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Creating a Culture of Continuous Learning

Gyrus

At the end of the day, it is the experience of ourselves and our colleagues that make the difference between industry acceptance and being just another small fish in the industry pond. Establishing a formal policy of Continuous Learning. The best way to ready ourselves for this shifting environment is Continuous Learning.

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Run a Productive, Fun Nonprofit Board Meeting

Get Fully Funded

If your by-laws do NOT include these things, you and your Board need to make this a priority to create these policies and amend your by-laws as soon as possible. But a Board member’s home can often be a lovely alternative, while still offering a private space for conversations. and what the voting and decision-making process will be.

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Sectorness: What does "nonprofit" do for us?

ASU Lodestar Center

This usage should make us stop and consider whether a smattering of policy makers, scholars, and practitioners have introduced an idea that has meaning only to them, resulting in a grand con on the range of individual industries and activities that fit a vague notion of "public good." As an industry, legal service charities are small.

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How to Pursue an Awesome Career in Nonprofit Management

ASU Lodestar Center

Evaluate Your Skills and Experience. Alternatively, consider a master of public policy or MPP that will teach you how to analyze, manage and lead in various public sector organizations. With the above information, you can really accelerate your career in the nonprofit world in practically any industry or specialty.

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Tech Policies for Virtual Teams: A Leader’s Responsibility

Non Profit Quarterly

Welcome to “Tech Policies for Virtual Teams—A Leader’s Responsibility.” We have a short evaluation at the end and formal breaks for Q&A throughout the session, so we invite you to stay engaged. And your perspective on technology policies, I think, will vary a little bit depending on your role in the organization.

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Why Your Organization Needs Telecommuting – When the Commuter Train Shuts Down

Tech Soup

The resultant traffic and chaos from commuters attempting alternate methods of transportation including ferries, buses, and carpooling likely resulted in something of a local holiday – as highways turned into parking lots. The future of work requires this shift in managerial mindset. Remote Work. But maybe you're not convinced.

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Overhead: Time to Pull Our Heads Out of the Sand?

Connection Cafe

There has been little consensus about the impact of focusing on overhead as a means of evaluating nonprofit organizations, either among nonprofit leadership or researchers. An industry-wide effort to understand donors’ tolerance for overhead is essential.

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