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Michelle’s RiseUP Fellowship Experience: RiseUP Fellow to Full Time Employee

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C—Know me professionally as I’ve stepped into this new career path. Without proper “education,” landing an interview let alone a job working in digital marketing was a pipedream—I found myself stuck, making minimum wage, wearing a well-known green apron simply for the health benefits. Make sure to read Shirley’s experience ).

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Social Innovation: Harnessing What Works to Address Critical National Challenges

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Cheryl Dorsey, the President of Echoing Green , a nonprofit that provides seed funding and support to social entrepreneurs, talked about how providing capital for social innovation can: Provide incentive for individual and collective engagement around social problems. Barriers to entry: The government prescribes a lot of requirements (i.e.

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President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

By announcing this in many press interviews, I've managed to create lots of external pressure on myself to get this done! My two closest peers in California have both gotten MacArthurs (Victoria Hale this year and David Green two years ago). The great news is how much attention social entrepreneurship is getting.

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Advice for the College Senior Who Wants to Make a Difference

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You have to take action either by taking a class, doing an informational interview, volunteering, interning, going to an event, or taking a job in the field that interests you. A Few Book Suggestions: Be Bold: Create a Career with Impact , a publication of Echoing Green. Do it, don't think about it. How did you start organizing?

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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

Interview with Jonathon Colman. Harry: A Green Geek. Teaching Your Kids About Philanthropy. Tips for Using Your Social Networking Presence for Professional Networking. The Cute Dog Theory. Pimp My Nonprofit Panel at SXSW. Transparency and Social Media: Dealing with Criticism. The Intangible Benefits of Social Media.

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NpTech Roundup: Grasshoppers and Ants - Social Fundraising Off Season

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The story is used to teach the virtues of hard work and preparation. Global Giving's " Giving Made Green " launched last week and was written up in the New York Times. Michael Stein has an interview with Jonathan Coleman about his success building a donor base on Facebook. Which one worked best?

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How To Be A Green Leader

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Thursday, October 28, 2010 How To Be A Green Leader You can be a green leader at work and help save the planet and money for your business, by following these practices and instilling these habits with your employees: Photocopiers: Use the "standby" button on your copiers and that will lighten your energy load by 70 percent.

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