Shopping Social Enterprise for Valentine’s Day
By Janine Vanderburg, President and CEO, Joining Vision and Action Shopping social enterprise on Valentine's Day is a terrific way to not only say "I love you" but also to express your [...]
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Diving into Crowdfunding—Success Stories and Lessons Learned
By Erin Shaver, Senior Grantwriter for Joining Vision and Action This is the second blog in a series on crowdfunding. You can access the first one here, which ran through the [...]
GIS, Evaluation & Data Visualization
By Aaron Schonhoff, Joining Vision and Action (JVA) JVA'S EVALUATION TRAININGS The importance of high-quality data evaluation. Evaluation is the process of demonstrating the effectiveness of an organization’s efforts to reach and [...]
President-elect Donald Trump’s impact on nonprofits: the potential effect of his campaign promises
By Lisa Cirincione, J.D., Joining Vision and Action Joining Vision and Action (JVA) is in the unique position of working with a variety of nonprofit changemakers and has heard from many people [...]
Total Rewards: It’s Not All About the Money!
By Sarah Hidey, Joining Vision and Action Who hasn’t heard about (and envied!) Google’s work environment? Healthy food offered around the clock, “nap pods” (sign me up!), the ability to bring pets [...]
The 3 Books You Must Read if You’re Starting a Social Enterprise
By Janine Vanderburg, President/CEO, Joining Vision and Action What are the best social enterprise books to read before you start your social business? As social enterprise becomes more popular, dozens of books [...]
Joining Vision and Action Helps City of Denver Secure Grant Funding to Create Local Jobs and Build Economic Mobility
With Denver's population increasing every year, it is crucial that residents are still able to secure jobs with opportunities for talent development and career growth. Joining Vision and Action is proud to have secured $422,652 in [...]
Nonprofit Succession Planning: Three Must-Read Books
The exit of a nonprofit or social enterprise leader—founder or longtime executive director—is a critical turning point for an organization. In our experience, the biggest problems that occur when transitions are not successfully managed include: Disruption in, and loss of, funding Key staff leaving Decreased programming in the year following the transition Arguments and confusion about the future direction of the organization You can mitigate these problems with careful succession planning.
Planning your next nonprofit career move: Tips and three books to read
Are you thinking about leaving? Image via Hippie Bowman by Janine Vanderburg, President/CEO, Joining Vision and Action About a decade ago in the pre-recession years, I was leading a workshop [...]
Blue Star Recyclers: A Gold Star Encore Career
Making social enterprise your encore career. To hear him tell it, Bill Morris has made every mistake in the book on the road to creating his encore career—CEO and co-founder of Blue Star [...]