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Storymakers Past Winners: In Their Own Words

Tech Soup

It is a moving one and a half minute video about the struggle of untouchable caste Dalit children in India to grow up and be as successful as more advantaged children. Without education, Dalit children continue in the same generational work as their parents, which is generally street sweepers, leather workers, garbage workers.

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Why Building Resilient Networks Matter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We turned on CNN and watched together as scenes from New Jersey and New York flashed across the screen. According to a report by the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 450,000 people (including at least 4,000 children under five) are now at risk of severe acute malnutrition.

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Demographics Are Destiny: How and Why to Diversify Your Staff Now!

NTEN

Latino and Asian populations are expected to nearly triple, and the children of immigrants will become more prominent. Today in the United States, 25 percent of children under age 5 are Hispanic; by 2050, that percentage will be almost 40 percent. So What and Who Cares? The changing demographics of the U.S.

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Cause Camp 2017 Speaker Lineup Announcement

NonProfit Hub

Derrick Feldmann is the lead researcher and creator of The Millennial Impact Project, a multi-year study of how the next generation supports causes. This ongoing study has been cited in hundreds of publications, including Forbes, TIME, Fast Company, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.

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3 Smart Branding Strategies for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

If so, we must be disciplined about WHY we are generating all this content and going through the gyrations of pushing it out to constituents. This congregation in New Jersey was unique in what it offered — a vibrant and relevant form of traditional Judaism, a lifestyle of learning and holiday observance, and a warm and inclusive community.

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The Bold, Focused Ideas of Breakthrough Nonprofit Brands: Book Giveaway Winners Announced

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A crisp brand meaning should be the filter for decision making internally as well as externally, especially regarding the building of community around the organization’s cause, partnerships, communications and revenue generation. The Women’s Center of Tarrant County has a name problem, as we serve women, men and children…about 82,000 a year.

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Finding Pride in American Service

ASU Lodestar Center

Program Associate, New Global Citizens. About eighteen months ago, I was standing outside a Thai classroom in the open courtyard of an elementary school in Bangkok, watching from a second-story perch as Thai children "marched" in the center recreation area. culture to a generation of Thai youth. on their own.

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