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Philanthropic collaboratives are finding ways to more effectively measure impact

Candid

For example, it may prioritize organizations with leaders who have lived experience in the communities they work with, organizations of a certain size, or those with the potential to sustain long-term change. A collaborative may seek a particular mix of grantees designed to maximize the impact it seeks.

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NextGen philanthropists and the transfer of intergenerational wealth

ASU Lodestar Center

They are called "next gen major donors," and according to a recent report issued by the Johnson Center at Grand Valley State University and 21/64 , they will "have tremendous influence on the direction of and support for efforts to improve local communities and solve global problems over the next several decades.".

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Intergenerational Wired Fundraisers: A Conversation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Her reflection questions: How might young people use social networks (existing or yet-to-be-built) to learn about philanthropy and support causes that matter to them? Now we have a team of intergenerational wired fundraisers. How does your charity???s s web presence make it easy for youth to get involved?

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

Museum 2.0

Since then, Stacey has become an indispensable member of our staff, leading our community programs and inspiring us to think in new ways about how we can build social capital in our community. I chose to focus my thesis on Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs.

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My First Intergenerational Social Media: Learning from Gen Z's and Value of Different Points of View

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Yesterday, I facilitated a hot topic workshop at the Healthy Communities Annual Conference hosted by the Search Institute in Minneapolis. Search Institute is an independent nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide leadership, knowledge, and resources to promote healthy children, youth, and communities. It was eye opening.

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Building Community: Who / How / Why

Museum 2.0

We invited community members in, to be active contributors, collaborators, and co-creators in our museum space. They talked about community building. I don’t think there is a way to directly build community. I don’t think there is a way to directly build community. WHO (slides 3-23) "Community” is not an abstraction.

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From Community Arts To Community of Online Learners: Janet Salmons, Ph.D

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I started in the Cornell University Center for Theatre Arts , where I founded and directed two programs: Cornell Theatre Outreach and the Community-Based Arts Project. From Cornell I went to the intergenerational, national nonprofit called Magic Me. Maybe we'd need fewer bombs?) Tell me a little bit about your blogs.

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