We Made History on 101515Recap of First Annual National Financial Goal Day

Hundreds joined The Financial Clinic on 101515 for a historic kickoff

to the first annual National Financial Goal Day and Change Machine

Public Launch Celebrations took place on every corner of the

country mdash from Hawaii to Dallas Washington DC to Madison Los

Angeles to New York City and everywhere in between In addition

to practitioners joining in the celebrations of launch partners social

service staff advocates funders and other field leaders attended the

virtual celebration on Change Machine and social media by using

the hashtag myfinancialgoal The conversation continues in the

robust professional social network on Change Machine where

front-line staff experts and thought leaders can give and receive

support to help customers achieve their goals

Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mae Watson Grote (left) at a sold out power breakfast graciously hosted by Credit Builders Alliance and made possible by JPMorgan Chase amp Co Our partners at National Council Of La Raza joined Mae in discussing the power of partnerships and Change Machine in transforming services at scale

Goals of students who joined the Center for Financial Security at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (CFS) celebration Over the last two years CFS has led the peer review of financial security and coaching content on Change Machine We want to thank CFS for their ongoing invaluable support

Networking lunch graciously hosted by The Raben Group on the heels of a successful press conference the day before Both events discussed the Financial Empowerment and Reintegration Program an innovative capacity building initiative for three Los Angeles-based re-entry nonprofits with the generous support of the Citi Foundation and Californians for Safety and Justice

Washington DC Los Angeles CAMadison WI

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social service staff and the customers they serve at vimeocomchangemachine

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Together we launched a movement to build financial

security and improve financial mobility for all Americans

The Financial Clinic would like to thank for its support of Change Machine

Dallas TX

Launch of myfinancialgoal balloons graciously hosted by YWCA of Metropolitan Dallas made possible by JPMorgan Chase amp Co and including our partners at Communities Foundation of Texas

Colleagues from INPEACE launched financial goals with a paper airplane launch competition followed by a workshop on the importance of goals and the role of financial coaching in the community

Members of Prosper Canada team celebrating with their myfinancialgoal balloons

Waianae HI Toronto Canada

New York NY

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The flagship event sponsored by The Prudential Foundation began at 5 pm EST in New York City Hundreds of front-line staff government employees funders advocates and other changemakers joined the largest single celebration of financial goals in history Attendees could work with Clinic financial coaches to envision their myfinancialgoal take a picture with their goal at the photo booth share their goals at the social media lounge and launch their goals mdash literally mdash on a balloon Partygoers networked and sampled winning entries from ldquoLiquid Assets A Mocktail Competitionrdquo

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Over 200 social service staff advocates and changemakers shared their

myfinancialgoal on Change Machines professional social network

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In addition to the celebrations in person over 200 social service staff advocates and changemakers shared their myfinancialgoal on Change Machines professional social network Hundreds more shared their goals using the hashtag myfinancialgoal on Twitter and Facebook

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