – I hear nonprofits, government initiatives, NGOs, charities and other mission-based programs complaining that they aren’t getting good attendance at their events or program...
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Susan Ellis Matters
In the winter of 1996, I started a new job, directing The Virtual Volunteering Project. I was based in Austin, Texas, and I flew to Washington, DC to meet one of the advisors of the project, Susan J....
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Your favorite non-English resources re: volunteerism or nonprofits?
I asked this back in 2011, but it’s time to ask it again: I would like to know YOUR favorite online resources regarding volunteerism / volunteers (especially the support and management of such),...
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your nonprofit is still relevant during COVID19 – SHOW HOW
If you are a nonprofit focused on helping the homeless, addressing hunger or nutrition, helping people with a chronic illness or children or seniors, helping people with addiction issues, your...
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Reflections on Virtual Volunteering in 2020 (& My Most Popular Blogs for the...
When the end of a year approaches, I look over my visitor statistics for my blog and my web pages to see which of my resources were the most popular in the last 12 months. It helps me to know what...
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FREE books on management of volunteers
Wow. The Ellis Archive has released a bunch of volunteer management books for FREE. These are books that Susan Ellis sold for years through her company, Energize, Inc. If you don’t know: Susan was the...
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Training on risk management in social media
A coalition of nonprofits in my hometown in Kentucky asked me to put together a two-hour webinar on risk management in social media. And I did. I delivered it in early November 2020. When I put...
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Don’t over-invest in one social media channel: Redux (Twitter)
In November 2021, I wrote a blog that warned nonprofits, NGOs, community groups, etc. not to over-invest in one social media tool – specifically Facebook. I wrote that blog because, when Facebook went...
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Love for NGOs in Belize
A montage of four photos, each representing one of the NGOs that is highlighted below. The first photo is of a gift shop, the second is of an adorable puppy, the next is of children in a library, and...
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