10 Tips from 10 Years in Financial Literacy
10 Tips from 10 Years in Financial Literacy by Brenda Campbell, President and CEO, Make A Difference – Wisconsin This time 10 years ago we were realizing that we may be on to something. We [...]
Madison Juniors Start the Day with Money on Their Minds
Madison Juniors Start the Day with Money on Their Minds Every junior at one Madison high school had the chance to raise their financial I.Q. from a new, widespread partnership. La Follette High School on [...]
Money Coach alum Taleavia presents … “Make Money Yours”
Money Coach alum Taleavia presents ... "Make Money Yours" You may have already read about Taleavia's story of financial empowerment. Now, in the spirit of #GivingTuesday, we're sharing the fun and inspiring spoken word piece [...]
Northwestern Mutual, Barb McNulty Honored for Impact in Financial Education
Northwestern Mutual, Barb McNulty Honored for Impact in Financial Education Northwestern Mutual and Barb McNulty earned top honors for their dedication and impact on teen financial literacy through Make A Difference – Wisconsin. McNulty and [...]
Study: The Long-Range Impact of Financial Coaching
Study: The Long-Range Impact of Financial Coaching by Brenda Campbell, President and CEO, Make A Difference – Wisconsin How do you know teens are putting what they learned to use in the real world? For [...]
Ricky Sandler, CEO/CIO of Eminence Capital, to Lead 2017 Investment Conference
Ricky Sandler, CEO/CIO of Eminence Capital, to Lead 2017 Investment Conference Date, sponsorship opportunities set for 9th annual event that supports teen financial education Milwaukee, WI (Oct. 10, 2016) – Ricky Sandler, a highly successful [...]
Innovation in Financial Education: PayPal CEO is Right to Downplay Technology
by Brenda Campbell, President & CEO, Make A Difference - Wisconsin It is very vogue to seek technological solutions to financial education problems. Over the last few years, dozens of startups have crowded the education [...]
Behind the Financial Impact Figures, There’s Someone Like Brittany
by Brenda Campbell, President and CEO, Make A Difference - Wisconsin By many accounts, I’m a numbers person. I love to see the quantitative results from surveys and research. I geek out over trend stories [...]
From Our Students: PEARLS Teens Make Money Lessons Matter
Some of the best learning experiences happen outside of the classroom. In addition to more than 80 high schools, our volunteers bring financial literacy lessons into a dozen community-based organizations (CBOs). For the last two [...]
“You Can Never Underestimate the Power of a Single Action”: MPS Superintendent Dr. Driver on Financial Education and Empowering Milwaukee’s Teens
Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Darienne Driver recently gave an impassioned perspective on the power of sharing knowledge with the city's teenagers. As a partner with MPS since our inception and given Dr. Driver’s prominent [...]
