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Broken Crayons: What Happens When Nonprofit Leadership Fails Fundraisers of Color

Bloomerang

After all, y’all said so in the three interviews we had with the staff, Executive Director, and the Board of Directors. Conversation after conversation led to the same conclusion: We were exhausted yet committed to sharing our truths with the hopes that they would inspire change. . So, what happened?

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Creating A Culture of Well-being in Your Nonprofit Workplace: The First Step

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of our hopes for the book was that it would spark conversation about the need for self-care as part of doing the work. Erika Atkins, Director of Operations at Opening Act , a theatre program that teaches theatre skills to students from New York City’s most underserved schools to help them succeed in life.

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8 Tried-and-True (Secret) Individual Donor Fundraising Action Tips

Bloomerang

Here’s what one reader of my Clairification blog recently wrote in response to a post I authored on The Real Skinny on Nonprofit Donor Thank You’s : One day in conversation with a donor, the subject of my notes came up. ACTION: Get your executive director to add notes for all gifts above a certain amount; you add notes for the rest.

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Upcoming Nonprofits Live on May 16: Gaming

Tech Soup

Featuring a lively mix of nonprofit technology guests sharing their unique perspectives on ways to harness the power of gaming as a catalyst for good, you'll hear how some organizations are using games as a platform for teaching leadership skills, problem solving, and global community building to youth. Expert Guests.

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Bridging the Opportunity Divide – Empowering Youth to Imagine and Realize their Futures

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Bridging the Opportunity Divide – Empowering Youth to Imagine and Realize their Futures – guest post by Akhtar Badshah, Senior Director of Corporate Citizenship at Microsoft. This morning, I had the opportunity to start my day with an inspiring conversation about the challenges facing today’s youth and how we can work to solve them.

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What I Didn't Learn in School: Diane Ragsdale's Crash Course on Beauty and Aesthetic Values

Museum 2.0

I have an unusual education for the director of an art & history museum: a degree in electrical engineering. I've been getting a taste of what I'm missing by devouring Diane Ragsdale's terrific series of blog posts about the course she is teaching on Approaching Beauty for business students at UW-Madison. A lot, I suspect.

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Joint Statement from Museum Bloggers and Colleagues on Ferguson and Related Events

Museum 2.0

Artists and arts organizations are contributing their spaces and their creative energies. Are there civic organizations in your area that are hosting conversations? Could your director or other senior staff join local initiatives on this topic? They are developing information on how to conduct community conversations on race.

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