By Janine Vanderburg, CEO, Joining Vision and Action I just returned from the Encore 2016 conference in San Francisco last week. Over 400 people gathered, inspired by a collective vision: that people as they age can experience an “encore” in work, service, learning and leadership – using their talents and experience to better their communities [...]
Dedicated to making Denver the most walkable city in the United States by 2040, Walk Denver has already received a gold certification by the national Walk Friendly Communities organization, one of just 13 cities so designated. What change is your organization making in the world? We are working to make Denver the most walkable city in the United [...]
By: Janine Vanderburg, CEO, Joining Vision and Action What are the must have executive director resources? I’m very excited about our upcoming Executive Director Academy. I personally love spending the week with extraordinary individuals who have both the opportunity and the challenge of leading organizations dedicated to community and social change. One of the biggest [...]
In 2006—as the eldest Baby Boomers began to turn 60—The Atlantic Philanthropies initiated a national effort to assess how Boomers planned to approach retirement. They established the Community Experience Partnership and began working with 32 community foundations across the United States to explore this issue within their local communities. In Denver, they chose Rose Community Foundation. In 2007, Rose Community [...]
Deb Rice: JVA Executive Director Academy training graduate Deb Rice, Executive Director of AccessAfterSchool chatted with JVA about how our Executive Director Academy helped her become a more effective ED. Access AfterSchool, until recently known as Access Roaring Fork, provides after school and summer programs in the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys of Western Colorado. These programs keep [...]
How did JVA's Executive Director training make Joel Newton a more effective ED? A Changemaker is anyone who combines vision AND action to make a difference in society. JVA features #changemakers in your very own backyard. Joel Newton, and Executive Director Academy alumni, is the first Executive Director to be highlighted in this series. He graduated from [...]
By Scot Kersgaard, JVA Consulting When leading marketing trainings at JVA, I always ask members of the class how many of them work for an organization that has someone whose sole responsibility is marketing, communications, public relations, media relations etc. Rarely does anyone raise a hand. At small or new nonprofits, these tasks inevitably fall [...]
By Amber Alarid, [Joining Vision and Action] Being an executive director of a nonprofit is hard work. It doesn’t matter if the nonprofit has hundreds of employees and a budget in the millions, or if it is a brand new organization relying on volunteers for everything. Sure, the stresses are different, but there are many [...]
What can you expect during your nonprofit executive search? By Wendy Steinway At JVA, we’ve seen a number of inquiries about our nonprofit executive search services, as well as several new job announcements for our nonprofit and social enterprise job board. With all of this activity, we decided to put together a few tips to help [...]
