Big Thought

We empower and equip youth to create their best lives and a better world.

[pepelwerk @pepelwerk]

🚨 Partnership Alert: @bigthought + pepelwerk 🚨

We’re teaming up to bring our AI Career Assistant to the youth Big Thought serves, helping them plan strong futures through personalized career guidance.

Together, we’re making career dreams more accessible than ever. It’s one more step toward a future where no young person is left behind. 🌍

#CareerReadiness #YouthEmpowerment #FutureOfWork #BigThought #pepelwerk

[Britebound @Britebound]

The @SamsClub initiative, "Unlock Potential," has given $3 million in grants to @bigthought & @SHRMFoundation to support building stronger pathways to employment for young people from underserved communities, with a focus on opportunity youth.

Learn more: https://t.co/eVtg8GqNtR

[Afterschool Alliance @afterschool4all]

Join us and @bigthought this Thursday at noon ET for a webinar about preparing and supporting the OST workforce! https://t.co/pLfKji1kIK

[The Compelling Why @CompellingWhy]

We completed an incredible journey discussing the career and life-enhancing power of emotional intelligence with the young men from The Fellowship Initiative, a program of @bigthought.

[Erin Offord @Nola_erin]

So glad to see such great art with great youth and a great leader and teacher. @bigthought is a proud partner with @TBAAL and Mr. King. Great showcase!

[Getting Smart @Getting_Smart]

What does fully integrating #AI in #education look like? In a new #GettingSmartBlog, Mason Pashia shares how @desotoisdeagles, @Knomadix & @BigThought are pioneering a district-wide AI system to personalize & enhance learning. Explore the revolution: https://t.co/knmzIpoUk5

[Charles Butt Foundation @CharlesButtFdn]

Discover the power of belief in the latest installment of our Voices on Teaching series featuring Byron Sanders, the President and CEO of @BigThought, and the teacher who unlocked his potential and changed the course of his life.
https://t.co/mrnRQ9Oy30

[Britebound @Britebound]

Byron Sanders, @bigthought joined by Kara May, @ArtInMotionChi; @GholdyM, @thisisUIC; & Grammy + Academy Award-winning artist @Common for a discussion on engaging opportunity + justice-involved youth in dreaming big & planning for their futures! #asugsvsummit #IAmFreeToDream

[Big Thought @bigthought]

Excited to be a partner for Earthx2024 Congress of Conferences, April 22-26 at Hilton Anatole, Dallas, TX! Experts from various fields will gather for this week-long event. Use our code BIGTHOUGHT20 to get 20% off on passes. Register at https://t.co/w93RTgvYgx to join us!

[Britebound @Britebound]

🌟A conversation with @common at #ASUGSVSummit!

With 5.5M disconnected + 728k justice-involved youth in the US, we must illuminate pathways to empower their dreams. Join this special panel to hear from experts & learn about a new campaign by Common + ASA. https://t.co/iiudiIdiwy

[NBA Foundation @NBAFoundation]

Founded in 1987, Big Thought is a Dallas based organization that is dedicated to youth empowerment 🥳👏

As an impact nonprofit, Big Thought closes the opportunity gap by equipping all youth in marginalized communities with the skills and tools they need to imagine and create their best lives and a better world.

To learn more, follow @bigthought and visit their website by clicking the link below 👇 🔗

https://t.co/LVnwRyrJj6

[Britebound @Britebound]

At ASA, we're committed to uplifting other organizations that focus on improving #careerreadiness outcomes for teens from underserved communities. That's why we've awarded grants to 16 youth-serving orgs. Keep reading to learn who our grantees are...

https://t.co/DvQUTjulvt

[reDesign LLC @reDesignLLC]

We want to thank youth panelists at reDesign, @bigthought and The History Co:Lab for leading the session on transforming education, “Can Young People Solve the Post-Pandemic Learning Equation,” at @SXSWEDU!

Listen to the full session here! ➡️ https://t.co/UlKCLKzqsc

#SXSWEDU24

[Big Thought @bigthought]

We’re thrilled to announce this support from @NBAFoundation. This investment will support opportunities and experiences where youth utilize their voices and creativity, learn about themselves, and build skills they'll carry for the rest of their lives. https://t.co/wNoMo7ejvN

[The Compelling Why @CompellingWhy]

Thank you, James Gonzalez (Iterative Health) and @joe_posada, for sharing your candid insights with the scholars from @UpliftEducation and participants in The Fellowship Initiative (Dallas), a program of @jpmorgan and @bigthought. Hearing from local business leaders from

[Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic @CottonBowlGame]

A BIG thank you 🏆

CBAA staff members & Board member Gillian Breidenbach presented the inaugural Community Champion Award to @BigThought as one of our 2023-24 Cotton Bowl Foundation grants recipients!

Big Thought has been making a big impact since 1987.

#LikeNoOther

[Wallace Foundation @WallaceFdn]

Chris Smith of @BostonBeyond, Lela Bell Wesley of @BigThought, Knellee Bisram of @PrimeTimePBC and Heather Schwartz of @RANDCorporation reflect on ways to foster belonging and life skills in #OST programs at the @BSHConference #BeyondSchoolHours

[AT&T Impact @ATTimpact]

This investment in #TheAchievery and collaborators like @summerlearning, @HHFoundation, @FarmwrkrJustice, @CampFireNHQ, @CityYear, @thinktogether and @bigthought will support summer learning and out-of-school programs to close education gaps that emerged in the pandemic.

[Big Thought @bigthought]

It's official – we'll be at @SXSWEDU 2024! 🎉 Our panel with @reDesignLLC and @TheHistoryCoLab will highlight youth as the design thinkers needed to reimagine the future of education

[Education Reimagined @EdReimagined]

At our “Meet the Inventors” panel at @Aurora_Inst, @Klbobroff of @NISNetwork, Steve Heath of FABx/@FabNewport, and Greg MacPherson of @BigThought shared their journeys and insights in collaborating with us to set strategies for evolving ecosystem development within their work.