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5 steps for nonprofits to enact diversity, equity and inclusion strategies

ASU Lodestar Center

Walker shares this example in an article in The Journal of Infectious Diseases. He has spent the past 20 years in the arts and culture and philanthropy sectors with positions on the local, state and national levels. Menchaca was appointed as the executive director for the City of Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture in 2018.

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How Nonprofits Can Navigate the New Media Landscape

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In 2009, Clay Shirkey predicted , “For the next few decades, journalism will be made up of overlapping special cases.” Knight Foundation ; Sharon Pian Chan, Director of Journalist Initiatives, the Seattle Times ; and Joe Neel, Deputy Supervising Editor, NPR. As a civil society, we need more quality information,” explained Feeney.

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Research Friday: Lessons in board governance

ASU Lodestar Center

Although it had been in existence for 13 years, the organization had no audited financial statements, had only three board members (including the executive director), was not clear about how donor money was being spent, and had a clear conflict of interest with the executive director promoting personal book sales through the nonprofit.

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The Art of the Social Web

Have Fun - Do Good

It is an art form completely dependent upon the creative potential of each audience member in relation to the events on stage. Over a month ago I told Emily from the Nonprofit Blog Exchange that I would participate in the most recent exchange and write about The Artful Manager. art social media social web web net2 nptech

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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As the art critic John Berger said in his book Ways of Seeing , “We only see what we look at. A way that can be more fair, improve the institution of philanthropy, and deliver a shared and flexible understanding of impact. To look is an act of choice.” Indeed, if we commit to shifting power, we need to see and understand things differently.

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What’s Your Calling?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 1992, I discovered the Internet, Well, and was hired by the New York Foundation of the Arts to be the Network Weaver for a network for artists, Arts Wire. In 1992, I discovered the Internet, Well, and was hired by the New York Foundation of the Arts to be the Network Weaver for a network for artists, Arts Wire.

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Meet the 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge Judges!

Tech Soup

Co-Founder & Executive Director. As executive director, Aaron's focus is on communication, collaboration, nonprofits, video, social media, and the bleeding-edge technology behind these things. He’s worked in the nonprofit sector for eight years, mostly in the arts and technology. tsdigs digital storytelling'