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The Red Cross in Connecticut is holding a Sound the Alarm. Save a Life. home fire safety and FREE smoke alarm installation event on Saturday, April 27 from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. in Greater New Haven. Red Cross volunteers and local partners will be canvassing neighborhoods, installing FREE smoke alarms, replacing batteries in existing alarms and helping families create escape plans. Please help Sound the Alarm on April 27 by making an appointment for a FREE smoke alarms installation or join us as a volunteer to help protect our community from home fires. For more information, to sign up for an appointment or to volunteer click on the logo above.
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The Power of Relationships in Schools
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NPQ & YNPN Series on Diversity, Inclusion, and Justice
A Museum’s Transformation: Cleveland Museum of Art Goes Deep for Inclusion
The CMA has adopted an explicit racial equity lens in support of its vision to become “a global leader among museums.” The test, of course, is whether the organization follows through on its plan.What Does It Look Like for a Community to Own Its Future?
In today’s world—perhaps more so than at any other time in recent history—the future of places big and small will not be determined by a singular leader or multinational corporation but rather by the people who live there. This article is the latest installment in the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Series co-sponsored by YNPN and NPQ.DataHaven, the Information Hub of South Central Connecticut
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Beth's Blog: Nonprofits and Social Media
Why and How Rituals Build Resilience in the Nonprofit Workplace
Last week I presented a session at the Nonprofit Technology Conference called “Activating A Culture of Resilience for Sustainable Impact,” with fellow NTEN board members, Ananda Leeke & Meico Whitlock as well as Carrie Rice.
We each tackled a different aspect of resilience. … Read More “Why and How Rituals Build Resilience in the Nonprofit Workplace”
Trainer’s Notebook: Using Posters To Spark Learning
Before I get to the topic of using posters to make your workshops or meeting more interactive (and fun), I want to wish you a Happy International Women’s Day! The photo above is from a mini-workshop I did as part of Wake International’s “Tech2EmpowerUSA.” at Twitter Headquarters this week. … Read More “Trainer’s Notebook: Using Posters To Spark Learning”
The Surprising Secret to Improving Employee Engagement
… Read More “The Surprising Secret to Improving Employee Engagement”Note from Beth: In my own work on activating a culture of wellbeing, employee engagement is a key component to success. My colleagues, Maddie Grant and Jamie Notter, have just published a new book, “The Non-Obvious Guide to Employee Engagement (For Millennials, Boomers, and Everyone Else) which provides a wealth of practical information and strategies.
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Feedly Mini for Chrome gets smarter in version 5
One million Feedly users rely on Feedly Mini to quickly add new sources to their feeds and save essential articles to their boards. Saving insightful articles to your boards allows you to share and shine with your team and train Leo. The more articles you save to a board, the greater the accuracy of Leo’s […]What is new in Leo 0.6?
We pushed Leo 0.5 to a limited beta in early March and collected lots of interesting feedback. The team is listening and crunching through all that feedback and adapting Leo to improve UI/UX as well as the relevance of the underlying machine learning models. Here is a summary of the changes we are pushing out […]Introduction to Leo 0.5
Sometimes you want to follow high volume publications like The Verge, NY Times, or VentureBeat because you trust them, but you are only interested in narrower topics, trends, or mentions. Reducing noise and information overload is a problem we care passionately about. We have been working over the last 12 months on a new feature […]Premium Fonts
Feedly Labs has been a really interesting experience for us because it has helped us get a deeper understanding of who the Feedly community is and how we can better serve you going forward. One of the insights we learned last fall is that the community seems to care deeply about typography. Based on that […]Deduplication Skill – Leo
It is frustrating to be skimming through your feeds and run into duplicate articles. This happens for example when you have overlapping keyword alerts where two different keywords exist in the same article. It also happens when some sources publish the same articles into different RSS feeds. Finally, it happens a lot when a company […]GuideStar
This Giving Season, Find a Worthy Charity with Online Reviews
Redwood City, December 16, 2013/GreatNonprofits.org and GuideStar (http://www.guidestar.org/?utm_source=Release&utm_medium=Link&utm_campaign=12.16.13_GNP_Release_HP)/- GreatNonprofits (http://greatnonprofits.org/), the largest nonprofit review site (think Yelp for nonprofits), lets people quickly find charities doing the most good, helping them donate wisely in this season of giving. Donors can find worthy nonprofit organizations based on nearly 200,000 real-life stories of impact, written by volunteers, donors and beneficiaries. For years, people were urged to look at overhead ratios (Philanthropedia Identifies Highest-Performing Nonprofits in Two Cause Areas: People with Disabilities (National); and Climate Change (Bay Area)
Donors Searching for Worthy Charities to Support This Holiday Season Get a Helping Hand with Top Nonprofit Rankings Washington, DC—December 5, 2013—Philanthropedia (http://www.myphilanthropedia.org/), a division of leading nonprofit information provider GuideStar (http://www.guidestar.org/?utm_source=Release&utm_medium=Link&utm_campaign=12.5.13_PhilRankings_Release_HP), today announced new rankings of the top 16 nonprofits supporting people with disabilities nationally and the top 18 nonprofits working on climate change in the San Francisco Bay Area. The rankings are based on in-depthFinancial SCAN 2.0 Delivers Deep Analysis of Nonprofit Financial Fitness
GuideStar and Nonprofit Finance Fund Upgrade the Only Online Service for Clear and Comprehensive Nonprofit Financial Health Assessment WASHINGTON, D.C. and NEW YORK, N.Y.–Nov. 19, 2013–Today GuideStar (http://www.guidestar.org/?utm_source=Release&utm_medium=Link&utm_campaign=11.19.13_FinSCAN2.0_Release_HP) and Nonprofit Finance Fund (http://www.nonprofitfinancefund.org) (NFF) launched version 2.0 of Financial SCAN (Situation and Comparables ANalysis), the only online service that provides comprehensive yet easy-to-understand analysis of U.S. nonprofits’ financial health. Financial SCAN (http:A Message From the Future
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Summer Opportunity for Young Artists in New Haven Public Schools!
Posted by Hilary Opperman on April 22, 2019 at 10:32am 0 Comments 1 Like
Award from Peers - Grateful
Posted by Susan Huizenga on April 22, 2019 at 12:41pm 1 Comment 1 Like
WPAA-TV was notified this week that it has won, the Overall Excellence award, the highest award presented by the Alliance For Community Media to access organizations. The award recognizes Community TV Stations for their overall operational activities and programming efforts. There are approximately 2,200 Community TV stations nationwide and about… Continue
Derby Daycare Puts the Focus on Play
Posted by The Community Foundation for GNH on April 18, 2019 at 3:40pm 0 Comments 1 Like
Derby Daycare Center was founded in 1972 in order to give working parents an affordable option for high quality childcare and early education. More than four decades later, it continues offer young children in the Valley with opportunities to grow and learn in a nurturing environment that puts a focus on play. …
ContinueThe Dalios’ $100 million gift has strings attached
Posted by Lee Cruz on April 17, 2019 at 10:09am 0 Comments 1 Like
Last week, Ray and Barbara Dalio announced their $100 million donation to support education and economic development in Connecticut. It’s an impressive amount, almost impossible for our struggling state to reject.
But it comes with strings attached...…
Summer Job - Leader for 3 - 5 Youth at Work Teen Stewards in Edgewood Park
Posted by Stephanie FitzGerald on April 16, 2019 at 5:34pm 0 Comments 1 Like
Job Description
Youth Work-Site Coordinator for Edgewood Park Stewardship Program - Summer 2019
The Friends of Edgewood Park, New Haven, CT are looking for a coordinator to create and implement a five-week youth park stewardship work program in the park for summer 2019.
Work and Program Description:
The Site Coordinator will supervise three to five New Haven youth, ages 14 – 18, selected to…
ContinuePublic Cost of Low-Wage Work in New England
Posted by Lee Cruz on April 15, 2019 at 4:30pm 0 Comments 1 Like
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An Open Streets Family Reunion: Reflections from the 2018 Open Streets Summit
By Ryan O’Connor, Director of Programs, 8 80 Cities Recently 8 80 Cities wrote a blog post about open streets being a labour of love. That being the case, the 2018 Open Streets Summit in New Orleans felt like a family reunion of sorts. It was rejuvenating to see old and new friends who share our passion for open streets and are working tirelessly to create healthier, happier, and more connected communities across the world. The event, which took place on September 15-16, brought together more than 50 leaders who currently organize open streets programs or are interested in bringing the...
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Open Streets Summit Draft Agenda
We hope you are getting ready and feel excited about the Open Streets Summit in Gretna/New Orleans! Taking place from September 15-16, 2018, the Summit will feature tours, presentations and networking opportunities with open streets champions and organizers from across the continent. Attendees will learn about the nuts and bolts of starting or scaling up open streets programs, including: Route design and planning Partnerships with business and officials Social inclusion Safety and logistics Marketing and promotion Program evaluation through measurable goals and metrics If you haven’t done it yet, click here to register for the Open Streets Summit only or...
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Open Streets Summit Speakers Announced!
The Open Streets Project is proud to announce that Ed Solis from Viva Calle (San Jose, CA), Romel Pascual from CicLAvia (Los Angeles, CA), Jaymie Santiago and Charles Brown from New Brunswick Ciclovia will join us as speakers for the 2018 Open Streets Summit in New Orleans and Gretna! Taking place from September 15-16 2018, the Summit will feature: Behind the scenes tour of the City of Gretna’s inaugural open streets program. Workshops, presentations, and networking opportunities with open streets champions and organizers from across the continent. Training and inspiration for both -novice and experienced- open streets organizers and supporters...
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Local Initiatives Support Corporation
A Model Worth Copying: Joint Ownership Structures for CDCs
In an in-depth article for The Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, attorneys David Goldstein and Jason Labate offer a case study of the Joint Operating Entity NYC (JOE NYC), which LISC has supported from its inception. The JOE NYC, a consortium of CDCs that have pooled their portfolios and expertise, is a blueprint that can help CDCs in other cities and regions shore up their stability in challenging markets and gain ground against the national affordability crisis.Minnesota Governor Celebrates LISC Duluth’s 21 Years of Investment and Partnership
This week, LISC Duluth marked its 21st year of investing in the city and the key work of local partners at its annual Building Healthy Community Awards. Governor Tim Walz gave the keynote address, stressing how innovative collaboration between local government and community leaders can make the city a safe and prosperous place for all residents. The LISC partnership model, he added, “is what smart government should do…what smart communities should do.”Reclaiming Charm City
A powerful new documentary offers an unvarnished portrait of residents and police in Baltimore working to stem violence in their beloved city. LISC is a proud national partner of the PBS film, helping to spark attention to its life-and-death message: through collaboration between neighbors and law enforcement, and imperative investment in underserved communities, we can make communities safer and better. It’s the very work LISC supports across the country.
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