Nonprofit Leadership
48in48 Nonprofit Spotlight: Let’s Be Selfless
What is Let’s Be Selfless all about? Layla is not your typical 9-year-old – that was clear right away. With the support of her family, Layla founded the Nonprofit Let’s Be Selfless with a mission to show people that you’re never too young to make a difference, and you can do anything! Layla started with…
Read More48in48 Nonprofit Spotlight: WE:ARE
Who is WE:ARE? I got the opportunity to speak with Jo Willis recently about WE:ARE Women’s Empowerment And Recovery Educators. A nonprofit organization based in Birmingham, England, WE:ARE serves women who have experienced domestic violence by giving them the tools and community to work through their experience in order to live a free life. Jo…
Read More48in48 Nonprofit Spotlight: Noise Abatement Society
What exactly is the Noise Abatement Society? In 1959 John Connell OBE founded the Noise Abatement Society (NAS) in the United Kingdom to solve noise pollution problems for the public benefit. He led the charge to lobby the Noise Abatement Act through the UK Parliament in 1960, making the UK one of the only countries…
Read More48in48 Nonprofit Spotlight: Chicago Tap Dance Theatre
Tapping through the Holiday I jumped on a Zoom call with Mark Yonally just before the holiday season to learn what Chicago Tap Theatre was up to after their 2020 Global Event website build. Mark, the founder of Chicago Tap Theatre, had just finished preparing for Chicago Tap Theatre’s upcoming Holiday Tap Party that was…
Read More48in48 Nonprofit Spotlight: 2LIVE Daily
A Fearless Leader When I hopped on a Zoom call with Debbie Carter this evening, I learned she had just finished her workday with her life coach business. From there she had made the mental switch to tell me about her separate nonprofit called 2LIVE Daily. If the superhuman status of running both a business…
Read MoreNonprofit Spotlight: Atlanta CASA
New name, new chapter Did you all know that Atlanta Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) has only existed for 25 years? It also surprised me that CASA’s oldest unit, founded in Seattle, only began in 1977. From the time I can remember, CASA has persisted as a nationwide staple nonprofit with a household name. I…
Read MoreEndangered Nonprofit Coalition launches to drive awareness and financial support
At 48in48, we learned about the Endangered Nonprofit Coalition and want you to learn more about this important cause, too. Please share the information with a Nonprofit leader today. As many of you know, the effects of COVID-19 have been incredibly difficult for nonprofits, and could still get worse, with potentially devastating effects for the…
Read MoreSpotlight on Sima Parekh, the new 48in48 Executive in Residence
48in48 would like to welcome Sima Parekh, who joins us as Executive in Residence to help with strategy and direction for fund raising and project management. Sima has been involved with 48in48 since its inception, volunteering as part of the BKV team in Year One and expanding her efforts in Year Two to lay the…
Read More48in48 Thanks Delta Air Lines for Recent Growth and Impact
At 48in48 we are hard at work preparing for our October events in Atlanta and New York, and our inaugural London event, taking place in November. At each of these events, we will build websites and provide digital marketing services for 48 nonprofits. We are thankful for our incredible partners and sponsors who have helped…
Read More3 reasons your nonprofit should start using Slack today
I was talking with a good friend over the weekend that works for a nonprofit when he said to me, “I wish we could find a better way to communicate internally aside from sending a ton of emails.” Of course, my immediate response was, “You should use Slack!” My friend had never heard of Slack,…
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