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Goodwill is Leading Efforts to Help Get 1 Million People Employed Post-Pandemic

Saleforce Nonprofit

But as Goodwill’s new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), Onney Crawley, told me during a virtual fireside chat conversation last month, most people still don’t know that the organization’s biggest focus of work is on its comprehensive workforce development program. So there’s a big divide between what people think we do and what we actually do.

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Changing lives through financial empowerment

ASU Lodestar Center

It has been amazing to see the impact financial literacy can have on a person, and just how crucial financial literacy is on the future of our young people. One of the first classes I organized at the YW was for a group of young teenage mothers. Most people never receive any formal financial training. We need to find a way to.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. However, as a technology, printed books come with serious challenges for some communities (like blind people) that technology can unlock.

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Five Lessons for Creating an Effective (and Accountable) Nonprofit Board

Blue Avocado

Having been the only one in my business school class who chose a career in the nonprofit sector, I was able to use my MBA training to lead change and turnarounds. But the reality is that these people won’t necessarily be effective in a governance role. Reality 3: The board is not a reward.

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Spotlighting the Benefits of the Stakeholder Economy at Davos 2022

Saleforce Nonprofit

Whether campaigning for the future of our planet, directing documentaries, or creating content that spotlights global issues, social empowerment and environmental education are at the core of Jack’s work. She believes that when people and communities thrive, business thrives. Jack Harries understands the power of storytelling.

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How Mentorship Can Break Down Racial Divides

Saleforce Nonprofit

My professors took a chance on me and found a television internship that turned into a full-time reporting gig, all while juggling classes during my senior year. But now, as the Director of Marketing for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, I have the privilege of telling stories of empowerment and resilience.

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Constituent Empowerment, as old as Lady Liberty

Connection Cafe

While touring the island, listening to my pleasant audio guide chattering away on my headphones, I learned of a constituent empowerment campaign from long ago. Pulitzer’s tactics were not exactly the same as what I call constituent empowerment but it is pretty close. He realized that there were a lot of people in the U.S.A.