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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

The Change Happens Foundation seeks to fund innovative applicants and ideas with proven, high-level impact across three main areas: science, the environment, and education. . Oakbrook Terrace, IL; Houston, TX; and Huntsville, AL. Areas served: Houston/Texas. Their funding priorities are early education and health research.

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Bo Eason Teaches You How To Achieve Your A-Game In Life

Eric Jacobsen Blog

In 1984, the Houston Oilers drafted me as a top safety during the NFL draft. The idea is I want you to think: I'm not going anywhere because I'm a lifer. If an activity or event didn’t help me become the best safety in the world, I didn’t do it. I didn’t go to prom. I didn’t go out on a Saturday night. I didn’t goof around.

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What's NetSquared Up to in May?

Tech Soup

They offer an opportunity to convene locally to share ideas, learn from one another, and collaborate on projects for real world impact. Puzzle through the The Future of Education: Learning, Teaching, and Technology with video from Burlington, VT. Houston, TX: How Can We Use the City of Houston's Open Data to Do More Good?

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Meet Connie Reece: Using Social Media to Strike Back At Ike

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She is a co-founding member and serves on the advisory board of the Social Media Club and founder of Every Dot Connects , a consortium of marketing and media practitioners who are passionate about using new technologies to build bridges between people and ideas and causes. Our food bank is also assisting the Houston food bank.

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Friendship, 5-Minutes, Appreciation, Action, Integration, Things: More Reverb 10

Have Fun - Do Good

It’s about making ideas happen. As I mentioned in a post last week , I'd like to teach a a class in 2011 about The Art of Blogging: Creating Juicy Content for Artists, Writers, Creative Entrepreneurs and Do-Gooders. What’s your next step? Prompt by Scott Belsky ).

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Volunteering Can Be Good for Your Job

Have Fun - Do Good

I've been doing volunteer work for a long time, and although I'm not entirely sure that it has improved my leadership, communication and problem-solving skills, it always improves my mood, very often teaches me something and occasionally has led to a new job. I thought it was a cool idea to have a team of women building a house together.

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[VIDEO] 3 Steps To Closing $10K+ Gifts By December 31

Bloomerang

I’m originally from Houston. You teach people how to relate to you. And then you can say, here’s a follow-up question if you’re really brave, which is what I teach my clients to do, “What would it take for us to become your top priority in your philanthropy? ” This is what I teach my clients.

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