Inspired 4 Life: A Day That Truly Blew My Mind

Elena Sokolow — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:55:27 -0600

Who inspired you?

This question bounced around my brain all day last Tuesday, as I was one of over 600 people who attended United Way's Inspire 4 Life Conference, a full day of workshops that focused on issues impacting youth in our community and a variety of approaches to address those issues. It was a day filled with learning on a wide variety of topics ranging from the practical, such as engaging families, engaging youth in career exploration, bridging the divide between schools and after-school programs to the more theoretical and technical such as applying brain science to adolescent development. It was this last session that seemed to leave one of the biggest impressions. read more »

Interview with United Way's José Ferrao

Meghan Keaney — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:49:12 -0600

This week, Mission Recognition, a blog focused on helping nonprofits advance engagement, posted a podcast interview of United Way's José Ferrao. In the interview José talks about social media in the nonprofit world and highlighted inspire 4 life, our community campaign to encourage more adults to get involved in young people's lives. read more »

You can listen to José's interview here
Find out more about inspire 4 life here
Read on for other interesting Mission Recognition podcasts...