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NPO 025: Creating your Support Network (Jen Cole, Clean Fairfax)
NPO 025: Creating your Support Network (Jen Cole, Clean Fairfax)
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Length:
48 minutes
Released:
Oct 23, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Today's Guest: Jennifer Cole has been the Executive Director for Clean Fairfax Council since January 2009. The mission of Clean Fairfax is to encourage environmental stewardship and urban sustainability in Fairfax County, Virginia through education, programming, and community involvement. Clean Fairfax seeks to reduce littering and to encourage recycling, reusing, and reducing consumption, promote community action by supporting clean-ups and adopt-a-spots and serve as a clearing house for environmental information in Fairfax County. In our conversation, Jen shared about transition, building a community of support and finding ways to navigate the often tricky dynamics of partnership when people are not mindful of your mission. For more information, visit our show notes: www.nonprofitoptimist.com.
Released:
Oct 23, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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