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3 Essential Questions to Assess Your Digital Transformation

Saleforce Nonprofit

For Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA), personalization for each young person (a “Little”) and their adult mentor (a “Big”) is critical to its mission. The pandemic forced BBBSA to quickly transform deep, in-person connections into virtual relationships. About the Author.

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Help Empower Women Rights Organizations in the Ukraine

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

At the age of 13, my grandfather left his country and ended up as a refugee in America. Despite harsh conditions, he made a new life in a new country, but never forgot his homeland. These organizations will have intensive and hands-on tech training and mentoring during the workshop.

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Research Friday: Branding in the nonprofit sector

ASU Lodestar Center

Alex Flores , Teach For America. With the new name “New Pathways For Youth” the organization wanted to rebrand itself as a movement that gives Phoenix area youth a new opportunities by providing them with positive adult mentors. Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a. inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice.

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Bridging the Opportunity Divide – Empowering Youth to Imagine and Realize their Futures

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mary Mwende told us about her journey from Mombasa, Kenya, to being one of ten girls chosen for the Global Give Back Circle , a mentoring and empowerment program. Matt Howard is a young man who is involved with one of Microsoft’s newly announced youth partner nonprofits, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE).

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Nonprofits, Companies, and White House Unite on Tech Gap

Tech Soup

Additionally, there are more open jobs today in America — and the majority of them are in information technology. He explained Year Up's role pretty succinctly: "We feel that we are able to make a fairly effective bridge to corporate America," Jeff said.

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4 Best Professional Development Practices for Nonprofits

NonProfit Hub

Therefore, they use a specific LMS system to teach and train volunteers. . Kristine volunteers as a reading mentor in the Lead to Read KC program and as a coach for At Coaching for Everyone , delivering complimentary coaching and leadership support to traditionally underserved and under-resourced populations.

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Microsoft's YouthSpark Initiative Seeks to Close the Opportunity Divide

Tech Soup

While her internship could be tough at times, Mackey's mentors at Year Up pushed her to move forward in her career. Year Up is just one of the five nonprofit organizations Microsoft has partnered with along with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, City Year, Junior Achievement USA (JA), and Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship.