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Four Ways to Transform Organizational Culture to Advance Access, Equity, and Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

Before the global pandemic, intergenerational poverty and entrenched patterns of inequality dampened the future livelihoods of millions of children and their families across the globe. CRUS’ Innovation and Growth Fund , launched in 2021, will contribute significantly to the global movement to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Senior Care

Bloomerang

The RRF supports advancements in the field of aging specifically in the four categories: caregiving, economic security in later life, housing, and social and intergenerational connectedness. Retirement Research Foundation. Areas served: Vermont, US. The Eisner Foundation.

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Intergenerational Wired Fundraisers: A Conversation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Now we have a team of intergenerational wired fundraisers. He discovered the Sharing Foundation's project on Global Giving and decided to enter the America's Giving Challenge. He quickly found me on LinkedIn, Facebook, and my blog. Not the Sharing Foundation's web site ).

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NextGen philanthropists and the transfer of intergenerational wealth

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Patsy Kraeger, Ph.D. Welcome to Research Friday! As part of a. continuing series, we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. In the coming decades, over 40 trillion dollars will change hands.

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4 Reasons to Embrace Gen-Mix Volunteerism

VQ Strategies

Simply put, co-generational teamwork will not only strengthen the outcomes of the program in the communities it serves but also foster greater intergenerational respect among volunteers. Program Stability.

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My First Intergenerational Social Media: Learning from Gen Z's and Value of Different Points of View

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Earlier this week, Leslie Poston invited me to participate on her podcast on Race and Social Media along with Shireen Mitchell , Liza Sabiter , and Rahsheen Porter. One of the takeaways was, don't assume that everyone thinks like you do - and expose yourself to different points of view. This week I put that into practice.

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COVID-related National Service cannot just be gap year for privileged youth

ASU Lodestar Center

It has the potential not only to help build or rebuild much-needed community support systems ravaged by this pandemic, but also — if designed intentionally — to be an integral part of the nation’s intergenerational poverty-interruption arsenal.

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The Truth about Bilingual Interpretation: Guest Post by Steve Yalowitz

Museum 2.0

This qualitative, exploratory study involved tracking and interviewing 32 Spanish-speaking intergenerational groups in fully bilingual exhibits at four different science centers/museums. We confirmed what other label studies have previously found: that adults were more likely to read labels than kids.

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Which New Audiences? A Great Washington Post Article and its Implications about Age, Income, and Race

Museum 2.0

This list doesn't include many approaches that I see transforming museum audiences, like political activism, multilingual programming, intergenerational events, or cultural festivals. Even in the section about the MAH, Kate chose to only obliquely reference the work we've done to involve, feature, and hire more people of color.

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After Ten Days on the Road.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It's a great example of the intergenerational collaboration that Juanita Brown spoke about at NCDD. So, maybe this is be an intergenerational vlog. During my recent work trip, I finally met Millie Garfield who is blogging at the age 80 plus. (It It must help that Steve Garfield is her son.)

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My Dad Has Fans on YouTube!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Then, I started to poke around and I discovered an incredible example of intergenerational video blogging -- watch some of the videos by and responses to geriatic1927. And, a gentleman from Alabama in his sixties posted a video response telling us that he was inspired to get his father (who is in his 90's) a blog!

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Elevating Advocacy Voices for Children Through Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

possible solutions to the problem of intergenerational poverty. We are also starting to hone in on the nexus between social media and face-to-face advocacy. Voices for Utah Children recently helped host a conference on.

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America's Giving Challenge Official Results: We Came In First! Thank You Everyone!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Intergenerational Wired Fundraisers: A Conversation Eugene Chan's New Year's Resolution. Sharing Foundation Calendar Project. My 86 Year Old Dad's Birthday Present. Blogger's Campaign Update. Roger Carr and Bob Uva Join the Blogger's Campaign. Meet A Cambodian Wired Fundraiser: Nhung Son. Happy Birthday Amy Jussel. Thank you Chel Pixie.

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My Dad's Blog: First Conversation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

After all, this was the first intergenerational blogging attempt with me being the "younger" person. (He emailed me a few weeks ago after I pointed him to the Boston Globe article about the power of blogging that featured me and asked me what is a blog.). I decided to video blog the first conversation.

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Ocean and Beach

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've also started a second "intergenerational" or rather in interdecade blog mentoring with Juanita. He's mulling over what he write about and I'm wondering whether he will make blogging a habit over the next month. Also, I think he much rather play with his grandchildren right now. We spoke on the phone today.

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Guest Post by Katherine Hutt: A Small Nonprofit's Strategy for Pepsi Refresh Contest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

GOH developed Hope Meadows, an intergenerational neighborhood that supports families adopting children out of foster care. If they don't a dollar, at least the contest has helped inspire them to dip their toes in the social media waters. Generations of Hope is one of 189 organizations going for February’s two top prizes of $250,000.

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Who Counts? Grappling with Attendance as a Proxy for Impact

Museum 2.0

We also focused this year on working with the countywide adult education agency to start an intergenerational science program at three senior centers throughout St.

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Building Community: Who / How / Why

Museum 2.0

As we developed new 3rd Friday community festivals , we were careful to design them as intergenerational experiences. When I first came to the museum, it was not perceived as a family-friendly place. More and more families showed up. Now, families are dominant at 3rd Friday, and some adults feel like "it's a kid thing."

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Intergenerational Wired Fundraisers: A Conversation. Beth's 51st Birthday Challenge. Is Facebook Causes A One Night Stand? Harry's Fundraising Video. How Do Social Networks Incorporate the Ladder of Engagement. Spell my Twitter Name Correctly. How To Think Like A Nonprofit Social Marketing Genius.

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From Community Arts To Community of Online Learners: Janet Salmons, Ph.D

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

From Cornell I went to the intergenerational, national nonprofit called Magic Me. I started in the Cornell University Center for Theatre Arts , where I founded and directed two programs: Cornell Theatre Outreach and the Community-Based Arts Project.

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

Museum 2.0

We scaffold levels of participatory experiences at events that are intergenerational, multidisciplinary and appeal to different types of learners. We give visitors a new skill to claim rather than a product and work intensely with our collaborators to insure active participation in their activities.

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[VIDEO] How to Tap Into Gen Y & Z Donors

Bloomerang

It offers an intergenerational experience. What do you think? Dominique: Yeah. I am a big proponent and adding members from the millennial cohort and from the Gen Z cohort to your boards, and this is why. like I love my Gen X board members and I love my boomer board members.

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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

Have Fun - Do Good

It is a time where a lot of organizations are going through an intergenerational transfer of leadership, and a lot has been written about what does that mean? You rarely find folks who have stayed on that long and really committed to building the infrastructure and the political roots of an organization.

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[VIDEO] Young Professionals and Junior Boards: Beyond the Kid’s Table to Meaningful Engagement

Bloomerang

.” And so, if we can make sure that that’s not what it looks like for our organization, then we’re going to be able to attract folks who want real opportunities to engage.