Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2017

Orange hats” are assistant crew leaders who teach “green hats” how to do trail building and maintenance correctly. More than a hundred hand-selected volunteers are highly trained in interview techniques, media relations and public speaking to become Greenpeace spokespeople. They offer direction, supervision and make outings fun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

In fact, some participants in the group mentioned using MBA students from local universities to assist with data collection. They are teaching digital measurement best practices by connecting great causes with experienced mentors and motivated students. The people with skills are out there.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

Being a mission ambassador, professional public speaker, fundraising auctioneer and nonprofit trainer, Erin utilizes a smart, eloquent, energetic approach to engaging donors in the event venue and changing trajectories for organizations in the board room. She is very passionate about affecting change in the world. You were born to do this!”

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 15, 2011

Disclaimer Wednesday, June 15, 2011 Making the Play: Successfully Engaging Youth Within the Nonprofit Sector posted by David "DJ" Heyward , American Humanics Student / Team MPhasis Coach Many of us in the nonprofit sector work specifically with children and young adults. Kids know they can expect two things from us: sports and God.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

I consider myself a teacher: I take a few days off a year to teach at American University, and I do a lot of public speaking and training. It’s incredibly rewarding to help others, and teaching – or mentoring – gives me a sense of accomplishment. Vain, because if you teach, you believe you have something important to say.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2015

" Here at TechSoup, we're excited to see nonprofits and public libraries as well as our donor partners, Microsoft and Cisco, involved with TechHire. " Year Up therefore takes a holistic approach to preparing its students for the workforce. Volunteer as a mentor, instructor, or support for a nonprofit (such as Year Up!)

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 17, 2011

But I think it fits the graduating class of American Humanics (AH) students, all 18 of them. The 18 students being recognized at the annual graduation celebration will have completed all requirements during the spring, summer, and fall semesters of 2011. Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks? Marine Corps. So, sue me!

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

But such educational opportunities are “often highly selective, and many barriers exist for students of color to both prepare for and access these programs,” the founders add. Both nonprofits are using tech to help students of color gain access to educational resources, readying them for high-paying careers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 2, 2005

I want to highlight a blog that I've been reading for a while, the Tutor Mentor Connection blog written by Daniel Bassill out of Chicago, Illinois. His blog gathers information and provides networking opportunities for people, like Daniel, who are involved with volunteer-based tutoring and mentoring programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2016

At the G4C Festival, Girl Scouts CEO Anna Maria Chávez will explain how the organization is developing a generation of social entrepreneurs and mentors to empower girls with the 21st-century skills and entrepreneurial know-how to succeed in business, improve their communities, and developing their own advocacy and service projects.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 30, 2011

Tan , Public Allies Arizona Program Manager ASU Lodestar Center As Ive done every March for the past four years, I participated as a Team Leader in United Ways Alternative Spring Break (ASB) in the metro Washington D.C. Since 2006, nearly 2,000 students have participated in ASB, volunteering over 64,000 hours of service.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

I could practically teaching this class. We tell our colleagues, other folks have mentors, or we do some research about it. ” We were floored that half the students were raising their hands. We then gave them access to referrals and you know what, 90% of the students did not follow up on the referrals.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Fact Sheet: Volunteering as a Vehicle for Social Support and Life Satisfaction , Public Health Agency of Canada) Volunteering can improve self-esteem, reduce heart rates and blood pressure, increase endorphin production, enhance immune systems, buffer the impact of stress, and combat social isolation. I'm a big fan of Kiva too.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2009

The kind of art I do is art that gets engaged into the public. I remember having to walk into his house and saying, "You know, dude, I'm going to teach you how to paint a mural. I ended up going to college, trying to be an architect, because, again, I was one of those honor-roll students. Come paint with us." You know what?

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