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Rebecca Shisler, Business Development Coordinator at Joining Vision and Action At JVA, we love people and organizations that promote positive social change. In fact, it’s central to who we are. We love [...]
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Advocacy and Action in the Trump Era: Highlights from our Panelists and Actions to Take
By Erin Shaver and Janine Vanderburg, Joining Vision and Action It was standing-room only at Joining Vision and Action on Wednesday night, when more than 100 people from all over the local [...]
Permaculture For Social Change: Principle One – “Observe and Interact”
What is Permaculture Design? Permaculture design is a flexible framework that uses natural systems to inform our efforts to improve society. This post is the first in a 12-part series explaining how [...]
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 [...]
Top 5 Things Not to Do in a Co-Working Space
This co-working pro knows how to follow all the rules. By Marshall Vanderburg, Joining Vision and Action Director of Operations Changemakers Co-working@JVA. Edgewater’s newest co-working space [...]
CHANGEMAKER: Barbara Raynor Executive Director of Boomers Leading Change in Health
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 [...]
Giving thankfully on Thanksgiving
By Scot Kersgaard, JVA Consulting Happy Thanksgiving. Events in Ferguson, Cleveland and around the world leave many of us with heavy hearts and aching souls. That doesn’t mean we give up the [...]