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Trends in Volunteering

Tech Soup

Everyday, people across the country mentor students, beautify neighborhoods, help older Americans to live independently, restore homes after disasters, and much more. increased by 60 percent from 593,802 in 1998 to 947,274 in 2008 (IRS. 2008, making 2009 the largest single-year increase in the number of. communities.

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YOU ARE INVITED!

Grant Professionals Association

From that initial recruitment conversation, a beautiful friendship developed with one of the most convincing and welcoming people I had the privilege to know, and who would become one of my mentors. She has been in the grants field since 2008 and currently works as a consultant for the Government of Puerto Rico and non-profit organizations.

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Celebrating Women in Tech: An Interview with Qgiv’s Female Leaders

Qgiv

Meet Sandra Munoz, Director of Product – Fundraising . Qgiv: How did you end up working in the tech industry? Sandra: Since I was little, I have always been interested in computers. They intrigued me and I was good at it naturally. I had family members who were electrical engineers that encouraged me to follow the engineering path.

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Leaders in Nonprofit Technology: Daniel Ben-Horin

Tech Soup

With initial funding of $2,500, he started the CompuMentor Project to match computer enthusiast volunteers called computer mentors with Bay Area nonprofits that needed the help. CompuMentor in due course turned into TechSoup when it became a national nonprofit, and TechSoup Global in 2008 after it had become an international organization.

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Crowdsourcing Skills for Human Rights via Movements.org

Tech Soup

The original version of Movements.org was founded in 2008 by then-U.S. As The Daily Beast senior correspondent for national security and politics Josh Rogin put it : Movements.org "seeks to put activists in closed societies in touch with skilled people in the free world who can help them. It's crowdsourcing for human rights."

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To lead in DEI: Disrupting inequality requires disrupting culture  

Candid

A reactive start: How the recession sparked the Ford Foundation’s DEI commitment The economic downturn of 2008 forced the foundation to downsize, reducing our global headcount. At the Ford Foundation, where I serve as vice president and chief people officer, we’re deeply committed to working toward equality.

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Actionable Insights for Managing Gen Z in the Nonprofit Workplace

Blackbaud

I was laid off during the economic crisis in 2008 and had to rebuild what little career traction Id had prior to the crash. Since time immemorial, when a new generation enters the workforce, they are met with high levels of judgement and apprehension. Their preparedness and preferred style for working are often questioned and criticized.