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Monthly Archives: February 2011
TEDxMileHigh to host Colorado’s brightest innovators
By Collin Lessing, JVA Consulting Always on the lookout for inspiring and innovative ideas relevant to the nonprofit sector and social change, we recently spoke with Jeremy Duhon who is an organizer for the TEDxMileHigh event that is coming to … Continue reading
Posted in Social innovators
Tagged Al Gore, Bernard Amadei, Bill Gates, Denver YNPN, Engineers Without Borders, health trends, Hunter Lovins, Jane Goodall, Jeremy Duhon, Jim Hayes, Junior Achievement, Natural Capitalism Solutions, Out of Poverty, Paul Polak, Sir Richard Branson, Social enterprise, TEDxMileHigh
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Young nonprofit professionals, the Launch Pad contest, and going to people’s strengths
by Janine Vanderburg, JVA Consulting Many of you by now may know that my idea to train boomers with sales backgrounds to become nonprofit fundraisers is one of 25 finalists in the national Civic Ventures Launch Pad contest. Last night, … Continue reading
Posted in Boomers, Commentary, Fundraising, Gen Xers, Generations, Millenials
Tagged boomer salespeople, Civic Ventures, Denver Young Nonprofit Professionals Network, Janine Vanderburg, JVA Consulting, Launch Pad contest, Lauren Croucher, nonprofit fundraising, young nonprofit professionals
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JVA Consulting’s 2011 Guest Blogger Contest
Welcome to JVA Consulting’s 2011 Guest Blogger Contest. We created this to contest to hear your voice. At Nonprofit Street, we strive to share stories that will inspire, educate and motivate readers in the nonprofit sector. Now it’s your turn. … Continue reading
Why nonprofits will benefit if Janine’s Launch Pad contest idea is launched
by Janine Vanderburg, JVA Consulting First, a word on my Launch Pad contest idea—training boomers with sales backgrounds as nonprofit fundraisers—which is one of 25 finalists. If this idea is implemented, nonprofit leaders would get to spend their time on … Continue reading

Guest Blog: Nonprofits—Businesses or idealist ventures?
By John Eisenhauer, guest blogger I passionately believe in the great worth of nonprofit organizations. These organizations trade in dreams. When they succeed, a voice is given to the voiceless, power to the powerless. This is accomplished when an organization … Continue reading →