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It Takes a Village: Using Peer-to-Peer to End Homelessness

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People often ask, “What’s the best way to end homelessness?” ” Obviously, this is a tricky question, and there probably isn’t one best solution. If you’re reading this article, you probably don’t need to be convinced that fighting poverty and homelessness is worthwhile. 3 Successful Peer-to-Peer Events.

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Reflections from Networked Nonprofit Workshop for 300 People

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A conversational panel or keynote does some blending of learning modalities – it includes some content-delivery and structured small group and full group conversations. There is a lead facilitator – in the panel or keynote model – it’s the Oprah with the mic. That is the “Sage on the Stage&# model.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

One answer to these questions may be the social enterprise model, which has the potential to revolutionize both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors. Chrysalis is dedicated to creating pathways to self-sufficiency for homeless and low-income individuals by helping them find and retain employment (Social Enterprise Alliance, 2016).

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: "Executive Compensation"

ASU Lodestar Center

These are important questions. Or, "Please give this family a place to stay for the night; and why dont you see if you can eliminate homelessness in the meantime?" The report details the challenges and perspectives of nonprofit CEOs in an elegant blend of statistical findings and personal voices.

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Using Social Bridging to Be "For Everyone" in a New Way

Museum 2.0

We''ve seen surprising and powerful results--visitors from different backgrounds getting to know each other, homeless people and museum volunteers working together, artists from different worlds building new collaborative projects. There are some groups who we work with terrifically in their own space but who we rarely engage in ours.

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: What Does it Really Mean to Serve "Underserved" Audiences?

Museum 2.0

At one point in the discussion last week, someone from the audience asked a question about whether "nontraditional" audiences really need a different kind of mediation than other museum visitors. The questioner noted that visitors have been using museums for their own diverse purposes since the beginning of time.

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What Does it Really Mean to Serve "Underserved" Audiences?

Museum 2.0

At one point in the discussion last week, someone from the audience asked a question about whether "nontraditional" audiences really need a different kind of mediation than other museum visitors. The questioner noted that visitors have been using museums for their own diverse purposes since the beginning of time.