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Stay the Course Through Changing Weather—Strategic Advice From Association CEOs 

.orgSource

Prioritize Value Stephanie Mercado, CAE, Executive Director, National Association for Healthcare Quality Make value the priority. Does your governance structure help or hinder your progress towards goals? This attitude is vital to growth and keeps mature associations from stalling. Provide “just-in-time” volunteering.

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How can small nonprofits be successful in strategic human resources management?

ASU Lodestar Center

83% of nonprofits have an annual operating budget of only $250,000, according to the National Council of Nonprofits. The organizational structure of small nonprofits also produces unique challenges. A sector-wide solution must be pursued, creating a shift in attitude toward SHRM within small organizations. Solutions.

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Unions and their role in the social sector

Candid

law with the 1935 National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Once a union is recognized or a union election is certified by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the union can negotiate contracts on behalf of the employees it represents (known as collective bargaining). . Unions are both local and national. Unions award grants.

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Narrative Change Strategy

Forum One

Organizations, such as First Nations Development Institute, have their core values and belief about the potential of First Nations communities woven into their narrative that access to appropriate resources creates the environment for ingenuity to help ensure the well-being of First Nations communities.

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How to Make the Most of Your Conference Experiences

NonProfit Hub

Nonprofit Hub hosts Cause Camp , a national nonprofit conference, every spring. A lot of conferences have structured networking sessions built in to the agenda that almost force attendees to mingle with one another. Attitude is everything. As you’re conferencing, you need to maintain a positive attitude.

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Women of Color Leading Essential, Activist Work in Cultural Institutions

Museum 2.0

A new poster from the National Park Service, based on Rich Black's 2009 image. Betty Reid Soskin - Rewriting History in the National Parks Yes, I DID save the best for last. Betty is the oldest national park ranger in America at 94, but more importantly, Betty is an activist, a truth-seeker, and a storyteller.

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Nonprofit Communications Plan: How-To Determine Communication Objectives

Bloomerang

In other words, there is no real “method to the madness” but just a “hope for the best attitude.” And this blog series will help to offer a little step-by-step structure to develop a nonprofit communications plan. The effort lacks clear communication objectives and no specified audience has been identified.