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Key Challenges Facing Arts And Culture Nonprofits, And How A Texas Ballet Overcomes Them

Bloomerang

Ballet Lubbock was founded in 1969 with a mission to change lives by making life-long investments in their dancers, the community, and the arts. Donors and event participants even told Nick that they missed the sense of community made possible by the Ballet’s performances—quite a tangible return on investment.

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How Salado Public Library Serves Its Rural Texas Community

Tech Soup

Salado Public Library is situated in a small town of 2,400 people in Bell County near Killeen and Fort Hood in Central Texas. The county has significant Black and Latinx communities, which comprise almost half of the county's population. I spoke with Jeanie Lively, who has been the Salado Public Library director for 10 years now.

Texas 46
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Case Study: TCEA's Community-Led Growth Journey

Forj

Introduction The Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) isa member-based organization dedicated to advancing teaching and learning through the use of technology. With more than 80,000 members around the world, community-led growth has become central to TCEA's strategy.

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Texas 2-1-1 Moves Forward!

VisionLink

The good folks who make 2-1-1 Texas work every day and for every community are to be commended for their progress towards an efficient and effective statewide solution. In addition, we are beginning to deploy the Portal architecture of Community OS to meet both the similar and the different needs of each region across the state.

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How Nonprofits Can Use Clubhouse to Build Community & Deepen Engagement

Saleforce Nonprofit

It may seem strange for a new, invite-only platform that is currently only available on iOS to gain widespread popularity so quickly, but FOMO — or fear of missing out — mixed with scaled, community-based conversation (think: interactive podcasts) appears to be a winning combination. The Convening Power for Nonprofits.

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Our EveryAction Hero: Texas Watch

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

Texas Watch is a nonpartisan citizen advocacy group founded in 1998. They just celebrated over 20 years of advocating for Texas families. Let’s start of with a little bit more background about Texas Watch! Texas Watch works to ensure that insurance companies and other major corporations are accountable to their customers.

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Visionlink "FORE" Education!

VisionLink

The scholarship awards funds to undergraduate students pursuing a career in the social services sector at universities across the Endeavors footprint, including the University of Texas at San Antonio. We are humanitarians driven to build better connections for communities like yours, www.visionlink.org solutions.visionlink.org