Young entrepreneurs, community organizers, thought leaders and CEOs gathered at the YES Summit to discuss the future of youth entrepreneurship.
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YES Summit Gathers Young Entrepreneurs and Creative Minds
Back to the Basics: Financial Literacy and Civic Engagement
Nathan Rothstein discusses the challenges facing young people today and suggests new paths forward.
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What Business Means to Me: Reflections from a Newly-Minted MBA
Through lessons learned in the classroom, conversations with professors and classmates, and involvement with entrepreneurs in my own community and abroad, I am leaving school with an entirely different view of business than when I entered. Business, when handled responsibly, can mean self-sufficiency. Business can mean independence and empowerment. Entrepreneurship can mean respect for...
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Why #roxtweet: Nathan Rothstein on Cross-Sector Collaboration and Partnership
As we try to launch our ventures, whether in the private or nonprofit sector, it is important for us to show our support to a city that is made up of many different parts.
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New Prosperity offers workshop aimed at rethinking career development at Passion Into Action Conference
On April 29-30th, NPi partner See Jane Do will host its 2nd Annual Passion Into Action women's leadership conference in Grass Valley, California.
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Why We Need to Save AmeriCorps: A Lesson from New Orleans
The work was difficult, the conditions were rough. While American soldiers were abroad fighting two wars, AmeriCorps volunteers rebuilt homes that had been torn apart by our country’s failure to protect our levees.
The roads had not been paved since the 1930s when the WPA hired local workers to improve the city’s public infrastructure. Now...
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NPi Launches Navigating a Path to a Career in Public Service Workshop
In a recession, when major institutions are dramatically changing/failing (and technology is changing the way people do their work), how do we find jobs we enjoy that also pay the bills?
This workshop doesn’t give you all the answers, but it undoubtedly changes the kinds of questions you ask yourself.
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NPi Talks With RootsCamp Massachusetts
NPi Speaks With RootsCamp at RootsCamp Massachusetts 2010 - a civic-engagement themed "unconference" where organizers set the agenda, share lessons learned, and discuss best practices in community organizing.
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A Modern Networking Story
Despite the rise of social media tools, we still have pre-conceived notions about the proper way to network and meet new people. If two people meet at an event with name tags and exchange business cards, then we’ve done it “right.” In an ideal world, transferring contact information leads to a personal connection, but...
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5 Lessons from Entrepreneurship That Have Nothing To Do With Money
The work we do as individuals or organizations means little if people can’t clearly understand what the work is. As innovators, we have the tricky job then of running with new ideas while presenting them to others in recognizable, relatable language.
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