The 7th Biennial U.S. Society for Ecological Economics Conference took place in Burlington Vermont from June 9-12th 2013. This year’s event focuses on Building Local, Scaling Global: Implementing Solutions for Sustainability. In its broadest sense, sustainability includes all of the components of adaptability and resilience necessary to confront the socio-ecological problems of our time, and [...]
Is “Liking” a candidate on Facebook an endorsement from your 501(c)3 organization? The Media and Democracy Coalition and the Alliance for Justice will host a call on February 16th at 3 p.m. EST to discuss the recently released publication Influencing Public Policy in the Digital Age: The Law of Online Lobbying and Election Related Activities. [...]
If you want to brush up your online skills or teach others how to make the most of the Internet, Helen Labun Jordan of E-Vermont shared their updated Internet Basics Toolkit — the revisions included adding a section on designing beginner-friendly websites.
Three years after the start of the Great Recession, the gap between Vermont’s wealthiest and everyone else had widened, and thousands of Vermonters had sunk into poverty, according to a new report released by Public Assets Institute today. The governor’s goal of rebuilding the middle class is an important start, but Montpelier must begin to create a state that works for everybody, the report says.
Eddie Gale of The A.D. Henderson Foundation explains why it is important for nonprofits to be accountable for the work they do. In this interview with Common Good Vermont, Gale presents an funders perspective on the vital connection between outcomes and nonprofit performance.
Joy Livingston and Donna Reback of Flint Springs Associates are leading the Vermont Nonprofit Conference 2011 with a discussion of nonprofit outcomes. How do you know you make a difference? Join us on 4/14 and learn more from our experienced presenters.
Thanks to Vince Stehle, our friend at the Knight Foundation for passing on this latest webinar from Link TV and Participatory Culture Foundation. Community groups and community media folks will find this most useful! Please join Link TV and Participatory Culture Foundation, grantees of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, for a learning [...]
Have we ever mentioned how much we love the work that NTEN does? Check out this most helpful report–hot off the press! A high unsubscribe rate is bad, right? Not necessarily, according to the 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study, just released at the 2011 NTC by M+R and NTEN. As it turns out, a high unsubscribe [...]
In 2010, Common Good Vermont worked with our colleagues at the Vermont Community Foundation and the Center for Rural Studies to compile the Understanding Vermont Report on Vermont’s Nonprofit Sector. Since the report was issued, we’ve discovered an error in the report. In fact, Vermonters are more likely to trust nonprofits than the government. Because [...]
Tiffany Bluemle, Executive Director of Vermont Works for Women posted this in their latest newsletter: At VWW, we are constantly looking for opportunities to train women in careers that lead to economic independence. When we can do this and address an important issue like global warming, it’s even better. Such is the case with FRESH [...]
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