Common Good Vermont

Producer

Description

Common Good Vermont is a two-year pilot network that aims to support Vermont’s nonprofit organizations to “do more with less” and generate social benefit for the people of the state.

Programs in this Series

Format: 2024-04-25
Format: 2024-04-25
Vermont Nonprofit Legislative Day 2012 Interviews and Testimonies - 02/09/2012
Participant interviews, testimonies and Peter Gilbert's devotional on behalf of the nonprofit sector from the 3rd Annual Vermont Nonprofit Legislative Day held in the State House on February 9th, 2012. Over 100 nonprofit staff, board members,...
Trine Bech on Results Based Accountability - 01/18/2012
Trine Bech, Founder and Executive Director of the Vermont Parent Representation Center speaks with Common Good Vermont about the importance of data driven management for nonprofit organizations. Trine is a champion of Results Based Accountability...
Benchmarks for a Better Vermont: Results Based Accountability - 01/11/2012
Monica Weeber (Director of Planning & Organizational Development) and Amy Carmola Hauf (Director of Community Impact & Engagement) of the United Way of Chittenden County discuss how nonprofits can improve their effectiveness with Results...
Common Good VT 2012 Preview of Events - 01/09/2012
Common Good Vermont staffers Nick Carter and Lauren-Glenn Davitian preview upcoming events for Vermont's nonprofit community.
What Results do Funders Want? - Indicators of an Effective Nonprofit - 12/05/2011
Common Good Vermont speaks with Vermont funders about the importance of nonprofit tracking of outcomes and performance. This has bearing on overall organizational effectiveness,  successful grant applications and meaningful evaluations. Lesli...
Tropical Storm Irene Recovery in Vermont - 11/21/2011
Tropical Storm Irene Recovery efforts in Vermont with Vermont Community Foundation President and CEO, Stuart Comstock-Gay.
Lobbying & Communications Bootcamp 2011 Part 1 of 2 - 11/15/2011
Presented by  KSE Partners and Common Good Vermont.  Lobbying & Communications Bootcamp took place at the  State House in Montpelier on Tuesday, November 15. This brass tacks training will help you become better acquainted with...
Lobbying & Communications Bootcamp 2011 Part 2 of 2 - 11/15/2011
Part 2, Where the Rubber Meets the Road. Presented by  KSE Partners and Common Good Vermont.  Lobbying & Communications Bootcamp took place at the  State House in Montpelier on Tuesday, November 15. This brass tacks training will...
Measuring Will Help Vermont Manage - 11/10/2011
Recently released Census data are both a wake-up call and a gift for the Shumlin administration and the Legislature. A wake-up call because the statistics show that middle-income Vermonters are earning less and more of them are slipping into poverty...
Nonprofit Maven TV: Vermont Captive Insurance Association - 11/09/2011
Common Good Vermont's Lauren-Glenn Davitian speaks with Richard Smith, President of Vermont Captive Insurance Association, a member-based association whose mission is to educate, communicate, and advocate on behalf of the Vermont-domiciled...
Nonprofit Maven TV: Nonprofit Sustainability Plan with Mike Spencer - 11/09/2011
How can a small nonprofit organization attract the financial resources needed to ensure its survival? This question is common among Vermont nonprofits, and the urgency for an answer is rapidly increasing as organizations scramble to compensate for...
Media Maven TV: Gary Kessler - Covering Your Tracks in an Online World - 11/08/2011
Common Good Vermont's Lauren-Glenn Davitian speaks forensics expert, Gary Kessler and his views on the Surveillance Society. We ask him if it is a problem that we leave breadcrumbs all over the internet and how we can protect ourselves. A...
Nonprofit Maven TV: You Get What You Measure - 11/08/2011
Common Good Vermont's Lauren-Glenn Davitian speaks with Melissa Levy an Associate of Yellow Wood Associates, Inc. since 2003. Community economic development is about recognizing, preserving, and growing community wealth in all its forms: human,...
John Killacky on Challenges Facing the Arts & Lessons in Leadership - 11/02/2011
Common Good Vermont's Lauren-Glenn Davitian speaks John Killacky, Executive Director of the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts on raising funds in tough times, lessons in leadership, rethinking the arts and the blessings of mucking pony stalls.
Nonprofit Maven TV: Coaching for Success - 10/28/2011
Common Good Vermont's Lauren-Glenn Davitian speaks Susan Palmer of Susan Palmer Consulting. Susan Palmer provides leadership development services through a series of structured conversations designed to help professionals achieve more of the...

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