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Success Factors For Promoting Living Wages In Richmond Virginia, Alison Kent
Success Factors For Promoting Living Wages In Richmond Virginia, Alison Kent
School of Professional and Continuing Studies Nonprofit Studies Capstone Projects
Advancing living wages helps reduce poverty, enable individuals to realize their full societal potential, and support overall economic growth. In this paper, I describe a research project I undertook in Richmond, Virginia to identify impactful actions that can be taken to promote living wages. I identified the roles of organizations across different sectors and subsectors and how these organizations collaborate to drive living wages. I define the model that has evolved in Richmond, Virginia and I compare it to models employed in other communities. I close by identifying those components which are unique and powerful in the Richmond model and …
Measuring, Reporting And Communicating Volunteer Impact, Lisa Cheney-Resch
Measuring, Reporting And Communicating Volunteer Impact, Lisa Cheney-Resch
School of Professional and Continuing Studies Nonprofit Studies Capstone Projects
This study seeks a more comprehensive understanding of the importance of volunteer impact reporting. Volunteers serve as an essential and inspirational resource to nonprofits. They also assist organizations in a variety of ways that touch lives, build philanthropy and help to sustain a legacy. So, how can nonprofits recognize the value of a volunteer program? This study will examine existing literature’s best practices and methods of reporting volunteer impact, the challenges facing impact reporting and the benefits obtained when an organization communicates to all stakeholders about volunteer impact. Specifically, the study interviews local healthcare nonprofit volunteer directors to ascertain how …