S3E09: Dr. Mai Nguyen, The Design Lab & The Filene Research Institute
We’re at this moment where we have to be asking the hard questions, the right questions, to really root out the structural problems – and that’s where design thinking comes in.
Topic: Innovation
Skills for Small Businesses: Common Impact commits to leveraging skills-based volunteering to help small businesses recover and thrive for the long-term
Common Impact and NYC Service pilot program Volunteers for Small Business Recovery matches skilled corporate volunteers with NYC small business owners affected by COVID-19.
S3E08: Dave Smith, Californians for All
“The only way that we’re actually going to solve things is through collaboration and, in many cases, not worrying about who ultimately gets the credit.”
S3E07: Judy Samuelson, The Aspen Institute
You can state your purpose, but it’s revealed by the actions you take, the decisions you make, the way that you are.
How to Foster Digital Inclusion through Skills-Based Volunteering
Digital equity in education is no longer a “nice to have” – if it ever was – but an unquestionable essential. So how do we make it a reality?
Black Leadership Spotlight: Jerelyn Rodriguez, The Knowledge House
As part of our series spotlighting remarkable Black nonprofit leaders, we speak with Jerelyn Rodriguez of The Knowledge House, a tech education and career development nonprofit.
Black Leadership Spotlight: Elizabeth Frederick, Avenues for Justice
As part of our series spotlighting remarkable Black nonprofit leaders, we speak with Elizabeth Frederick of Avenues for Justice, a nonprofit dedicated to keeping NYC youth out of prison.
Leveraging Skills-Based Volunteering to Promote Mental Health During COVID-19
Skills-based volunteers from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts collaborated with East Boston Social Centers to develop frameworks for nonprofit managers to support their team’s mental health in moments of crisis.
East Boston Social Centers Leverages Skills-Based Volunteers from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts to Promote Mental Health during COVID-19
As COVID-19 cases continue to climb across the country, many Americans are experiencing a mental health crisis too, especially healthcare and frontline workers. At East Boston Social Centers (the Social Centers), a nonprofit that provides afterschool programming, childcare, nutrition, and activities for the elderly, the staff were not exempt from the mental health toll of the pandemic. Blue Cross Blue Shield of …
Impact at Work: Attracting Talent to Support Financial Education for California Youth
In the spirit of service this MLK Day, we had the exciting opportunity to interview Amiko Foster of Youth Finance Institute of America (YFIA), a California-based nonprofit that provides personal finance education programs designed to teach finance life skills to youth in disadvantaged areas.