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How Mentorship Can Break Down Racial Divides

Saleforce Nonprofit

It was updated for National Mentoring Month in January 2023. A Life-Changing Relationship I made a point to find mentors — other Black reporters and anchors I still call on for advice today. I had always been an informal mentor, but when I moved to Florida, I joined Big Brothers Big Sisters as a volunteer, a ‘Big Sister’.

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Advice, Experience, + Pride—Thoughts from MC Staff

Media Cause

I am currently an Associate Social Director at Media Cause. I am currently an Associate Media Director. Though we’re the same age and grew up as sleepaway camp friends, she always felt like a mentor to me as well. What originally felt like a difference that made me less than turned into a feeling of empowerment.

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Do Capacity Building Programs Help Nonprofits Achieve Better Results?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: My long-time colleague, Teresa Crawford, Executive Director, Social Sector Accelerator, shares some thoughts about nonprofit capacity building programs based on extensive research. So, imagine how I must have felt two years ago when I became the Executive Director of the Social Sector Accelerator.

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What Advice Would You Give to Women in Africa About using Web2.0 Tools to Advance their Work?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was a mentor on Ore's Blog Mentoring Project in Africa as Joitske Hulsebosch also writes about. Oreoluwa Somolu is Executive Director of the Women??? Oreoluwa Somolu is Executive Director of the Women???s s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC). s Technology Empowerment Centre. Of course, said yes.

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Bridging the Opportunity Divide – Empowering Youth to Imagine and Realize their Futures

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Bridging the Opportunity Divide – Empowering Youth to Imagine and Realize their Futures – guest post by Akhtar Badshah, Senior Director of Corporate Citizenship at Microsoft. Mary Mwende told us about her journey from Mombasa, Kenya, to being one of ten girls chosen for the Global Give Back Circle , a mentoring and empowerment program.

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Living Case Studies: Integrated Social Media Strategy for Sustainable Agriculture

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I used the following statements given that I had a mix of staff members – from executive directors, social media managers, and policy/program directors. How To Convince Policy Directors. Leadership and Social Media: Reverse Mentoring, Empowering Millennials, and CEO Tweets. We used: I love grass-fed beef.

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Heather Carpenter: Nonprofit Operations Guru

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Heather Carpenter is the Assistant Director of Aspiration which connects nonprofits organizations with software solutions that help better carry out their work. Upgrading all the computers in the office from Windows 98 to Windows 2000 working with Hilary Naylor, my mentor from Compumentor. Why did you start to blog?