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Mobile Finance Park Returns to Prepare Long Island Students for Real World Financial Realities
NEW YORK, NY – Capital One / Junior Achievement Mobile Finance Park is moving to Hauppauge, Suffolk County, Long Island for an eighth season cycle after a successful winter run in Brooklyn, NY. More than 2,600 middle and high school students have already participated in the program during the first half of the 2015 Winter/Spring run.…
Read MoreWhy Making an Impact is Good for Recruitment, Retention and Production
By Bob Murphy By 2020, nearly half of all U.S. workers will be millennials: those born between 1976 and 2001. The new crop of millennials looking for jobs — educated, worldly, savvy people with strong resumes behind them — have a different vision of what they want in a career than the jobseekers who came…
Read MoreKen Berger, CEO of Charity Navigator, Leaves
By Suzanne Perry Ken Berger, who led the country’s most prominent nonprofit watchdog, Charity Navigator, for almost seven years, abruptly left his job this week after the board decided to find a leader with more expertise in technology. “Charity Navigator has been going through a planning process and doing a lot of thinking about where we’re…
Read MoreDramatic Shift in Styles of Fundraising Mean New Opportunities for Nonprofit Growth
Springtime means outdoor charity events, and there are plenty to choose from. You can walk, run, bike, swim or even roll around in the mud to raise money for a cause. But some of the bigger, more established events aren’t doing as well as they used to, and charities are trying to adjust. Last year,…
Read MorePuppy Love
Canine Partners for Life is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. The Cochranville-based organization has trained and placed more than 600 dogs in homes all across the country, allowing people with a wide variety of disabilities to lead fuller, more active lives. The Chester County Press will soon be publishing a story about the 25th anniversary of Canine Partners…
Read MoreEnticing Young People to Donate is a Challenge But Need Not Be a Chore
By Brian Reich You’d be hard pressed to find an organization that hasn’t tried to engage millennials with the hope of gaining access to their future spending power. But for nonprofits in particular, early signs suggest that this hyper-connected and socially motivated generation is particularly difficult to pin down, and that efforts to connect with…
Read MoreFree Webinar, April 8th: How to Get Your Nonprofit Website to Do More & Optimize
Join the Ad Council and NTEN for a lively discussion with George Weiner, CEO of Whole Whale and America’s Charities Board Director, who will discuss the ins and out of website metrics and strategies for nonprofits. He’ll also share some lessons learned while he was CTO of Do Something, where he helped build their community of over 1.5 million young people. During this one-hour free webinar,…
Read MoreCanine partners provide life-saving companionship
By Kendall Vrana Canine Partners for Life Administrative Assistant Caitlin Case knows first-hand just how important companion alert dogs can be. Born with a chronic heart condition that causes her blood pressure to suddenly drop, Case can unexpectedly lose consciousness, putting her at risk when she is out on her own. Nearly two years ago,…
Read MoreA Cause Marketing Partnership Inspired by Employee Enthusiasm & Ice Cream
Ice cream for breakfast anyone? It’s a tradition nearly 7,500 children experience with their families each year at Give Kids The World Village (GKTW), a 70-acre, nonprofit “storybook” resort in Central Florida that provides memorable, magical, cost-free experiences to children with life-threatening illnesses. Watching a child battle a life-threatening condition is a heart-aching experience no…
Read MoreBridging the Big Data Resource Gap at Nonprofits
“Having incomplete data doesn’t mean you need to get more data.” – Kathy Howrigan, Consultant at Marts and Lundy How can nonprofit organizations with limited resources squeeze the most from their data? Turns out, it’s all about getting better, not bigger. Numbers are important, but what’s critical is cutting through the noise to find the data science…
Read MoreA good CEO is a good citizen
By Robert Musslewhite As the chief executive of one of the largest publicly traded companies headquartered in the District, I have set aggressive goals for 2015: driving greater impact for our customers in health care and higher education, expanding, building on our strong talent base — and ending chronic homelessness in the area. Why would a…
Read MoreChange Makers and Dream Chasers
By Joey Ponce As MCON rounds the corner to the fun- and work-filled home stretch leading up to the big day, questions from friends and interested folk start to ramp up. “What’s this MCON thing all about? Is it cool? Is it fun? Is it for me?” And I’m always at the ready to explain to…
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