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Monthly Archives: March 2011
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
Vote for your favorite blogger in JVA’s Guest Blogger Contest!
Welcome to JVA Consulting’s 2011 Guest Blogger Contest! We created this to contest to engage inspiring, educating and motivating voices in the nonprofit sector. Read our guest blog entries and vote for your favorite, and the blogger who receives the … Continue reading
Guest Blogger Contest Entry: You want to know what a mentor looks like?
By Halo Jobson, Colorado Youth at Risk Colorado Youth at Risk is about saving lives. We are local one-on-one mentoring organization and we change the lives of over 300 at-risk youth every year. An example of one youth is Theron. … Continue reading
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Guest Blogger Contest Entry: From an idea…..to a program…..to a non-profit organization.
by Angela Bomgaars, Extreme Community Makeover From an idea…..to a program…..to a non-profit organization. How does that happen? How did I ever get connected with this idea that has impacted the direction of my life immensely? Have you ever really … Continue reading
Guest Blogger Contest Entry: Teaching the Importance of Social Change … with Turtles
by Sara Struckman, Mental Health America of Colorado The recent events in Africa and the Middle East have been dominant topics of conversation at my dinner table over the past couple of weeks. My husband and I both agree that … Continue reading
Guest Blogger Contest Entry: Technical Difficulties
by Kim Ann Wardlow, Audio Information Network of Colorado I’m alternately fascinated and frustrated by technology. Protesters take video with their phones and send it across the world. Scientific and medical breakthroughs occur as technology improves. For example, I have … Continue reading
Guest Blogger Contest Entry: Learning isn’t always easy
by Abby Landmeier We are in a time of recession, where many struggle to find jobs. The city I live in is experiencing one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation, rising above Flint, Michigan. We grumble. “Stupid recession,” … Continue reading
Celebrating nonprofits and agents of change
By Ashley Kasprzak, JVA Consulting Some people profess their love for animals, Doritos and other unique things through Facebook, tweets and bumper stickers. If I had to choose one silly love statement, it would be “I love nonprofits.” Admittedly, love … Continue reading
Janine Vanderburg wins Civic Ventures Launch Pad contest
Civic Ventures announced yesterday that JVA Consulting President/CEO Janine Vanderburg was one of five winners in its first ever Launch Pad contest, which aims to help people over age 45 turn creative ideas for solving problems in their communities into … Continue reading
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Guest Blogger Contest Entry: Investing in Your Authentic Self
by Laurie McCaw, McCaw Coaching and Consulting Six months ago, after a ten year run, I left the job of my dreams. It was one of the hardest decisions I would ever make. After all, who in their “right mind” … Continue reading →