Dear friends, It’s hard to believe that a year ago, many of us in the social change sector were getting together and talking about: Now what? What would a change in administration and policies mean for those working in community and social change? And most important for our constituents—often the most vulnerable in our society—what would [...]
By Janine Vanderburg, President, CEO/Joining Vision and Action Changemakers summer reading list Looking for something to download on your Kindle before you head out of the office? Or for a leisurely thinking day? We’ve taken the favorite books of nonprofit leaders we’ve interviewed this year for our changemakers blog series and compiled this summer reading [...]
On March 8, Joining Vision and Action (JVA) welcomed guests and panelists to the latest “Conversations that Matter” event at JVA offices, 2465 Sheridan Blvd. in Edgewater. Conversations that Matter is a series of salon-style forums hosted jointly by JVA and Social Enterprise Alliance on the second Wednesday of every month, enabling deep-dive conversations on [...]
By Janine Vanderburg, President/CEO, Joining Vision and Action (JVA) On March 10, JVA concluded Executive Director Academy, our signature executive director training, with a Genius Bar panel. I had the privilege of posing a series of questions that were on my mind to some of my favorite nonprofit executive directors: Coby Gould, The Growhaus Jay [...]
When I’m watching the Super Bowl, the #SuperBowl ads are always my favorite. But not usually with the lens of how do they advance or reflect community and social change. Going into last night’s game, there had been much talk of the potential of political messaging in #SuperBowlAds. And while what I saw could be [...]
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 community showed up, ready to listen, learn and share their experiences at the panel/workshop, Advocacy and Action in the Trump Era. A joint [...]
By Janine Vanderburg, President/CEO, Joining Vision and Action Why should you think about what you will stop doing in 2017? By this time, many of you have made your New Year resolutions or set your goals. You’ve decided what you want more of in 2017. We all know that more, more, more is a recipe [...]
by Janine Vanderburg, CEO, Joining Vision and Action Gratitude for a snow day? Of course! But it’s not what you think, as in: “Woohoo! I don’t have to work today.” Today, I’m sitting in our quiet offices at Joining Vision and Action, across from this spare snow scene across Sloan’s Lake, and feeling extreme gratitude [...]
by Janine Vanderburg, CEO, Joining Vision and Action Who doesn't want one of these mugs from Hope Tank? One for you. One for a friend. As we approach the end of the year, all of us have an incredible opportunity to make a difference in the lives of those around us by shopping [...]
by Janine Vanderburg, President/CEO, Joining Vision and Action Cooper's friends show how fundraising is done! What can Brown and Skinner students teach us about important fundraising lessons? Brown Elementary and Skinner Middle School students out by Mile High Stadium selling ice cream for Cooper, a friend with brain cancer, teach us the most important [...]
