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Youth community service: Belonging, reciprocity, and agency 

Candid

Activities they considered “service” included “working with others to make the community or campus a better place” (81%), “acting to benefit the common good” (80%), “everyday acts of kindness” (76%), “acting to raise awareness about a campus, community, or global problem” (72%), and “working with others to address social inequality” (68%).

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Hire Fresh Talent—But Before You Shop, Check the Fridge

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In this competitive environment, the impact that people make on brand and culture has never been more important. Applicants are seeking work/life balance, personal fulfillment, and career development. Personal fulfillment, career development, and work/life balance are among the intangibles that applicants are seeking.

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Are Associations Losing Their Members’ Trust?—The Leadership ColLAB Explores This Critical Question

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ENA Culture Statements Staff The Emergency Nurses Association will seek at all times to foster and maintain a culture of excellence, commitment, empowerment, collaboration, inclusivity, and accountability. Working on culture isn’t a finite activity. How can we restore trust in our work, our organizations, and our leaders?

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Earth Day ‘22: Salesforce.org Customers Tackle Climate Challenges by Land, Air & Sea

Saleforce Nonprofit

Today, on Earth Day, we want to recognize organizations in our nonprofit community that embody these principles as they work tirelessly year-round to advance their mission and improve the state of our planet. Mission: Empowerment of children and youth and mobilize for and enable the restoration of 1 trillion new trees worldwide.

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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Youth Programs

Kindful

Many foundations focus much of their philanthropy work on youth empowerment—and for good reason. The foundations on this list are just a few of the many that understand the importance that youth empowerment plays in helping young people from all backgrounds grow and excel during this critical stage of their life. Good Sports.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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We all want to know whether our work makes a difference. We offer some practical tips, some examples of funders doing this work, and some resources. Work with community participants to identify roles and set parameters around what they do and don’t want to do as part of MEL. But is this the right question?

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Guest Post: Transcending the middle with a metrics mindset

Twenty Hats

Albeit an essential role, volunteer management is frequently overlooked as the department that works to serve the needs of all the others. It can be a struggle and is eerily similar to being stuck in the middle; forced to live with one foot on each side of organizational dynamics; the go-between in the micro and macro of work.

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