Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In my four decades as a senior fundraising executive, part-time consultant, and nonprofit CEO, I have worked with (or served on) 20 nonprofit boards. Having been the only one in my business school class who chose a career in the nonprofit sector, I was able to use my MBA training to lead change and turnarounds.

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Lesson Effective Create Nonprofit 98

Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 13, 2023

My professors took a chance on me and found a television internship that turned into a full-time reporting gig, all while juggling classes during my senior year. As we celebrate Black History Month, Big Brothers Big Sisters will shine a spotlight on the contributions of African-Americans. De Anna and Sharmel are still connected today.

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Mississippi Mentoring Tampa Celebrate 59

Media Cause

JUNE 29, 2022

It felt difficult to incorporate queer culture into my life so late in college, but that didn’t even matter—I was just so happy to understand myself and my history more. What Nonprofit supporting the LGBTQIA+ space would like to highlight? What Nonprofit supporting the LGBTQIA+ space would like to highlight?

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Advice Experiment Mentoring Culture 52

Everyaction

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Created in 1998, the United Nations Foundation links the United Nations' work with others around the world, helping the UN address a range of global issues, including climate change, global health, women’s empowerment, peace and security, poverty eradication, and more. Don’t fixate on the date.

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National Foundation Global Empowerment 59

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Our Time (Facebook) is a nonprofit dedicated to youth empowerment through the voting process. iPad, iPhone, MacOS) is a student planner that helps you keep track of your class schedule, track your grades and GPA, manage homework assignments, and create an interactive calendar.

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Teen Netsquared Student Library 65

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. By this, I am not just talking about the publishing business, but also the nonprofit libraries committed to universal accessibility.

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Accessibility eBook People Copyright 135

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

We are a Center whose Co-founder just left after 17 years of work in the organization, which is pretty impressive, I think, in the nonprofit world. I think, of course, like all other nonprofit organizations, we are always struggling with our desire to grow and to get bigger and to do more things. That actually wasn't the case at all.

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Resource Interview Policy Issue 40