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Force Multiplier Podcast Episode 1: Addressing Hidden Hunger in our Communities

Saleforce Nonprofit

Tech solutions combined with forward-thinking, inspired, and innovative community leaders like Gita Rampersad, vice president of healthcare partnerships and nutrition at Feeding America, and Dr. Kyla Johnson-Trammell, superintendent of Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), offer a model for how to tackle complex issues.

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Breaking the Cycle & Starting the Mental Health Conversation

Saleforce Nonprofit

Thanks to global entertainers like Lady Gaga and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and world-class athletes like Kevin Love and Simone Biles, there’s already a shift toward candid public conversations, making mental health far less stigmatized than ever. Less than half of all Americans with a mental disorder actually get the treatment they need.

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Creativity in Education (and Life) Can Change the World

Have Fun - Do Good

Writing and illustrating stories about my gerbils, Floppsey and Moppsey, and reading them to the class. Working on a 50-page handwritten report (with illustrations) at the end of the school year so I could go on a class field trip to Boston, and visit one of my favorite places, the Mapparium. If I had children, I'd sign them up too.

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Online Fundraising Ideas: Nonprofit Fundraising During COVID-19

Whole Whale

100% of the $1.75M in proceeds they raised went to Feeding America. Holidayheroes.org , a local Chicago nonprofit whose mission is to provide joy and entertainment to children who are seriously ill, created a Double Good virtual fundraiser. 92Y completely coursified tons of their content—from performances to online classes.

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[VIDEO] How To Lead And Manage In Our New Nonprofit Work Reality

Bloomerang

I mean, she’s a CFRE and she even teaches a CFRE class. And so I’ve been so grateful to be able to help thousands of folks through my classes, through my courses, through one-on-one work, through training, conferences. And if you know somebody who should be a guest on my podcast, I would love to know.

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Bryant Terry: Eco-chef, Food Justice Activist, Author of Vegan Soul Kitchen

Have Fun - Do Good

You can listen to the interview on the Big Vision Podcast : Or read the edited transcript below. In America, I think oftentimes one of the first things that gets cut are people's food budgets. You have a new book coming out, Vegan Soul Kitchen. Why did you decide to write a vegan cookbook? Grub Project.

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Tools to End Poverty: An Interview with Martin Fisher of KickStart

Have Fun - Do Good

You can also listen to it on the Big Vision Podcast. This literally takes them from below the poverty line into the middle class. It took us about 15 years in America before cell phones actually took off, and people started buying a cell phone. That's true in America, but it's even more so where we're working.