We need a new framework for volunteering abroad that isempathy-driven rather than sympathy-driven: the Leadership Growth Experience (LGE). Voluntourism falls on the sympathy-driven end of a spectrum, implying pity and exoticism of foreign communities. LGE is on theempathy-drivenend of the spectru...
Particularly, engaging with agencies, and the difficulties getting contracts from local councils and the NHS: I had the frontline staff, I had the high up strategic staff, all supportive, I missed one vital level which was the middle management who sign off on local budget decisions. When it...
We encourage everyone who works for theFlip Projectto spend time canvassing, because we want them to know what outreach methods they are outperforming. Our work on promoting free ride-shares, especially in non-English languages where we have good translators andexisting assetswill get more people ...
InfoTable 1.1 "Volunteering as a Social Responsibility" by Amy J. Glicken As the volunteer coordinator for a rural nonprofit program in Arizona, I've seen the generous nature of people when they're asked to volunteer. I think that people become volunteers as they begin to realize that ...
By observing these principles, we can not only avoid choice paralysis as we try to act on our most beneficent impulses: We can also imbue our volunteering and our giving with the meaning and purpose that comes from knowing that we are, as the ethicist Peter Singer put it, “doing the mos...
for-profit charity recognized by the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) for the impact the community has on improving the lives of members, and on the volunteering work Stitch members do. Once enough funds have been raised Stitch plans to establish charitable entities in ...
our longstanding support of Lawyers Without Borders in the future, we are proud to reflect on the impact our employees have already had on improving access to justice around the world through volunteering and consulting opportunities with the organization.Readmore about our work with this organization...
This extends to your team, and to the creators and agencies you work with, too. “Diverse content comes from diverse, innovative perspectives,” Sprout’s Director of Diversity and Inclusion Cassandra Blackburn tells us. “We also know that diverse teams drive innovation–it literally increases th...
Beth sees many ways that people try to make a difference – volunteering, making donations, or telling their story – and all provide a way to give back or pay it forward.stories in CancerForward™, I spoke to Beth Sanders Moore, the founder, to ask her why they include stories and ...
especially when the reporter asked Beth why she spent all her time in a third world country for volunteering. She replied, "By helping these kids, i feel i'm doing good things for society, so i feel happy." Her answer made me realize that helping others is a kind of virtue, and i ...