CHANGEMAKER: Boomerang Giving
Boomerang Giving. Older adults making a difference. Getting old isn’t what it used to be. With 8,000 to 9,000 Americans turning 65 every day, older people are far from an anomaly. And with [...]
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CHANGEMAKER: Deb Rice Executive Director of Access AfterSchool
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 [...]
STATE OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISE 2016
Compiled by Rolfe Larson and JVA CEO, Janine Vanderburg With the President Obama’s recent State of the Union address, this seems a good time to assess the State of Social Enterprise (SE). We decided [...]
A [short] 2016 reading list for changemakers
By Janine Vanderburg A short reading list for nonprofit friends and changemakers One of the things I always enjoy over the holidays is a little extra time to spend reading, and to [...]
Research and Evaluation – Adams County Case Study
Research and Evaluation – Adams County Case Study The Adams County Department of Community and Neighborhood Resources approached JVA when it wanted to better understand the landscape of service providers working [...]
Social Enterprise – Nathan Hunt
Social Enterprise – Nathan Hunt Case Study Nathan Hunt Creates Inner-City Jobs With Two Fresno Ventures Nathan Hunt attended JVA’s Social Enterprise BaseCamp in 2013. Shortly after, he formed his first [...]
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 [...]
Media Relations: A Brief Guide to Crisis Communications
By Scot Kersgaard, JVA If a crisis develops that causes the media to call, do not say something you will regret later. Do not speculate. If taken by surprise, take the reporter’s [...]
Media Relations: Crisis Communications Tips
By Scot Kersgaard, JVA You should not ignore the elephant in the room. A loose elephant can cause a lot of damage. For many nonprofits, that elephant is crisis communications. Here’s hoping [...]