Each month, the Social Good Blog highlights news and resources on a specific topic. In September, we are discussing best practices in nonprofit philanthropy. Today's post shares several resources for individuals determining how they can contribute to their favorite cause and for fundraising professionals looking to stay on top of the latest trends.
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Innovative Fund Creates Local Jobs, Expands Goodwill’s Mission
Through the operation of Goodwill’s well-known donated goods retail stores, Goodwill® provides jobs and career training -- services that are fundamental to our mission. Each year, tens of thousands of people are employed and millions receive mission services. To accelerate the creation of jobs and expansion of mission-related services, in 2013 Goodwill Industries International began offering a financing opportunity to enable more local Goodwill organizations to access the funds they need to improve existing sites and to open new stores and donations centers. In the three years since its creation, GMJCS has loaned $8.7 million to 12 local Goodwill organizations which have opened 22 new retail stores and 12 donation centers.
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Good Links for August
Each month, the Social Good Blog highlights news and resources on a specific topic. In August, we are exploring how collaboration between community colleges and businesses can help facilitate the advancement of America's workforce through 'upskilling'.
Why Collaboration is Essential for a Skilled Workforce
More than ever before, employers are looking for a skilled workforce. However, these same organizations are running into road bumps trying to find the right talent for open positions. It’s not that people aren’t looking for jobs; in fact, the opposite is true. People are searching for jobs and finding a mismatch of their skills with what the employer is seeking. So you might ask, “What can we do to address this issue?” One possible solution — encouraging job seekers to enroll in school.
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Good Links for July
Each month, the Social Good Blog highlights news and resources on a specific topic. In July, we are exploring how technology and virtual service programs can assist people on their quest for employment.
Three Ways Technology Is Transforming How We Learn and Work
In an ever-disrupted environment and in rapidly innovating industries, nonprofits are challenged to be more proactive and to accelerate adaptation. This accelerating pace of technology innovation is transforming how these organizations deliver mission services to people facing challenges to employment. For the individuals Goodwill® serves, the proliferation of virtual platforms and devices are resulting in more ways to learn, connect and communicate – both within the workplace and on-the-go. Here are three applications of technology we’re watching as we strive to reach more and serve more.
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Adventures in Virtual Service Planning: Connecting Users with Goodwill’s Mission
Digital technology is capable of forming the way around, through or over barriers that people have to employment. From job search engines to assistive technology, there are technological solutions to many of the problems used to deter or keep people from work. With this in mind, Goodwill’s organizations are turning to virtual service models and tools to fulfill their mission. Using the right digital tools in the right ways to meet the right objectives for the right people is crucial.
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Adventures in Virtual Service Planning: Connecting Users with Goodwill's Mission
Digital technology is capable of forming the way around, through or over barriers that people have to employment. From job search engines to assistive technology, there are technological solutions to many of the problems used to deter or keep people from work. With this in mind, Goodwill’s organizations are turning to virtual service models and tools to fulfill their mission. Using the right digital tools in the right ways to meet the right objectives for the right people is crucial.
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Do You Know the Person in the Mirror?
In my husband, I see an adoring father, a hard-working grad student and a great friend – in addition to Sgt. Johnson of the U.S. Marines. Each of these roles is intrinsically part of who he is, but they are by no means the same person. The first time I saw Devin Mitchell’s Veteran Vision Project, the idea that there are two sides to every veteran immediately resonated with me. Mitchell attempts to show this dichotomy in a very tangible way. Each photograph shows veterans looking in a mirror at “the other side” of themselves.
Good Links for June
Each month, the Social Good Blog highlights news and resources on a specific topic. In May, we are sharing resources for veterans transitioning to the civilian workforce and the people who support them.
Veterans: Have You Checked Out These Job Resources?
Like so many veterans, my father struggled to fit in and to find work after his service to our country. Today, veterans have more resources to choose from: Veterans.gov and GoodProspects®.
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Gig Economy Provides New Options to “Liquid Workforce”
The emergence of self-service online labor markets, including Upwork, 99Designs, TaskRabbit, Uber, and dozens more, has facilitated the rise of the gig economy; these crowdsourcing platforms make it easier for companies to contract with independent workers for short-term projects. The ‘gigs’ found on these markets can provide workers, including those having difficulty finding traditional employment, with income, and the opportunity to build skill and experience.
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