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Providing education for incarcerated students

M+R

When we started working with Vera in 2017 to expand access to postsecondary education in prison, we worked out a five-year timeline. Our campaign garnered bipartisan support for lifting the ban and spurred policy shifts in states including New Jersey, Michigan, Tennessee and North Carolina.

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What are Effective Strategies Nonprofit Organizations Use to Improve Diversity and Inclusion?

ASU Lodestar Center

In a recent study, researchers found that “a board that has greater gender diversity has more effective governance practices and is more likely to have policies and practices related to diversity” (Buse, Bernstein, Bilimoria, 2014, p. How can nonprofits successfully integrate a country’s diverse workforce? 32 Issue: 7, pp. Sessler, B.,

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Research Friday: What Affects Hispanic Volunteering - Comparing Three Surveys in the United States

ASU Lodestar Center

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Few existing empirical studies, however, have examined what affects Hispanics' decision to volunteer and what type of organizations they volunteer for.

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150+ Creative Ways to Show Donors Appreciation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It can be helpful to lead a planning process within your own organization that examines your organizational assets and access so you can translate them into benefits. Knowledge: Subject matter expertise, research, polling, case studies. Be careful with how much access you promise donors. It is seen as wasteful overhead.

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10 Instagram Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For examples of text-free avatars, see the United Way of Southwest Michigan and Amnesty International : Instagram Bios. To get access to Insights, to post ads, set up a Shop, and use Instagram Charitable Giving Tools, your nonprofit must have an Instagram Business Account. 10) Study Facebook Business Suite.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

The Diversity Abroad Annual Conference constitutes the most comprehensive national forum on issues of access, diversity, and inclusion in international education. UW-Madison Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies / Madison, WI / $525. Diversity Abroad Conference. Diversity Abroad Network / Atlanta, GA / Free. Diversity. Strategic.

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