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>>I'd be very interested in what you think of this idea. Please feel
free to comment here on the list, or to leave comments on my blog:
<http://blog.deborah.elizabeth.finn.com/blog/_archives/2007/5/10/2939894.html>
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Dear ISF Colleagues,
An esteemed member of this group has pointed out that this topic might
generate more discussion if I posted more information here about
what's in the blog article.
I am therefore adding an excerpt:
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We need a training program for hands-on tech support providers who
serve mission-based organizations.
Michelle Murrain came up with the basic idea over dinner on Wednesday
evening. There we were - two old friends, strategic technology
consultants to mission-based organizations, fellow Technobabes,
veterans of the Circuit Rider movement - worrying about the future of
nonprofit technology in our region.
Michelle and I began to brainstorm about establishing a school or
program that would provide training and a career ladder to idealistic
techies who would like to devote their professional careers to serving
the nonprofit sector. Being brilliant and highly skilled on a
technical level is important but not sufficient for being an effective
nonprofit geek. Some other subjects that we would like to teach in
the New England School for Circuit Riders come from non-technical
disciplines...
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To read the article in its entirety, please go to
<<http://blog.deborah.elizabeth.finn.com/blog/_archives/2007/5/10/2939894.html>
Many thanks and best regards from Deborah
Deborah Elizabeth Finn
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
deborah_elizabeth_finn%40post.harvard.edu">deborah_elizabeth_finn
post.harvard.edu
www.cyber-yenta.org
Recommended reading:
"Universal Declaration of Human Rights"
<http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights>;
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