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New on SSIR: Are we addicted to Slacktivism?

Amy Sample Ward

According to ABC news : According to the trend-tracking website Know Your Meme , the cartoon fad started with Facebook users in Greece and Cyprus in mid-November. Are we so accustomed to easy-to-accomplish campaigns that we assume every “call to action&# is/needs to be associated with a cause?

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How to Find Your Next Great Board Member

Connection Cafe

This situation often happens when corporations force their executives to join association or nonprofit boards “for the good of the company.” The last word comes to us from ancient Greece. That dynamic is a recipe for disaster if the board member doesn’t believe in the organization’s vision. Nosce te ipsum.

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Diversify Your Year-End Campaigns: How To Be Mindful And Inclusive Of Cultural Traditions

Bloomerang

As time goes by this festival may grow in popularity and ultimately become as associated with the season of goodwill as mulled wine and mistletoe. Tip : Consider how your organization can include some of the seven principles within or without your office walls to honor those in our community who celebrate this tradition?

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

EveryAction

Nonprofits like the Nature Conservancy , Union of Concerned Scientists , American Association of University Women , and NRDC do, too. These brilliant female figures in American space history are not so hidden anymore, thanks to the recently released book and critically acclaimed film about their contributions to the Mercury Program.

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