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Mentor New York’s Virtual Fundraising Event Raises 12x Their Fundraising Goal With CauseVox

CauseVox

This was the scenario for Mentor New York, a nonprofit that works with companies, schools and organizations to provide mentoring for organizations that serve more than 80,000 young people in New York. Mentor NY Used Ticketing For Their Virtual Awards Ceremony To Drive Higher Gift Amounts.

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The emergence of e-mentoring - CNN.com

AFP Blog

The emergence of e-mentoring - CNN.com : I Could Be, a New York-based nonprofit, uses online tools to connect students with those willing to lend a hand. It is one of a growing number of groups that specialize in what they call "e-mentoring." The technology, of course, has existed for years.

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Thank you for being Vartan Gregorian

Candid

I was one of many who felt mentored by Vartan through the years. I would see him several times a year, at a workshop, gala, for a drink or a meeting in his office. I still remember an evening in which he managed to quote Confucius, Karl Marx, and the Bible in one short speech.

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Remembering Franklin Thomas

Candid

Many will remember Franklin Thomas as the president of Ford Foundation, fewer will realize that he was the first Black foundation president in America, but I knew him as my boss and mentor. I still remember Frank and his then-vice president, Susan Berresford, visiting Rio de Janeiro to give me the news.

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What strategies can nonprofit leaders use to move program beneficiaries into program partners?

ASU Lodestar Center

Take it from Simeon Bankhoff, executive director of the Historic Districts Council in New York City, who said that involving your beneficiaries in organizational processes can be one of an organization’s core competencies if you make it a priority. Who wouldn’t want it to be with all of the benefits it brings forth?

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From The Bench To The Boardroom

Eric Jacobsen Blog

How early in life should someone find a mentor? Dick Weiss is a sportswriter and columnist who has covered college football and college and professional basketball for the Philadelphia Daily News and the New York Daily News. Listening skills are critical to participating in any kind of “team.”

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Key facts, figures, and trends among U.S. labor unions

Candid

California and New York have the most unions in the dataset, with 3,790 and 3,777 organizations respectively. Further, the study found that union members were more likely to volunteer for charity and to be more engaged in the community in less formal ways (such as going to meetings, tutoring, and mentoring).

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