Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

First launched in 2007, PIMCO’s original volunteer programming was limited, supporting 23 events across various business locations. As a firm, our family of 2,600 professionals across 17 global offices engages in volunteer opportunities throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Our values serve as the foundation for all we do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2016

This day was intended to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women. I’ve been committed to working on technology capacity building for organizations serving Women and Girls empowerment. March 8th is International Women’s Day. You can make a donation here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2016

The book explores why burnout is so common in the nonprofit sector and simple ways to practice self-care and bring a culture of well-being into the nonprofit workplace. WAKE works closely with private sector partners to provide tools, products and volunteer advisors. You can order your copy here.

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Cambodia Empowerment Nonprofit Training 50

NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

But there are a few things I’ve done with our culture to prolong their stay as much as I can. It’s important to foster an environment of empowerment. As the face of a nonprofit organization, you need to make sure your staff members (and your volunteers, for that matter) actually know what your face looks like. Focus on culture.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 17, 2013

When we talk about museums or cultural institutions as vehicles of social and civic change, what does that really mean? And we each have specific interests in increasing access, connection, and empowerment of marginalized people. Last week I had a conversation that changed my perspective on this question. We all work for nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

They’ve also leveled the playing field and have a special category for smaller nonprofits (under $1 million budget). And there is also an award category for individual champion, whether board members, volunteers, or a free agent. They used social media to help win the DC Best Place to Volunteer Contest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

But as Daniel Ben-Horin said, “Our theory of change states that software products are necessary, but not sufficient for empowerment of social change organizations. Microsoft has the culture and resources to support and encourage these social ventures.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

We had incredible success transforming our institution into a vibrant cultural center. We focus on people who are culturally curious, actively creative… but may not see a traditional arts institution as a place for them. Some of our best volunteers come from the County court referral system. Let’s start with empowerment.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2015

I wrote The Participatory Museum for two reasons: to explore the "how" of participatory design in museums, cultural centers, libraries, and science centers to create a version of this blog that was more "shareable" with organizational leaders and trustees By many measures, the book has been a success. Empowerment? Social bridging?

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Forum One

MAY 17, 2010

In his speech, he pledged to "create a new corps of business volunteers to partner with counterparts in Muslim-majority countries." Online tools can greatly assist with collaboration, cultural education and developing business ideas. Muslim relations.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2015

Find representatives of this community--staff, volunteers, visitors, trusted partners--and learn more about their experiences. The most successful programs fostered youth empowerment and community leadership in various content areas: agriculture, technology, healing. Recruit new volunteers or board members. A focus group.

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Teen Museum Voice Collaboration 20

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

By slowing down and making a piece of art for someone, we provide a personal connection to the issues and to individuals and create opportunities to see our commonalities despite geographic or cultural borders. Sometimes we have volunteers who will pack Traveling Postcards in their suitcase and give them away while they are traveling.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2007

But I love Mali, and particularly the communality and generosity evident in Malian culture. The other big challenge is logistics… I spend inordinate amounts of time filling out IRS forms, transcribing focus groups, writing grants, writing emails to volunteers, talking to lawyers about liability, etc. mali health NGO empowerment

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2007

The session, presented by Cultural Connections , focused on museums, exhibits, and programs specifically developed to inspire visitors to take action in their own lives to create social change. People don't need empowerment to make a difference; they need vehicles for action. More factual information about the situation.

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The New Entry Sustainable Farming Project (NESFP) plays a specific, pertinent role in that mission by training the next generation of farmers to produce sustainable, nutritious, and culturally preferred food by making food accessible to individuals regardless of age, mobility, ethnicity, or socio-economic status.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. The projects can range from preschools, to libraries and computer training centers, to women empowerment programs.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 17, 2015

I recently had the opportunity to travel to Paris, France to attend the 5ème conférence de fundraising pour le secteur culturel (5th conference on fundraising for the cultural sector) put on by the Association Française des Fundraisers (French Association of Fundraisers). It was wonderful to again be immersed in French culture and language.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 7, 2015

posted by Maureen O''Brien Development Director Musical Instrument Museum I recently had the opportunity to travel to Paris, France to attend the 5ème conférence de fundraising pour le secteur culturel (5th conference on fundraising for the cultural sector) put on by the Association Française des Fundraisers (French Association of Fundraisers).

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

I’ll say at the beginning of the pandemic, there were so many stories of friends and family who were being like go, that there was a culture of uncertainty and through this whole last year, there’s been a period of navigating through uncertainty, which I think is challenging overall. Mimosa: Absolutely. Ephraim: All right.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 2, 2018

MeToo was meant to be a movement that provides “empowerment through empathy” to survivors of sexual abuse, assault, exploitation and harassment, especially those in underprivileged communities. Volunteers interviewed nine Syrian refugees who crossed the Mediterranean to Greece about their lives before they left Syria.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Serving as a geographical and cultural bridge between Europe and the Middle East, Turkey is a country that shares borders with both Syria and Iraq (not to mention another six * countries). tirme Merkezi (STGM) — or "Civil Society Development Center" in English — for the recent launch of: TechSoup Türkiye !

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Donate | Take Action | Volunteer | Twitter | Facebook. Donate | Volunteer | Advocate | Twitter | Facebook. Donate | Volunteer | Twitter | Facebook. Donate | Take Action | Volunteer | Twitter | Facebook. Tyler Clementi Foundation. Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund. American Immigration Council. Black Women For Wellness.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Redefining Philanthropy - Dwayne Rice Build a Salesforce application to facilitate a culture of philanthropy around education reform by providing a platform to track constituent engagement to lead people up the engagement ladder. Design solutions for collaboration, empowerment, global views, and self awareness.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2009

Because of my association with YouthAIDS, I have to access to NGOs, (non-governmental organizations), and got them to permit us to do volunteer work. Normally, unless you go to a country and are willing to volunteer six months to a year and have a viable skill that they could use (i.e. We brought in survivors of the genocide.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Britt Bravo: In so many of the groups you profiled, the women were using the arts for education, empowerment, or healing. The little girls are part of a culture, the Shona culture in Zimbabwe, as maybe you know, uses poetry. The women are using those forms that are the most effective in their cultures.

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