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Power of Storytelling | Harmony for Change: The Global Impact of Playing For Change

Pamela Grow

Playing For Change aims to provide arts education to marginalized youth in 17 countries. Mayer, reflecting on his song in 2007, expressed the need to start a debate about our tendency to passively await change. The organization believes in the transformative power of music as a tool for social change.

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22 Online Gift Stores That Benefit Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

These are the best numbers we’ve seen since the beginning of the Great Recession in late December 2007. The profits from the BeadforLife Store go into training and community programs in Uganda and education in North America. The National Retail Federation predicts that holiday sales this year will increase 4.1

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Leadership in Times of Transition

ASU Lodestar Center

The theme of the summit was Leadership in Times of Transition. They discussed leadership in times of transition, and how our sector can be effective under current conditions. They discussed leadership in times of transition, and how our sector can be effective under current conditions. Outsiders have fresh perspectives.

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Raise Your Hand for Girls on October 11, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Not only is this unjust, it’s also a huge waste of potential with serious global consequences. Millions of girls are being denied an education right at a time when it has the power to transform their lives and the world around them. Every day, girls are taken out of school, married far too young, and subjected to violence in school.

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What does a Purpose-Driven Company Look Like?

Saleforce Nonprofit

This is increasingly important now, at a time when companies are being challenged to make tough choices and corporate social responsibility is top of mind. Alaska Airlines has been ranked the most sustainable airline in North America by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Take CVS Health. They Engage Their Partners for Positive Impact.

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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

Classy

Leads the innovative efforts at National University for military, veteran, and military family educational degree programs . Oxfam America. Feeding America. Designs and launches new initiatives, drives organizational strategy, and helps chart the future of Feeding America. Teach For America. Nonprofit Leaders.

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The search for good web conferencing, take 2

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

It was, perhaps an odd perspective, but in any event, I figured it was time to revisit this, and review what I’ve found. at 3:56 pm Great America Networks Conferencing has a WebConferencing tool called QuickVisuals that lets you share your desktop, PowerPoint, video files, webcam from a PC/Mac/Linux platform easily.

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