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4 Ways Pro Bono Service Impacts Volunteers, Companies, Nonprofits & Schools

Saleforce Nonprofit

Empowerment is the greatest form of impact. The “ Great Resignation ” received a lot of attention in the last year. Because it’s not something you can give, but rather a way to unlock the potential in others. Effective pro bono volunteer programs — also known as skills-based volunteering — are built upon this idea.

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Seeking Clarity about the Complementary Nature of Social Work and the Arts

Museum 2.0

And we each have specific interests in increasing access, connection, and empowerment of marginalized people. We champion a historic house museum for hosting a soup kitchen, a children''s museum for tackling family wellness in low-income housing, or an arts organization for writing poems with convicts. We all work for nonprofits.

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Domestic Violence Awareness Month: 5 Extraordinary Organizations

Tech Soup

Even if your organization isn't involved in this issue, these organizations' work offer great examples of how a theme month or day can bring attention to your mission. Get inspired to bring attention to your organization's cause. Empowerment, Shelter, and Support. Creating a World Without Violence Against Women.

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And the 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge Awards Go To.

Tech Soup

Hearing what those children want to be when they grow up motivated me to share the story with as many people as possible so that they would be able to realize their dreams. I cried multiple times while making this short film and sifting through the footage provided to us by Chris De Souza and Ken Bartsch from YWAM in Wollongon, Australia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Father McKenna Center : The McKenna Center serves the needs of the poor, men, women and children through a variety of programs funded by generous individuals, religious orders and institutions, foundations and government grants. Their use of Facebook was instrumental in winning Sears’ Dads Making a Difference Contest.

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The Art of Relevance Sneak Peek: Part Ex-Con, Part Farmer, Part Queen

Museum 2.0

One of the nonprofits that inspires me locally here in Santa Cruz is a youth empowerment and food justice organization called "Food, What!?" They are not afraid to turn off their attention if something doesn’t seem to apply to them. Before their teen years, children are sponges. Read more online and buy your own copy today.

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Break the Bias: Changing the Game for Girls & Women

Saleforce Nonprofit

The COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately affecting women and girls around the world, which threatens the gains made in the past decades in advancing women’s economic empowerment, health, rights, and safety. From the elite to the grassroots, gaps between women and men, girls and boys are set to widen.