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Youth community service: Belonging, reciprocity, and agency 

Candid

Gen Z doesn’t see such trips as service because “it’s hard to create reciprocity when you go into another environment and you…drop in for a week and then drop out,” said Dugan. In an unpredictable environment, youth need to gain a sense of control, to know that they are making a difference in the world.

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Guest Post: Stories of Volunteer Managers, Technology, and the Pandemic

Twenty Hats

Over the past year, our research team at Arizona State University has conducted the Technology Evolution in Volunteer Management, or “TEVA” project. They wanted to help students and teachers who were teaching from home that needed curriculum ideas and ways to engage their students in this new virtual environment.”.

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Caravan Studios Showcases Diverse Apps for Social Good

Tech Soup

SF OpenData offers access to many datasets, including crime statistics, business listings, 90-day emergency shelter listings, and even a film location listing starting from 1924. candidate at University of Pittsburgh, demonstrated FracTracker , an app that maps impacts of oil and gas extraction sites through crowdsourcing.

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6 Steps to Zeroing Out Child Labour Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

Governments also need to create an enabling environment for sustainable enterprises to prosper, invest and create decent work opportunities for all women and men who are above the minimum age for work. Achieving Universal Access to Social Protection. Ending Child Labour in Agriculture.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

Have Fun - Do Good

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. The projects can range from preschools, to libraries and computer training centers, to women empowerment programs.

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Make a Statement: Defining Your Nonprofit Mission and Vision Statements 

Qgiv

However, it is important to invite collaboration from stakeholders to ensure broad perspective, relevance, and audience accessibility. leadership, collaboration, empowerment). Writing statements for nonprofits is not all that different from corporations. Invite each team member to contribute up to five values (these are single words).

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10 Ways Geolocation is Changing the World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The next step is for these apps to add greater purpose by encouraging more meaningful checkins and offering corresponding badges and stamps, thus mapping the cause universe. Given the difficulty of accessing and verifying this information in order to live by this standard, there’s a geo-powered Locavore app.

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