BoardAssist

JUNE 7, 2016

We hear, “My wife is pregnant and I want to model ‘giving back’ for our children,” “I was always a leader in college and grad school but until now I’ve been too busy to give back,” and “I feel an obligation to share because I’ve been so fortunate” among many other great reasons. Why should you consider filling one of the 1.8

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

In early education, children learn the fundamentals of reading and writing in order to communicate, collaborate, and contribute in the world. But what if kids learned basic tech skills along with reading storybooks and taking spelling tests? And what if government agencies and corporations better supported these efforts?

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

If you’re doing anything worth doing, you can collaborate with business, government and other nonprofits in consortium efforts to address complex problems holistically. Yes, we had enough staff with diverse interests and skills to do what needed to be done. Anything to bring your work to life for more potential donors.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 11, 2013

They were influenced by parents (89%), grandparents (63%), close friends (56%) and peers (47%) in their approach to philanthropy; and for most, a philanthropic mindset was instilled early on in life. David loves to offer his skills and interests as well as writing a check, becoming deeply engaged in one nonprofit at a time.

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Intergenerational Philanthropy Indianapolis Children 85

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 23, 2020

Today’s Q&A is with Barbara Newhouse, CEO of The Children’s Heart Foundation , where she is using her experience and lessons learned to create strengths from organizational challenges and rebuild a brand that staff, board, supporters, and volunteers can trust.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 27, 2017

Do you remember reading this classic children's storybook as a kid? This story is a life lesson about a little engine that was lacking confidence in its ability to successfully climb up a steep hill. The lesson of this classic children's story can also carry the heading of “The Little Board Committee That Could.”

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Highlight what your potential board member will add to the team and how much you value the unique skills and experiences they have to offer. Along with their desire to be active members comes the desire for consideration and flexibility when work/life gets in the way of their good intentions. governance volunteer recruiting'

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

If you’re doing anything worth doing , you could collaborate with businesses, governments, and other nonprofits to address complex problems in a holistic way. Yes, we had enough staff with diverse interests and skills to do what needed to be done. Anything that brings your work to life for more potential donors.

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2012

in schools, libraries, local governments, and nonprofits, it was tough to choose just one to profile this week, but I chose YouthBuild Boston because of my fondness for green tech. The need for after school programs is growing in modern life. More than 15 million children. now take care of themselves after school each day.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

Read about how your community can breathe new life into an old story from Connecting Up, our Australian partner. Read all about how the Orange County Library System in Florida is teaching teens how to use MakerBot printers and flight simulators as well as other technology skills. TechSoup for Libraries. The ReStart Romania. Initiative.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2020

Not enough funding from Federal / state government. Raise awareness of critical, life-saving COVID-19 measures. Halting of after-school programs to keep children curious/engaged. Facilitate virtual mentoring, college application review, or interview skills workshop, like Mission Graduates is doing. HUMAN SERVICES.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Here in Uganda and Africa in general, governments do not provide for elderly people. We also help poor children and poor schools. We help children with school fees, computer training, and many other things. I looked into a number of opportunities the network could bring into my life and the communities we serve.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

I just had the honor of being part of a new leaders group studying how different generations were leading in the work force and we found there were lots of differences between where people were in life. When you step in the door, you come prepackaged with skills you can share. Suzy : Collaboration is the best skill someone can have.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Your Board members should not be family members, but people who are interested in your cause and have an applicable skill, such as accounting, marketing, social work, or social media, that they are willing to bring to the table. Choose a branch that is close to home to make your life easier. If you are located outside the U.S.,

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

But with so many charities and libraries working with children, the weird new security threat in 2016 will be smart toys. Children love it. The intruder was able to get names, addresses, genders, birth dates, and even photos of children — more than six million children. Privacy and Security.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

We we use the “with” instead of the “for” perspective, we are able to see skills and contributions the community can make, opportunities for growth outside of your programs or your walls; we are able to see that we are part of a solution and not responsible for engineering the entire fix. Your organization has goals, too. What is it about?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

In an article titled "Where Lying Was Business as Usual," Business Week reviewed a book on the Wedtech Scandal, a Washington scandal of the late eighties in which a few government officials fed fat contracts to a dubious supplier. Workers were also encouraged to move from family to family to expand their range of skills.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

"Now, 18 months later, all of Juana's children are in school. So often, government control, or just lack of access to information and media, prevents people from really being able to be educated and informed about serious issues that are going on around them. We are training women at all levels in their life. CH: Right, exactly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

That's my avatar, I'm live blogging from Second Life. From my office in the Boston, I teleported myself into the Virtual World of Second Life and headed straight for the New Media Consortium virtual campus where I joined about 65 other avatars representing educators from all over the world (even Austrailia where it was 3:00 a.m.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 2, 2005

Having managed adult volunteers to work with the young people in Streetside Stories workshops for many years, I know what a difference adult tutors and mentors can make in a young person's life and I appreciate Daniel's creating an online space for them to nework and share experiences.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Ahern was surprised that basic skills he took for granted as a sales copywriter – like the deft use of emotional triggers to prompt action, for instance; or reverence for the customer – were often missing in the donor communications he saw. And hundreds of top mentors contributed to what’s rattling around in his head. Derrick Feldmann.

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Causes Nebraska North Carolina Lecture 28

Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Dance-a-Thon You and your staff work tirelessly to bring your nonprofit’s mission to life. Educational events hosted by nonprofits are powerful tools for sharing knowledge, developing skills, and empowering communities. Silent Retreat Offer a tranquil escape from the hustle and bustle of daily life by hosting a silent retreat.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2011

I just had the honor of being part of a new leaders group studying how different generations were leading in the work force and we found there were lots of differences between where people were in life. When you step in the door, you come prepackaged with skills you can share. Suzy : Collaboration is the best skill someone can have.

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Discussion Generation Donor Structure 57

Classy

MARCH 29, 2021

By 2022, the LEGO Group is also aiming to reach eight million children around the world annually with learning through play. In collaboration with the LEGO Foundation, UNICEF, Save the Children, and local partners, the team is working to scale up programs that give children the opportunity to develop life-long skills.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Q: I work in a museum that has a [conservative religious] governing board. Seema) The work-life balance is individual, both in terms of our personalities, but also our types of work. For example, when I taught studio classes, ages ago, I often did projects at home, because I wanted my children involved.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

They're aware of human issues, both here and abroad, and that somehow drove them all into the position that food was a place where they would be advocating for change through their passion, their life work, and through wanting to celebrate not only communities, but also by becoming activists for changing the way we eat.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Are they wanting to fund children’s programs? That higher education level, the ability to communicate, the ability to complete their education affects probably their spouse or their partner, it might affect their children. ” You can also speak to the skills and the talents and the successes of those leading the program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2012

Through his nonprofit, “ Technology for People ,” he has dedicated his life to girls (and boys) empowerment through technology. He and Rufina worked together on a project supported by the Nasscom Foundation that helped trained girls in animations skills so they could find jobs. The man denied it and left.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

Jen Fu Cheng | Peak Potential Climbing | Fairfield, NJ Peak Potential is an organization running a 12-week introduction to rock climbing for children with physical disabilities. Twitter: @CSElive ) 6. Twitter: @PeakClimb ) 7. Twitter: @clarkfork ) 10. Twitter: @PDXJrScientists ) 16. Twitter: @cityhallfellows ) 17.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

As life is turning somewhat back to normal, what will fundraising events look like in a post-COVID world? Board fundraisers – Your nonprofit board of directors is the governing body of your organization. While this is more luck than strategy or skill, it’s still an incredibly engaging and exciting way to raise some money!

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Ideas Fundraising Virtual Fun 59

Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 13, 2009

This is my second year as a "sister," which means that I pay $27 a month to support one woman for a year while she goes through a program to help her rebuild her life after war. She also goes through a vocational skills and business skills training track, where it ends up giving her tangible skills, so she can get a job.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 23, 2021

We’re going to start to talk about things that are important to know about these two cohorts so that when it’s time to put them in the game, you know how to best use their skills and their assets with your organization. Like we are ready and we want to advise on social media strategies and engagement strategies.

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Forum One

MARCH 24, 2009

According to the CDC , the condition affects 1 in 150 children, which Autism Speaks translates to 67 children per day. I am not an expert on other childhood conditions, but I believe the same is true for children with Downs Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, and others. Herein lies a problem.

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Education Service Project Children 52

Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 19, 2007

Here is a small excerpt from Honorata's story from the Women for Women International site : "It was in 2002 that the world turned upside down and Honorata lost the signs of a "true and nice life" that she and her husband had built. There she found her five children who had survived by the kindness of strangers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

"[T]hose of us who take pictures, even for our own personal trips, and share those pictures with friends, because we have that skill, also have an obligation to help people understand each other more completely. The children are ages 6-16, and they're making huge strides by leading a national movement against child rape in Zimbabwe.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

I ended up discovering a program, at New College of California, a couple of years later, when I was producing arts benefits for social change, especially for women and children living with HIV, this was about 1989 and 1990. In 1995, I'm giving you my life story; I took a class called Challenging White Supremacy. We are a 3.5

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 3, 2005

I love listening to Barack Obama's podcasts because he gives me hope that there is at least one person in the US government who is reasonable, sane, intelligent and truly cares about people as humans, not just as voters who can keep him in or out of office. I will leave my family and my friends and the life I knew and I will fight."

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