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Black History Month 2023: Q&A with Gary Flowers, CIO of Year Up

Saleforce Nonprofit

During Black History Month, Salesforce is shining a light on some of our nonprofit customers who support and work with Black and African American people and communities in the United States. This, in turn, influences and changes their recruitment practices more broadly. KB: Does Year Up do anything specific during Black History Month?

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6 Generations of Giving: Who Gives the Most and How They Prefer to Give

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Preferred contact methods: Voice calls, direct mail Preferred donation methods: Direct mail and voice calls 2) Baby Boomers (1946-1964) 72% give to charity, donating an annual average of $1,212 across an average of 4.5 organizations** 23.6% organizations** 25.9%

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How Mentorship Can Break Down Racial Divides

Saleforce Nonprofit

I received a full academic scholarship to Jackson State in Mississippi, a historically black university with an accredited journalism department. As we celebrate Black History Month, Big Brothers Big Sisters will shine a spotlight on the contributions of African-Americans. That was long before Oprah.

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Research Friday: The Role of Ethnic Identity in Positive Youth Development

ASU Lodestar Center

Arizona State University. My parents realized that my cultural heritage would mostly be a footnote in history text books throughout my formal education, would be under-represented or poorly represented in the media, and would generally be misunderstood by many. posted by Rosela Martinez , Student. Welcome to Research Friday !

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The Connected Hospital: Where Do We Go from Here?

Connection Cafe

Today’s hospitals and philanthropic organizations have more information about patients and potential donors than at any time in history. In the same study cited earlier, 27% say these types of micro-lending and online capabilities have influenced their giving.

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What I Learned from Beck (the rock star) about Participatory Arts

Museum 2.0

For example, a history museum might traditionally develop exhibitions internally, with one curator writing the labels in third person (even if drawing from primary sources). At times, I struggled against my own writing instincts—where was the line between the simplistic and the universal, the cliché and the enduring?

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Do You Have a Good Argument for Your Institution?

Museum 2.0

Then, they interviewed 400 people by phone and online, presenting them with a short framing argument (80-120 words), followed by a series of open-ended questions intended to determine how memorable the argument was, how it influenced their perception of the public value of the arts, and how likely it was to inspire action.

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