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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. All the fundraising is done in the US on a volunteer basis. We hire local people in Cambodia to run the programs. He discovered the Sharing Foundation's project on Global Giving and decided to enter the America's Giving Challenge. Not the Sharing Foundation's web site ).

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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. They will support schools in closing the educational gaps that have widened by schools shuttering.

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Building Community: Who / How / Why

Museum 2.0

We are unapologetic about focusing local. Focusing local helps us define our community by identity. We have partnered with the county-wide community assessment project to learn more about the demographics, interests, and needs of local residents. Some of our best volunteers come from the County court referral system.

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

Museum 2.0

Sometimes we purposefully bridge distinct groups as well such as middle-aged women from local knitting groups with young college students interested in street art to yarn bomb our stairwell for Radical Craft Night. We are constantly looking for new meaningful opportunities to bridge groups and individuals in our programs.

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Who Counts? Grappling with Attendance as a Proxy for Impact

Museum 2.0

volunteers? Or volunteers who participate on a weekly basis. These sparks grew into sustained lifelong learning for at least 400 people, who got involved in local technology hobbyist projects, who pursued careers in science and technology, and helped us facilitate learning experiences as volunteers at the museum.

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

Bloomerang

I know you’re super busy and you’re, like you said, volunteering all over the place. It offers an intergenerational experience. So, Dom, you got somebody’s juices flowing when you talked about skill-based volunteering. Is that kind of what you mean by the skill-based volunteering? What do you think?

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

Bloomerang

Louis, a volunteer-led organization that I was on the board for, and I now manage the Friends of Pedal, which is a similar group as Pedal the Cause. We need to be thinking about the motivations of the volunteers we want to engage. About 54% are interested in volunteering in some way. And my contact information is there as well.