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Why I Do Good: Starry Night

Have Fun - Do Good

My mom had a variety of teaching and counseling positions while my dad worked mostly for nonprofits. In addition to being very involved with our church community , my parents'' professional work was service-oriented. Being a dutiful only child, when I went to college, I unconsciously followed a service-oriented path.

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The Ultimate Guide to Volunteer Recruitment: 15+ Strategies

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Here are a few tasks you might want to turn over to volunteers or recruit more volunteers for: Day-to-day office work or cleaning Door greeter roles Docent positions Event committee positions Event registration and ticketing Event set-up and clean-up In-kind donations collection Marketing and promotion tasks Fundraising tasks Teaching or tutoring.

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Choosing the Perfect Cause for Your Business Giving

Connection Cafe

Is cancer more important than homelessness, child abuse a higher priority than infant mortality? Although there could be nonprofits that teach kids this skill, you could also take the approach of saying “we’re going to give to nonprofits that have marketing needs like those we fulfill as a business.” Again, there is no right answer.

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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

We have community groups, schools, local leaders and people at every age, interest, and skill level. Regional and local leaders were supported and given the opportunity to shine. Actions and messages were contextualized based on the issues and discussions taking place at both the global and local level. Have people heard of 350.org

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[VIDEO] Measure Of Success: Creating Tools And Process To Report Impact

Bloomerang

And, as I was sharing earlier, we usually teach this in person over a period of two to three hours, so, you all are getting the, what we’ll call, the boot-camp version of “Measure of Success.” Maybe I am teaching computer classes, or English as a second language classes, maybe I’m teaching those and I have 10 students.

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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

Have Fun - Do Good

That's where this work really sprung out of in looking at issues of homelessness, looking at issues of women on welfare, and looking at women in prison-- those who were really most affected and most in need of their voices being lifted. Then, I moved into the world of teaching. It is a much more complex and nuanced history.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Urban Sprouts School Gardens - a program that teaches youth to plan, grow, and eat vegetables from a school garden. A nonprofit organization that provides support for homeless in Northern, CA found references to homeless people on restaurant blogs and used what they learn for a fundraising campaign. For teaching and learning.

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