As of November 2014, Neighborhood Partnerships has three new board members. Here’s a little bit about them: Roberto Jiménez Roberto is Executive Director of the Farmworker Housing Development Corporation in Woodburn. He has decades of experience in economic development and nonprofit management. He is actively involved in the Housing Alliance steering committee and was recently […]
Re:Conference Re:Cap
Thank you to the nearly 300 people who participated in the 2014 RE:Conference this year. After a slight delay (we didn’t want to compete with weather headlines last week), we’re happy to share slides, videos and photos from the conference. In a follow up survey, 9 out of 10 people said it was one […]
The simple secrets that can really change client behavior
How two Oregon nonprofit employees are taking the practical science of behavioral economics and making it work for them. By Matt Kinshella Let me tell you a story about how a tiny decision made by public officials has saved millions of lives in several European countries. And how understanding the science behind that change has helped two Oregonians bring […]
Your brain is getting in the way of your mission (but it doesn’t have to)
Your brain doesn’t work the way it appears to. Is this general statement a surprise? Probably not. Behavioral economics and neuroscience is taking over the world. We’re told that understanding our mental foibles is the key to success, happiness and persuasion. You may have imagined, as I have many times, figuring out the brain […]
Two big staffing announcements
Last week we met Omar Carrillo – Neighborhood Partnerships new program coordinator. This week, we’re thrilled to introduce two more staffing changes. First, staff member Jess Junke is the new Director of Economic Opportunity at NP. To quote Jess: “To put it lightly, I am feeling pretty stoked about this opportunity.” We’re stoked too, Jess. You can […]
Meet NP’s New Program Coordinator Omar Carrillo-Tinajero
We’re thrilled to have Omar Carrillo-Tinajero on board. Omar actually worked for NP two legislative sessions ago and now he’s back in a new capacity. Omar will manage NP’s housing policy work and lead efforts to expand and diversify the membership and leadership of the Housing Alliance. I asked Omar a few questions so we could […]
QUIZ: What’s your ideal summer, Oregon? (Question 5 may surprise you)
We all daydream in the summer time. Take a second out of your day to find out what your ideal summer says about you. If your ideal summer includes more Oregonians having enough money for rent, share this post with the hashtag: #idealsummerOregon.
You’ll never see ‘No, Section 8’ again
Imagine you’re looking though the apartment ads in the local paper. You find the perfect place. It’s near your kid’s school, fits within your tight budgetary restrictions and is available right now. In this rental market you know you’ll have to get there early to meet the landlord and compete with a half-dozen other people […]
Despite how it feels, talking about poverty is getting easier
A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll shows promising results for those conversations you might be having about poverty. “Now, nearly half of respondents, 47 percent, attribute poverty to factors other than individual initiative,” says the poll. Although opinions still fall along expect political divides we’ve come a long way since 1995. As Topos put in […]
The world’s leading marketing guru shares a valuable lesson on homelessness
I was reading a summary of Seth Godin‘s 2014 HOW conference interview and he shared an anecdote that stood out to me: If you read Patti Smith’s book about her and Robert [Mapplethorpe] called Just Kids … she was homeless for years — HOMELESS! — living on bread from the garbage can, sleeping in the […]