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Category Archives: Social innovators
Water for People recognized as a top social entrepreneur and nonprofit
By Katy Snyder, JVA Consulting A while back, we wrote a blog about the great work that Denver-based Water for People is doing to maintain open and honest conversations with its donors about how it is meeting its goals and … Continue reading
Dr. Rose Brewer, co-author of The Color of Wealth, leads The Denver Foundation community dialogue
By Amber Alarid, JVA Consulting According to Dr. Rose Brewer, co-author of The Color of Wealth, we are at a defining moment in United States history when we have to decide what is to be done about the distribution of … Continue reading
Posted in Books and articles you want to read, Community, Economy, Issues, Jobs/economic development, Politics, Social innovators, Trends, Volunteerism/civic engagement
Tagged Amber Alarid, community dialogue, Dr. Rose Brewer, Inclusiveness Project, JVA Consulting, The Color of Wealth, the denver foundation, wealth distribution
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Raise a Guinness to social enterprise
By Sarah Hidey, JVA Consulting Guinness—the beer of all beers and staple of any Irish pub. Millions of people around the world love Guinness—demonstrated by the 1.8 billion glasses consumed each year (that’s 10 million a DAY!). What most of … Continue reading
Posted in Books and articles you want to read, Philanthropy, Religion, Social enterprise, Social innovators, Trends
Tagged Arthur Guinness, Arthur Guinness Fund for Social Entrepreneurs, beer, God and Guinness, Google, Guinness, John Wesley, JVA Consulting, Relief International, Sarah Hidey, Social entrepreneurship
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W.E.B. Du Bois’ great-grandson continues to move message forward
By Collin Lessing, JVA Consulting One of the many benefits of volunteer work is that it can lead to meeting amazing people. As a volunteer with Colorado Youth at Risk, I’m always meeting remarkable people with an interesting story to … Continue reading
Recruiting a dream board member: Thoughts from JVA’s Executive Director Academy Panel
The Genius Panel from JVA Consulting’s Executive Director Academy share their thoughts on how to recruit the type of board members that your nonprofit organization needs. Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Executive director training, Favorite clients, Social innovators
Tagged Alyssa Kopf, board of directors, board recruitment, Community Shares of Colorado, Denver Coalition for Integration, Janine Vanderburg, JVA Consulting, Katie McCune, Kay Ramachandran, Kevin Shipley, Meg Allen, Second Wind Fund of Metro Denver, Urban Peak
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Innovative ideas and big dreams bring bigger results in Harlandale Independent School District
In the coming months we will be bringing you a firsthand look at work being done by changemakers, both locally and from across the country. For our first installment, Collin Lessing interviewed Robert Jaklich, Superintendent of the Harlandale School District … Continue reading
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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A tribute to Steve Jobs, extraordinary change agent
By Janine Vanderburg, President/CEO JVA Consulting I am iMourning today. I bought my first Mac in 1984, after six weeks of taking a DOS class and after becoming convinced that the world of technology would pass me by. Within half … Continue reading →