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This blog post is great, Lyn. We are starting to adopt some of these practices...would like us to review them all and see which ones we should start sooner rather than later.

Taproots sponsors three kinds of events for pro bono volunteers--pro bono marathon, ScopeAthon, speed consulting

Article in Bloomberg Business by Brent Arslaner, Unisfair, Inc. and Spencer Jarrett, InVision Communications, 2009 on pros and cons of virtual meetings replacing f2f meetings.

an interesting free tool for basic screen capture recording on Windows or Mac. A pro version is also available. Found it through Kathy Schrock's web tips on her blog, 2.20.13

Envision is a company specializing in contract workers, right to hire contracts, or direct hire contracts

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Looking for exciting new tools to simplify the blogging experience? If so, keep reading. We decided to get the scoop on today's hottest blogging tools. We asked 22 pros to share their favorite new finds. Here they are... #1: InboxQ A great blogging tool I discovered a few months ago is InboxQ.

Blog post by Joe Rominiecki, June 11, 2014, on how staid organization--American Neurological Association--changed admission requirements and found new-"old ways" to engage with younger, newer members in the course of the first year of membership. 300 out of 1,880 at end of 2013 were new, often younger members. ""We have quite a few committees, and the committee work is a lot. The annual meeting programming is extremely scientific, so their participation in our interactive lunch workshop committee or our faculty development committee or our scientific programming committee is critical to the success of the meeting," Smith says." Excerpt: I'm a strong believer that the type of volunteering offered to young members is crucial, too. It has to be meaningful work. If I'm offered a choice between joining a group for young professionals or joining a planning committee for a particular association function (event, publication, education, etc.), I'll take the latter. I'd rather not just be lumped in with other young pros, fenced off in a separate little play area. I want to be doing some real work for the association. And DTV says I'm not alone: In that study, "I can do something for a profession or cause that is important to me" ranked as the most important reason for volunteering in associations, and that was true for all generations.""

Interview with Vera Michalchik published by DML Research Hub, funded by the McArthur Foundation. Michalchick heads up research on Informal Learning Environments in SRI International's Center for Technology in Learning. "I'm paraphrasing Richard Feynman who said that the more that we have a monoculture of learning, the less chance we have of producing creative, innovative, capable thinkers. We really want diverse learning environments, and assessment is always the tail that wags the dog. People are beholden to systems of accountability, and what knowledge is valued and how that knowledge is valued really shows up in an assessment system. Besides reducing the diversity of learning environments by having common metrics, we short-change a natural process. This is what we mention in the Naturalizing Assessment article. " Offers pros and cons on badging system (is disinclined but open-minded about their usage) and suggests various kinds of informal learning assessments that do not following the standardized testing model such as: continual monitoring of where kids are in the program, for when kids are "getting it", "minimally invasive studies of behavior and performance" to support documentation of participation and capacity building, ethnology, video documentation, data mining methods of video archives, embedded assessment in learning games, etc.

This woman, Shellie Riley, advertises concierge servicees that consist of consulting, coaching, placement, FAQs, Pro bono financial aid, and contact us. A www.nerdconcierge.net service is advertised to start Spring 2013 but does not look active yet. Excerpt: "Our EDUCATIONAL CONCIERGE SERVICE packages comprehensive and customized support to families navigating any and all educational queries, concerns, choices and decisions from Pre-School to Post-Secondary learning. "

from forbes.com/ForbesWoman by Kristi Hedges. Hedges discusses the pros and cons of job hopping and leaving a job, and offers 5 reasons to do so including a toxic work environment, not being challenged, in a dead-end job, being promised promotions but nothing happening, etc.

Hootsuite offers a Pro package for $9.99 a month (f you pay a year in advance, otherwise $15 a month) that allows the host and one other user to coordinate and initiate scheduled tweets in advance. Also does RSS feed on new blog posts. Also works for other social media such as LinkedIn and Facebook.

Valuable questions to consider when designing or reviewing a logo.

interesting assessment of algorithmic limitations in providing us with access to the online information we really want, Jarno M. Koponen, June 25, 2015. reminds of comment I saw "tyranny of algorithms"

interesting case of The Ladders, "premium job board" being sued for advertising jobs that did not exist at quoted salary level