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How can nonprofits enact successful inclusion strategies for disabled stakeholders?

ASU Lodestar Center

Diversity and inclusion remain one of the top nine challenges facing the charitable sector as reported by a survey of more than 1,000 diverse individuals, but disabled people are often left out of the inclusion conversation altogether. Respect self-identifying language. Utilize inclusive language.

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77 Quotes from VolunteerHub Clients

Volunteer Hub

“Our volunteer program plays an important role in providing the MacEwan student body with much-needed resources, services, and programs that would otherwise be unattainable without the support and commitment of volunteers,” said Tosheena Thompson, Volunteer Manager for Students Association of MacEwan University.

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Social Media and Health Care (at SxSW)

Forum One

Three panelists steered the discussion: Ed Bennett, Manager of Web Operations at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Challenges. It wasn't difficult to itemize their challenges: Concerns about lawsuits (Tweets are admissible in court!). Hire leaders: One way to spur adoption is through hiring. Regulations.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: $250000 Collaboration Prize Finalists.

ASU Lodestar Center

The Finalists are: Adoption Coalition of Texas , Austin, Texas Community Voice Mail Federation , Seattle, Washington Feed More, Inc. No one said collaborating is easy, and a whole section of the Collaboration Prize application is dedicated to “challenges along the way.&# Kellogg Foundation. Richmond, Virginia Graduate!

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Guest Post: Shaking up the Ecological Landscape

Museum 2.0

In rapidly changing environments, more species adopt an “r” strategy—they have lots and lots of offspring, most of which die, and often high levels of genetic variation. Individually and as a field they have flourished by adopting a K strategy. Change is more likely to be bad (maladaptive) than good. This is called a “K” strategy.

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