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Social Trends for 2024

Media Cause

Trend 1: Authenticity is King One of the biggest online cultural shifts we’ve seen in recent years is a huge emphasis on authenticity. A Boston University student told Input that photo dumps are a “personal scrapbook,” saying, “posting what I want takes stress and pressure out of posting on social media.” Let’s get into it.

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Get to Know the Lodestar Center: Lili Wang

ASU Lodestar Center

I worked for the Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University, and I got my doctoral degree from the University of Southern California. As a teacher or a mentor, seeing my students’ growth, whether it’s getting a dream job, winning an award, or presenting at a national conference, makes me proud.

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How to Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month: Listen, Reflect & Connect

Saleforce Nonprofit

Let’s deep dive into two nuanced perspectives that bring light to how different Asian identities must navigate American culture. A common denominator across many Asian cultures is their encouragement for modesty and motivation for common good. We need to communicate our culture.”.

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An Interview with Jeska Linden about Nonprofits in Second Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I went to the University of Detroit-Mercy where I got a dual BA in English and Communications. In 2001, I started at the Digital Media Studies Masters program at the University of Denver. When I graduated in 2003, I moved out here to California and worked with the San Jose Museum of Art before getting a job with Linden Labs.

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What Attributes do Nonprofits Need to Build Cross-Sector Collaboration?

ASU Lodestar Center

Creating a culture which builds trust, respect, and values creates buy-in. In conjunction, knowledge of why systems approach can be necessary to provide universal cohesive services. UMOM’s SSVF program specializes in serving high barrier veteran households and has served as a mentor agency for SSVF for the past 4 years.

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[VIDEO] Power Of Community In Strategic Planning

Bloomerang

Julie Ha Truong is joining us from beautiful California by way of South Dakota in her background. I’m a big believer about putting things into the universe. We tell our colleagues, other folks have mentors, or we do some research about it. And there was a lot of cultural misunderstandings, something very basic.

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Leaders in Nonprofit Technology: Daniel Ben-Horin

Tech Soup

With initial funding of $2,500, he started the CompuMentor Project to match computer enthusiast volunteers called computer mentors with Bay Area nonprofits that needed the help. He took a psychology degree from the University of Chicago in 1969 and became a reporter and columnist for the Arizona Republic newspaper in Phoenix.