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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Cru Vin Dogs (Part 2): Colorado Wine for a Cause
By Amber Alarid, JVA Consulting For those of you who have already read the Cru Vin Dogs blog, posted last week, this sequel offers a fantastic discussion with Cru Vin Dogs President and Co-Founder Mary Snellgrove. For those of you … Continue reading
Posted in Philanthropy
Tagged Amber Alarid, Bill Foss, Cru Vin Dogs, Jay Snellgrove, JVA Consulting, Mary Snellgrove
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Ask Amber: Don’t panic (Part 2)—opportunities are out there for young professionals
By Amber Alarid, JVA Consulting Last week, my coworker Katie McCune was a member of a public service sector career panel at CU Boulder, put on by Career Services. Though the panel was targeted at current college students, there was a … Continue reading
Posted in College graduates and nonprofits, Community, Economy, Education, Gen Xers, Jobs/economic development, Millenials, Youth development
Tagged Amber Alarid, ask amber, Ben Baldwin, Burgess Consulting, Christine Berg, Colorado Judicial Branch, CU Boulder, CU Boulder Career Services, JVA Consulting, Katie McCune, Lafayette City Council, Melanie Burgess, National Park Service, Veronica Marceny
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Don’t panic (Part 1)—opportunities are out there for the nonprofit sector
By Katie McCune, JVA Consulting Last Wednesday, I had the privilege of speaking at University of Colorado at Boulder (CU) Career Services’ Public Service Career Panel. The purpose of the panel was to provide students and alumni insights into the … Continue reading
Posted in Boomers, College graduates and nonprofits, Community, Economy, Education, Gen Xers, Generations, Human resources, Millenials, Social media, Trends
Tagged ask amber, Ben Baldwin, Burgess Consulting, Career Services, Christine Berg, CO-Jobs, Colorado Judicial Branch, Colorado Nonprofit Association, CU Boulder, CU Boulder Career Services, DC Central Kitchen, JVA Consulting, Katie McCune, Lafayette City Council, Lisa Lovett, LLC., Melanie Burgess, National Park Service, Office of Congressman Jared Polis, Public Interest Internship Experience, Rocky Mountain National Park, Silver Tsunami, Veronica Marceny, young professionals
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Pay for Success: Thoughts on the new government funding model
By Ashley Kasprzak, JVA Consulting After watching a live webcast from the White House last week about the Pay for Success: Investing in What Works model, a line from folk singer Doug Burr’s Graniteville is flowing through my mind: Wake … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability/transparency, Assessment, Books and articles you want to read, Economy, Evaluation, Fundraising, Grantwriting, Trends
Tagged Ashley Kasprzak, Doug Burr, government funding, government grants, Graniteville, JVA Consulting, Nonprofit Finance Fund, Pay for Success, Pay for Success: Investing in What Works, Performance Bonds
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Cru Vin Dogs “Pours it Forward”
By Amber Alarid, JVA Consulting So as soon as JVA starts an informal tradition of writing blogs about local breweries doing great work in their communities, someone has to go and break this tradition. Don’t you hate when that happens? … Continue reading
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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We are the 99 percent—nonprofits and the Occupy movement
By Sarah Hidey, JVA Consulting “We are the 99 percent. We are getting kicked out of our homes. We are forced to choose between groceries and rent. We are denied quality medical care. We are suffering from environmental pollution. We … Continue reading
Posted in Books and articles you want to read, Community, Economy, Issues, Jobs/economic development, Politics, Social media, Trends, Volunteerism/civic engagement
Tagged 1% movement, 99% movement, Albus Brooks, CNN, Councilman Albus Brooks, Denver, District 8, Economy, Facebook, JVA Consulting, Occupy Denver, Occupy WallStreet, Protest, Resource Generation, Sarah Hidey, Tumblr, twitter
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Ask Amber: Finding your first real job
By Amber Alarid, JVA Consulting When sharing my blog with friends and gathering their input on what information recent college grads and grad students need, I get some great questions for my blogs—some of which have already been featured. However, … Continue reading
Posted in Books and articles you want to read, College graduates and nonprofits, Generations, Human resources, Jobs/economic development, Millenials, News you can use, Trends
Tagged Amber Alarid, Colorado Nonprofit Association, finding a job in nonprofits, finding a job in your field, job training, JVA Consulting, Mashable, networking, recent college grads, Rosetta Thurman
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