Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

." -- James Keller Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) was one of the final speakers today at the Service Nation Summit. Clinton called America, "The" Service Nation, and said that service has never been more important than it is today. "As You can read my other posts from the Service Nation Summit here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2017

They offer direction, supervision and make outings fun. She says, “I never thought I could be coaching and mentoring people. For Washington Trail Association volunteers like Chris O’Brien, donning an orange hard hat out on the trail is a badge of honour. It felt amazing to identify with that exhilaration of, ‘yes, I can do it!’”.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

We wanted to create a fun and collaborative environment to pitch an idea, help them think strategically, and find like-minded individuals to work through their ideas together.”. “We wanted to give nonprofits a chance to propel their world changing ideas, especially as they are often overlooked in the tech community,” said Emily. “We

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

Let’s take a look at some fun facts about the history of volunteerism: The verb “volunteer” first originated in 1755. According to the US Census Bureau , the top four national volunteer activities in the U.S. See why nonprofits love our volunteer management software! million American adults contributed volunteer hours in 2017.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 26, 2005

Beth Kanter posted information about an interesting youth mentoring opportunity on the www.netsquared.org blog recently. They are looking for bloggers from around the world to be blogging mentors for 1 week as part of the Young Caucasus Women project, a group blog for young women from the Caucasus region (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia).

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 8, 2011

This week we welcome Marla Cornelius, co-author of Daring to Lead 2011: A National Study of Nonprofit Executive Leadership. Guiding, supporting, mentoring, and coaching staff is indeed rewarding. She co-authored the national research reports Ready to Lead? Marla Cornelius , Senior Project Director. CompassPoint.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 26, 2005

Have you always wanted to work for the United Nations? You can join the online volunteer service branch of the United Nations Volunteers Program. net2 United Nations virtual volunteer volunteer Did you want to be Nicole Kidman in The Interpreter ? Well, you can, in a manner of speaking, all from the comforts of your own home.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2010

He went around the world collecting traditional contemporary folk music, assembled those into themes on CDs, and began national distribution. We do that through mentoring. We find other entrepreneurs, in, or outside of the field of culture, to help mentor these entrepreneurs so that they can build their enterprises.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 2, 2005

I want to highlight a blog that I've been reading for a while, the Tutor Mentor Connection blog written by Daniel Bassill out of Chicago, Illinois. His blog gathers information and provides networking opportunities for people, like Daniel, who are involved with volunteer-based tutoring and mentoring programs.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 24, 2010

The room is used by Communities in Schools of Central Texas , a local affiliate of the largest national dropout prevention organization. Communities in Schools works with other nonprofit organizations to bring programs into schools to help students with academics, social issues, counseling, mentoring, and financial support.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

This’ll be a fun one. . This is kind of fun for you, I imagine, Lindsay, because you’re usually in my shoes listening to a guest speaker, but … – [Lindsay] I am. . That’s just a quick fun fact for you. So here’s what the rest of the nation says. . Thanks for being here. I’m Steven.

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Bloomerang

MAY 11, 2021

Tenacious, Intelligent, Resourceful, Passionate, Insightful, Caring, Determined, and Fun are among the hundreds of words used to describe my friend and mentor, Simone Joyaux, since her passing last week. We were both speaking at their National Fundraising event held nearly 30 years ago. She soon adored them and vice versa.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Other Examples: An Annual Giving Campaign, like National Center for Youth Law did $10k for a new Alzheimer’s research project Raise $25,000 to fill a new school library. Then one day, community members began mentoring, tutoring, and providing guidance. Because of that, students know it’s ok to be different. They don’t get discouraged.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 31, 2009

I think at the national level we're always going to have The New York Times , CNN, and The Washington Post to do national investigations, but what we really are threatened to lose in the next year to five years is local investigations and local reporting. It's not fun for some people. whatever the topic is.

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Qgiv

JUNE 12, 2023

You’ll see how much fun it can be to completely transform the feel of your statement using the power of the present continuous tense ! An experienced teacher, administrator, mentor, and strategist, Scott is passionate about the important work of The Root Agency. Now, before your eyeballs roll back in your head, bear with us!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

ServiceNation , a national campaign to increase service opportunities and elevate the importance of service in America, has received a $500,000 grant from Facebook as part of its expanded partnership. The Hierachy of Distractions : Just for fun! Global Voices Bloggers Mentor Others.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2022

We got a big room of people, and we got a fun hour planned for you over the next hour. She’s written a lot about managing teams and being a mentor. You could look at their past giving, their philanthropic interests and tendencies like whether they support local agencies or only give to organizations with a national profile.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

When she wasn't busy mentoring Francis Ford Coppola, pioneering the invention of the boom mic, or accepting her star on the Walk of Fame , Arzner was also the first woman to join the Director's Guild of America. Fun fact: she's also a competitive Scrabble player. Shero Thought Leaders. Roxane Gay. Shero Game-Changers. Coco Chanel.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Make it personal, maybe you just saw them in the gym, make a fun note about that, I mean, or around town, or wherever it might be. We won the Audience Award which led to a lot of national attention being on national television tens of thousands of dollars in donations from people we had never heard of. Or they were in the paper.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

Steven: I’m seeing a lot of people, their staff, they have a caring staff, mentors, their mission, their loyal supporters, relationships with people in the community, programmatic strategies, holistic approach to the services we offer, institutional knowledge and history, that’s cool. Steven: Well, this was fun.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Without that expansive attitude, even a board that looks like the United Nations can feel like a private club. Assigning mentors to new members is one way to get that ball rolling. Mentors are a powerful tool because they can model the behavior you are seeking to promote. Just remember to keep them short, fun, and engaging.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

With initial funding of $2,500, he started the CompuMentor Project to match computer enthusiast volunteers called computer mentors with Bay Area nonprofits that needed the help. CompuMentor in due course turned into TechSoup when it became a national nonprofit, and TechSoup Global in 2008 after it had become an international organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

Seuss she gets her points across David Neff who speaks to the beat of a drum shares how social media leads to some income And, now it's time to get started with our great fun Let's hear poem number one 2. media: local and national. set goals: decrease number of incoming media calls. increase transparency about disaster response.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

According to the Corporation for National and Community Service , volunteering also has health benefits. Skills: SCORE (Counselors to America's Small Business) facilitates volunteer mentors' giving advice to aspiring entrepreneurs. I'm a big fan of Kiva too. Giving doesn't have to be through an organization or institution.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

Putting together a team of incredibly talented, committed and fun professionals. Of the people youve met or worked with in your years working in the nonprofit sector, are there any who have made an especially profound impression on your thinking, or who have served as an especially valuable mentor or friend to you?

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

Putting together a team of incredibly talented, committed and fun professionals. Of the people youve met or worked with in your years working in the nonprofit sector, are there any who have made an especially profound impression on your thinking, or who have served as an especially valuable mentor or friend to you?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 19, 2021

And I started a young professionals board, the National Women’s Political Caucus of Metro St. I see fun. Corinne: Fun a couple of times. Corinne: Mentor and leadership. Sarah: Fun fact, all millennials are older than Google. Thank you so much, Sarah. My name is Corinne. You guys are so quick at this.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

One of the things for me, in going to protests and demonstrations about different issues, is that I felt that the protests were really boring, dry and preachy, not fun and compelling. One of the fun things about sitting up here is Britt and I went to college together. Because it's fun. That's great. And make it happen.

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