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The Power of Transparency: How BART Responded to Angry Riders

Higher Logic

That’s what happened to BART riders in the San Francisco Bay Area two weeks ago. Everyone who logs in must adhere to the member guidelines that keep people productive and civil. But most likely your tweet just ends up in a feed with dozens of other similarly angry tweets venting about delays and congestion during rush hour.

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Round Two: CTIA Fights Another Local Cellphone Ordinance in Court

Associations Now

Roughly two years after ending a similar fight with the city of San Francisco, CTIA: The Wireless Association has sued the nearby city of Berkeley over an ordinance that it says would require the industry to falsely claim that cellphones put users at risk of radiation exposure. Battle of the Bay Area.

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Building Community: Real Towns Inform Online Spaces

Higher Logic

San Francisco grew astronomically during the Gold Rush. Provide them guidelines and set up a formal training program so that they can work effectively. As a result, when the veins of gold dried up, the people of Bodie were left with nothing and abandoned the town to move on to new adventures.

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New Style Guide Helps Journalists Cover Diversity Topics More Accurately

Associations Now

The Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism (CIIJ) at San Francisco State University, with help from The Society of Professional Journalists’ (SPJ) Sigma Delta Chi Foundation, released an updated Diversity Style Guide to help journalists writing about diverse subjects and issues.

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New Bay Area Nonprofit Turns Refugees Into Baristas

Associations Now

One of those nonprofits, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, is taking a novel approach to the employment issue, and it’s an approach that coffee fans will definitely appreciate. The latter issue—made more acute due to the influx of refugees from Syria—has led to the launch of some nonprofits. A New Approach to Refugee Aid.

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Measuring the Impact of Your Nonprofit Program

Beth Kanter

That’s where I met Kim Kastorff who is the founder of Kimpacto , a San Francisco-based advisory & consulting firm working across the U.S., The process took participants through an assessment of the problems facing them, collective brainstorming, and prototyping. Europe and Latin America.

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The Heart and Soul of Lean Impact: A/B Testing Experiments and Validated Learning

Beth Kanter

Here’s some guidelines for how long to run your test. Here’s some best practices for sharing results. Don’t Over Test: Keep it simple and don’t over do it. Those are some great general principles, but how might you apply this to testing your digital marketing channels if you’re a nonprofit?