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Isaiah Swanson is a volunteer recruitment professional who has interviewed, trained, and supervised thousands of volunteers supporting dozens of nonprofit programs helping families in crisis, homebound seniors, and victims of natural disasters.
Since United Way is one of the world's largest international nonprofit organizations, technology is critical in maintaining communication and operating effectively across time zones. Share details of your technical knowledge and skills and describe a time you used them to effectively solve a problem.

Isaiah Swanson is a volunteer recruitment professional who has interviewed, trained, and supervised thousands of volunteers supporting dozens of nonprofit programs helping families in crisis, homebound seniors, and victims of natural disasters.
"As a communications expert, I believe it is essential to stay up-to-date on current technology and digital trends to enable the organization to spread awareness of its work. A few months after I was hired at my current organization, I realized that we shared a name with a restaurant in a different state. People on social media were sharing a negative viral video of the restaurant and accidentally tagging us in their posts. Because of my expertise using social media, I was able to quickly un-tag the posts and craft unique posts addressing the matter on each of our social media accounts using a light-hearted tone. Not only did this smooth over the situation, but it also gained us more followers and even yielded some donations for us."

Isaiah Swanson is a volunteer recruitment professional who has interviewed, trained, and supervised thousands of volunteers supporting dozens of nonprofit programs helping families in crisis, homebound seniors, and victims of natural disasters.
"During my years as an IT specialist, I have had to stay aware of technology updates, not only as a matter of professional necessity but also to continue to build knowledge and expertise. When I first started working with local nonprofits, I discovered a great need for technology training. As such, in my first position as IT Director, I immediately developed a staff training session to share my knowledge of updated technology and talk about how it could support program efficiency. Once I had staff buy-in, I was able to present a proposal for purchasing new laptops for social workers and a rotation for training them individually. When the board accepted my proposal, I purchased the laptops and completed the training, and we were able to save social workers hours every week they could devote to advocating for clients."

Isaiah Swanson is a volunteer recruitment professional who has interviewed, trained, and supervised thousands of volunteers supporting dozens of nonprofit programs helping families in crisis, homebound seniors, and victims of natural disasters.
Explain how you stay up-to-date on rapidly-evolving technology. New technology can be used to improve best practices, and your answer to this question will emphasize your willingness to take initiative in this area.

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