Sentences with phrase «organizations working for change»

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«To get the full change to happen, we probably need not only greater representation of women, but we need to see also a cultural shift in organizations that really places greater value on gender equity in the workplace, and makes it more legitimate and acceptable for women to lend a helping hand to other women in the work place.»

Under your working definition of an entrepreneur in residence — someone who is an innovator but also can bring change to a large organization — for Victoria it may be soon to tell.

«You'll actually do yourself a favor, probably the organization you work for, probably your boss, too, by changing your mind, by reversing — by fixing what's broken.»

To improve employee engagement and make positive changes in the workplace, leaders should be asking employees for their honest opinion about what is working — or not working — in the organization.

Habitat's mission is something that you get a totally new appreciation for when you are part of the organization — actually seeing people actively working to change their lives, and the lives of their children, for the better.

Software for Good, is a Minneapolis - based for - profit, public benefit corporation that develops software for organizations «working toward positive environmental and social change.»

In their 2015 election platform, the Trudeau Liberals identified a number of items related to Employment Insurance (EI) that they would change: reversing the Harper EI reforms defining «suitable work»; reducing the waiting period for EI benefits; reducing EI premiums; introducing more flexible parental leave; providing better access to compassionate care; and increasing funding for employment and training programs managed by provinces, territories and Aboriginal labour market organizations.

Here are some organizations working to make systemic change and ensure justice for Tina Fontaine.

They contribute 10 percent of their profits to «non-profit community, environmental, health and responsible business organizations working for positive change.»

It's still new territory for organizations of all stripes in lots of ways, and making flexible options work may take a different approach that's supported at the top levels and is open to cultural change within the organizational structure.

When I used to work for IVCF the President of the organization said that criticism should only be offered if one is within the organization and can be of help in changing it.

Eventually, the White House changed course and extended the religious exemption to other religious organizations and will force insurers to provide and pay for contraceptives to people who work for religious organizations who oppose contraceptives.

By changing national rules as well as working to change EU - legislation, I aim to pave the way for more companies, organizations and citizens to get the best value out of the good food that is produced.

If we start this season with those two in our starting 11 it will be a clear sign from this organization that nothing has changed and that we will never get it right until both Kroenke and Wenger are gone... neither one of these players should still be with our club at this point because they represent the settling half - measures that have plagued this team for a number of years... this is what I call the «no man's land» of the soccer world, where teams don't have enough talented young players, unlike a Monaco or Dortmund, because they have lost the plot from an organizational standpoint... they are so reliant on one individual to run the whole operation that their once relevant scouting department has become so antiquated that it can no longer find those hidden gems it once had... furthermore, when you leave all decision - making to a manager who despises any dissenting opinions, your management team becomes little more than a stagnant group of «yes men» and no new ideas emerge... so instead of developing a team with the qualities necessary to excel in a particular system, you continually make half - brain purchases year after year to stifle dissent from the ticket - buying public, then try desperately to finagle together a lineup regardless of what would make positional sense... have you ever heard of a team who plays players out of position so often... of course not because that manager would likely be fired and never work for a team of any consequence ever again

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

Raise awareness for the work of the organization in order to reach more families, facilitators and policy makers, to ultimately impact social change.

The keys for me are seeing the hidden potential in what you have and can use, organization, and willingness to change my approach if the first attempt wasn't working.

The Diaper Bank awarded $ 25,000 from the Citizens Bank Champions in Action program - a unique initiative designed to reward the nonprofit organizations that work so hard to champion change in our communities and make life better for us all.

We are collaborating with other organizations to establish better policies for working families, utilizing social media, online petitions, and unique campaigns to create positive change on this critical issue.

The organization Working Parents for Change is working for the government to have fewer vacation days from school and more activities for children during the summer hoWorking Parents for Change is working for the government to have fewer vacation days from school and more activities for children during the summer howorking for the government to have fewer vacation days from school and more activities for children during the summer holidays.

Wellstone is honored to continue the work of the organization that blazed the trail over the past decade for organizers, advocates, and political campaigners looking to leverage technology to make social change.

This was revealed at the 1st Northern Regional Nutrition conference in Tamale organized by SNV, a Dutch development organization working on the Voice for Change Partnership program.

Former Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean will be a primary leader of the organization, which will work with like - minded Democratic groups like Color of Change, Emerge America, Run for Something, Indivisible Team and Swing Left.

This change of heart can, in large part, be attributed to the dedicated work of the people and organizations that joined Candles For Clemency.

New York Communities for Change (NYCC): A vibrant community organization of working New Yorkers united for social and economic justice, NYCC has worked with the UFT on several organizing and social justice initiatives, including our historic campaign to organize New York City's 28,000 family child care providers and our ongoing effort to bring charter school teachers into the union.

Long time «frontman» for the organization, executive director Mark Dunlea, is leaving the agency after 29 years to work on climate change

But Schwartz said that with the community constantly growing, his organization has «been working to get the name changed completely» for the past six years.

A diverse set of organizations including MoveOn.org, Families USA, Greenpeace US, New York Communities for Change, Make the Road New York, Planned Parenthood of New York City, Working Families Party, and the New York State Nurses Association, will come together on the eve of the inauguration to make clear to President - elect Trump and Congress what is at stake if they move forward with their suggested policies and remind them that New Yorkers will continue to protect our people and the environment.

New York Communities for change is a multi-racial membership based organization of working families fighting against economic and racial oppression.

Until 2001, she worked at the NationalAcademies» National Research Council over a 17 - year period, serving in several capacities — Executive Director of the Board on Sustainable Development, where she directed the Sustainability Transition Study and the Global Change Research Program; director of international organization programs for the Office of International Affairs; and Director of the Polar Research Board.

An organization that is working at full capacity lacks time for reflection and resources with which to adapt to change.

Significant changes for individuals who finished the program were seen in areas like ADHD symptoms, attention, initiating tasks, organization and planning, and working memory.

Working at Duke IM represents the merging of her background in health research and passion for empowering individuals, organizations and communities to make positive lifestyle changes towards the goal of reducing disease burden and helping others to achieve their optimal health and well - being.

Her experience in social change movements and managing charitable organizations has been extremely helpful when working with schools and community organizations to implement yoga and mindfulness programs for children.

During TCA's winter 2018 tour, Fischer revealed that she actually used to work in the transcription room for the organization and that she was fired after getting some life - changing advice from Molly Shannon.

Crucially, the participants have committed to staying involved in the project and will enlist an ever - growing group of advocates to work inside their organizations on articulating the business case for making changes in culture and practices to hire more women and people of color.

After years of systemic failure at Desert Trails Elementary, in 2011 parents with children at the school formed an autonomous organization, the Desert Trails Parent Union, and went door - to - door, working alongside other parents, to develop an agenda for change and get the word out about this new legal right they had.

With this award, the organization recognizes an educator who is working with a physical disability, is dealing with a changing educational environment, or has performed a heroic act for his or her students.

18 - 21 — Education counseling: «Facing New Frontiers Prospects for Challenge and Change in Group Work,» conference sponsored by the Association for Specialists in Group Work, for school counselors, members of community health centers, human service agencies, and similar organizations, to be held in Athens, Ga..

In How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work: Seven Languages for Transformation, Harvard Graduate School of Education psychologists Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey explain that most individuals and organizations are actually immune to deep and lasting change in spite of their best intentions to the conChange the Way We Work: Seven Languages for Transformation, Harvard Graduate School of Education psychologists Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey explain that most individuals and organizations are actually immune to deep and lasting change in spite of their best intentions to the conchange in spite of their best intentions to the contrary.

Before arriving at Edutopia, Nora was the editorial director at Fenton, a social change communications firm, where she worked across the agency managing content and multimedia projects for leading foundations, nonprofits, and advocacy organizations.

Research shows that this year, many organizations will prepare employees for the ever - changing nature of modern - day work by teaching them transferable skills that can be applied both in and outside the workplace.

As participants in a community of educators working together to improve schools, Innovators will transform the organizations they're serving, advocate for change, and grow their own capacity as thought leaders.

In order to help lawmakers translate issues raised in the courtroom to lasting positive change for students in the classroom, Students Matter works with diverse coalitions of organizations and individuals to identify and advocate for the commonsense policies proven to serve students, especially those in underserved communities.

Six SA / DV organizations also received grants to build their capacity for prevention education and to work with Game Change schools in their area to support long - term implementation.

«Cinécraft has been working with Fortune 1000 organizations to craft custom learning solutions for nearly 80 years and that is not about to change.

People for the American Way, a national civil - liberties advocacy group founded by the television producer Norman Lear, began working to have the procedures changed last year after it was denied the opportunity to testify in favor of textbooks criticized by Mel and Norma Gabler of Education Research Analysts, a nonprofit organization...

Fullan asserts that, while there is no standard formula for changing the culture of an organization, sustainable improvement requires several years of effort to work through complex cultural issues such as resistance to change and acculturation of the new leader.215 Turnover that occurs every two or three years makes it unlikely that a principal will get beyond the stages of initiation and early implementation.

Our goal is not to merely produce structural change in the leaders» work, but rather to transform the culture of the entire organization to eliminate inequities within the education system and to get the best results for all students.

Harris will remain in Indianapolis for his work with the new national organization, which is being formed to help cities around the country build the right conditions for education change, drawing from The Mind Trust's success in Indianapolis.