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August Awareness: National Back to School Month

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With more families living in urban and suburban areas, some schools have shifted to a year-round or alternative academic calendar, but the majority of schools still keep a start date sometime in August, making it the perfect awareness month for back-to-school preparations. How to celebrate National Back to School Month.

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How To Embrace Creative Tensions To Solve Tough Problems

Eric Jacobsen Blog

This new way of thinking means that instead of choosing between alternative poles of paradox, you figure out how to engage both poles simultaneously. As we are faced with dilemmas – choices between seemingly opposing alternatives – we feel compelled to make a decision to feel a sense of control and comfort. “As

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Strategies For Solving Your Toughest Leadership Problems

Eric Jacobsen Blog

This new way of thinking means that instead of choosing between alternative poles of paradox, you figure out how to engage both poles simultaneously. As we are faced with dilemmas – choices between seemingly opposing alternatives – we feel compelled to make a decision to feel a sense of control and comfort. “As

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How can nonprofits and funders create mutually agreeable performance measures?

ASU Lodestar Center

At the same time, remain aware that data will fluctuate before trends and causal relationships can truly emerge over time. Chapters report data to the headquarters which enables the organization to move resources quickly to where they are needed most. Create organizational partnerships to build capacity and deeper understanding.

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Nonprofit as Shibboleth

ASU Lodestar Center

Maybe these alternate spellings are all the same to you, and that’s fine. As told in the 12th chapter of the “Book of Judges” in the Christian bible, the Ephramites tried to blend in with the locals as they were fleeing the country. Should be interesting, anyway. This post is about the way people write the word nonprofit.

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3 Topics for Medical Society Execs to Watch

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The program can be broken down into two different tracks: Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Advanced Alternative Payment Models (Advanced APMs). Further, many of our members may not even be aware of these changes—and if they are, they can feel overwhelmed and uncertain of what to do to be successful.

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KONY, Networked Nonprofits, and Transparency

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I shared the video on my personal profile and it prompted quite a heated discussion in the comments between my colleagues. The controversy on my Facebook wall boiled down to those who felt the emotional pull of the story and those who had an alternative view. Has Invisible Children been transparent?

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