Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

After meeting her at the Global Engagement Summer last spring, I knew I wanted to grab her for an interview before she became too famous. Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2007

Click To Play Vikas Nath explains his idea that empowerment of women in governance using ICTS should pass via livelihoods. My colleague, Joitske Hulsebosch, who is based in the Netherlands and most recently working in Ghana, developed a 12-step vlogging process to help a network in Ghana (GINKS) produce an ICT4D stories blog.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

We got the opportunity to sit down for an interview with Elizabeth Dove, the Director of Corporate Citizenship for Volunteer Canada. Hear how she sheds light on the nonprofits they serve, how they’ve shifted their strategies, how companies can support in innovative ways through volunteering, and more!

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Telling one person’s emotionally compelling success story through an appeal video can be the single most powerful way to inspire donors to give generously. How can we help people share their stories in ways that empower them and inspire donors without exploiting their struggle and pain? Don’t try to tell someone’s story for them.

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

Ephraim Gopin moderates a panel of nonprofit pros – Mimosa Kabir, Sarah Willey, and Lisa Chmiola – to look at the issue of being laid off and ask: what next? How do I deal with going through the interview process all over again? My last position as an employee of somebody else was to work for a church-based nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

It is a great opportunity to ponder the question: How to design and deliver learning experiences for nonprofits that connect, inspire, and engage? What are the best practices? It starts with 2 or three rotations of share pairs, asking folks to connect around their success stories related to the topic and challenges related to the topic.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

The following is an edited transcript of an interview I did with her on March 25th, 2008 for the Big Vision Podcast. 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. Participate in workshops, lead a workshop.

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NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2011

To create an informative and immersive experience, goldextra took a documentary style approach in gathering data, conducting interviews, and learning about the challenges refugees and border police face. Documentary footage and stories told through game present images of strong women of color. JURY FEEDBACK. BOTTOM LINE & FUNDING.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

She is the co-founder and co-director of Women's Global Green Action Network , a nonprofit that cultivates global partnerships of grassroots women environmental leaders by providing access to communication tools, support services and networking capabilities. Below is a transcript of an interview with her from the Big Vision Podcast.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

million nonprofits in the U.S. The photo and story of the entrepreneur help the donor to visualize how their loan will make a difference, and the updates written by the person receiving the loan make the lenders feel like they are having a direct impact. I'll be posting the interview with Marsha later this month).

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 14, 2006

I was thrilled when Catherine Conover, the Assistant Managing Editor & Communications Coordinator for New Moon magazine, contacted me and suggested that Nancy Gruver, the founder of New Moon, would be a great Solutionary Woman to interview. Describe the work that Dads and Daughters does. DADs makes the world safe and fair for our daughters.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

The more successful you are, the more you have to give back." -- Jose Corona, Inner City Advisors Jose Corona is the Executive Director of Inner City Advisors , a nonprofit that helps build sustainable and responsible inner city businesses that create quality jobs, reinvest in the community, and contribute to the local economy.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 2, 2018

Here are our picks for the best nonprofit social media campaigns of 2017 and a little bit about what made each one stand out. Back in 2007, Tarana Burke of the nonprofit Just Be Inc. Volunteers interviewed nine Syrian refugees who crossed the Mediterranean to Greece about their lives before they left Syria. Seize opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

She is a nonprofit senior staffer who knows the value of walking at work. When she saw the announcement for my next book, The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit , she told me, “You must interview Karen Bloom.” ” And, I’m so happy I got a chance to interview her. Bad pun, I know).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

The Bold, Focused Ideas of Breakthrough Nonprofit Brands by Carol Cone. A few weeks ago, Beth was kind enough to host a book giveaway and New Year resolution contest for nonprofits to celebrate the launch of my new book Breakthrough Nonprofit Branding , which I co-authored with Jocelyne Daw, Kristian Darigan Merenda and Anne Erhard.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

I had an opportunity to interview Paola for the Big Vision Podcast, and wanted to share the transcript with you. I went to 15 countries on five continents, and interviewed and photographed 129 women. Britt Bravo: In so many of the groups you profiled, the women were using the arts for education, empowerment, or healing.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2009

On March 5, 2009 I interviewed yoga teacher and co-Founder of Off the Mat, Into the World, Seane Corn , for the Big Vision Podcast shortly after she returned from a trip to Cambodia with participants from Off the Mat, Into the World's Seva Challenge. You can also listen to the interview on the Big Vision Podcast. *

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Like many other leaders of nonprofit organizations, I travel an unreasonable fraction of the time. Consulted with some peer social entrepreneurs about whether we could help them with specific technology for their nonprofits. Interviewed several candidates for executive positions at Benetech. Why do I do it? Student privacy.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

Today's Big Vision Podcast transcript is from an interview with arts activist, Alli Chagi-Starr. I think this podcast is a mini success right here, you know, that women and people of color are using technology to -- and social justice activists of all genders and races -- are using technology to get our stories out there.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

Kavita Ramdas is the President and CEO of the nonprofit, the Global Fund for Women. I had the opportunity to interview her on March 6th for the Big Vision Podcast, and have included an edited transcript of the interview below. BB: You do a lot of interviews. What do you wish people would ask you?

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