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The R in M+R

M+R

Donald went on to lead New York’s PIRG (NYPIRG) into a powerhouse of an advocacy organization and organized one of the largest protests of the 1970s with 100,000 people on the mall in DC. Well into his 60s, Donald traveled the country and learned everything there was to know about the US’s cruel and ineffective juvenile justice system.

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Forum One Wins 10 Davey Awards

Forum One

NRDC Gold – Nonprofit Since 1970, NRDC has been working to safeguard the earth—its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends. congressional districts.

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Open Source and the Promise of Sustainable Nutrition Security

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

An expert on agricultural economics and spatial analysis, Jerry most recently served as a Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington, DC, where he led major projects on food security and climate change issues.

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Guest Post: The Iron Hug — Nurturing Relationships with Strong Leadership

Twenty Hats

As every experienced volunteer manager knows, volunteers want and need support, strong leadership, and clear policies and procedures. You cannot be scared or nervous that if you enforce policies and procedures, your volunteers will quit and leave your organization. And, despite this ‘freedom,’ retention was low.

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Making Automation Work for You

Forum One

If a subscriber opens emails for several weeks and then stops, the system is triggered to send a re-engagement series, with information customized to reach readers. How to get started? There’s no need to get overwhelmed by automation or unlock all the tools of automation at once.

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New OSTP Blog Breaks New Ground

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The systems for participating in government have been long established and formalized. Sometimes, it's often hard to find the comments to reply to, at least for me, since I'm not a DC insider. They often make joint discussion hard. For example, the traditional approach is for an agency to issue a Request for Comment.

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The Phases of Service Design

Forum One

We created journey maps to understand the actors’ current journeys and how they experienced touchpoints and navigating the systems. We also created service blueprints to map out their current service delivery processes, identify who was involved, what were the systems, and where there were gaps in service. Need a primer?

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