March 15, 2011 – 11:42 am
Host Lauren-Glenn Davitian speaks with Amy Kirschner with Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility’s ‘Market Place’ program.
Amy Kirschner of the Vermont Businesess for Social Responsibility Marketplace shared this great resource for Vermont nonprofits with Common Good Vermont. Have something you’d like shared with the greater Vermont nonprofit community? Get in touch – Coordinator@CommonGoodVT.org, (802) 862 – 1645 ext. 21 Watch it Now: Video segment abt. the VBSR Marketplace Non-Profits are experiencing [...]
February 10, 2011 – 11:18 am
The Common Good “Non-Profits Vermont” day was really a worthwhile day-long conference. Well organized, and well-attended. I can’t recommend more strongly that our respective organization’s members get involved with and get on the Common Good mailing list at www.CommonGoodVT.org. – Sam Conant, Lake Champlain Access TV Thanks to everyone who made Vermont Nonprofit Legislative Day [...]
January 14, 2011 – 3:29 pm
Our friends as IdeaEncore recommend ways to share what you know with nonprofit colleagues across the world. Common Good Vermont also depends on you to share your news, events, resources and links. Here’s how: Build sharing into your organizational processes. When you publish a new report or finish a project, ask yourself what (parts) can [...]
November 1, 2010 – 10:58 am
Successful collaborations amongst nonprofit organizations often lead to very impressive measurable outcomes. CommonGood Vermont has been featuring collaborations from around the state of Vermont and New England to provide concrete examples on the right way to collaborate. The article below, written by Dana Hudson profiles the Vermont Food Education Every Day (FEED) program and ran [...]
October 26, 2010 – 11:30 am
The article below was in the October 20th, 2010 edition of the Burlington Free Press and was written by Lynn Monthy. It highlights an example of efficient and and successful merger of two nonprofits, Parent to Parent Vermont and the Vermont Parent Information Center. The two organizations have now merged to become the Vermont Family [...]
Gayle Gifford of Cause & Effect wrote to let us know about the results of a back office sharing effort run by Rhode Island conservation organizations. Vermont nonprofits and funders will find this illuminating! From her full blog post she reports: Just released is the case study from the Infrastructure Collaborative of the Land and [...]
We’ve just learned about important pending legislation from the National Council of Nonprofits: The Nonprofit Sector and Community Solutions Act (H.R. 5533) would strengthen America’s communities by making the federal government a more productive partner with nonprofit organizations by establishing 1) better communication with the federal government, 2) better coordination within government, and 3) enhanced [...]
OCP is an intergenerational partnership committed to providing opportunities to live safe, healthy, and balanced lives. OCP is a community coalition serving the towns of Barnard, Bridgewater, Killington, Pomfret, Reading and Woodstock which focuses on positive youth asset development, parent outreach, and alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevention initiatives. OCP’s Activities Include: Coordinates the Shining [...]
Speaking of nonprofit purchasing, The Nonprofit Centers Network (of the Tides Foundation) has just published a new Shared Services: A Guide to Creating Collaborative Solutions–the first comprehensive guide for nonprofit executives looking to create shared services programs. Filled with step-by-step guidelines, case studies, and sample documents, Shared Services draws from the experiences of people across [...]
