Fundraising Facts BINGO!
by Janine Vanderburg, JVA Consulting Are you up to date on the latest fundraising facts? Is your board? As JVA’s Development Director Intensive is coming up this month, we always like to [...]
Media Relations: Create a Media Policy
By Scot Kersgaard, JVA You’ve been sending press releases, building your online presence, setting up Google Alerts, writing op/eds, phoning reporters, crafting key messages, tweaking your story. Finally, you’re getting some media [...]
City lands federal grant for high-tech job training
By Scot Kersgaard, JVA Consulting The Denver Office of Economic Development was among 23 agencies around the country to be awarded a Ready to Work Partnership Grant from the United States Department [...]
Denver gets $6.2 million to train long-term unemployed for tech jobs
We are excited to announce that the Denver Office for Economic Development was awarded a $6.2 million grant written by JVA! Read the Denver Post story here. JVA has raised hundreds of [...]
Terry Anderson: Man on a Mission
By Scot Kersgaard, Senior Associate, Joining Vision and Action The world is full of people with great ideas. Somewhat less common are people who turn those ideas into something not only real, but [...]
Just for fun: Top 10 reasons to be a nonprofit executive director!
A few years ago, JVA alum Wendy Longwood wrote this introductory piece for JVA's Executive Director Academy. The sector has grown a bit, but the benefits of leading an organization in the [...]
Headlines attempt to throw hot water on the Ice Bucket Challenge
By Collin Lessing, JVA Consulting The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has been inescapable for the past month. The trajectory of its story in the news and on social media has been particularly [...]
Top 7 Secrets for Writing a Grant in a Day©
by Janine Vanderburg, President/CEO, Joining Vision and Action How to write a grant that will get funded. In the 1990's, I stumbled across Eleanor Burns' Make a Quilt in a Day television series. [...]
Creating Competitive Grant Proposals: Tips From JVA and City and County of Denver Staff
By Amber Alarid, JVA Consulting As some of you may already know, Grants Manager Camron Bridgford and I recently co-hosted a training with the Denver Office of Strategic Partnerships (DOSP), offering guidance [...]
Joining Vision and Action and Garfield County Libraries developing a Strategic Vision and Marketing Plan
Check out how Joining Vision and Action worked with Garfield County Libraries to develop a Strategic Vision and Marketing Plan.