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Board diversity strategies to help nonprofits achieve success

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A board diversity policy amplifies what is expected of board members and describes how people who have been historically marginalized can participate effectively as board members, as mentioned by Kathleen Buse, Ruth Sessler Bernstein and Diana Bilimoria in their article " The Influence of Board Diversity."

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Happy, Healthy 2016: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In the US, I gave workshops at nonprofit conferences in Iowa, San Antonio, Iowa, Tahoe, Palm Beach, Miami, and San Francisco on networked leadership skills. Organizations must support staffs’ self-care efforts through clearly articulate values, policies, and programs.

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The Journey of the Spiritual Activist: An Interview with Marisa Handler

Have Fun - Do Good

Your way may be starting an organic catering company, or painting about issues that are important to you, or getting out on the streets and protesting, or maybe working with policy; there are all kinds of different work. I think I can speak to that right now, because I'm speaking to you from Iowa City. I just moved from the Bay Area.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

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The Digital Media and Learning Conference is meant to be an inclusive, international and annual gathering of scholars and practitioners in the field, focused on fostering interdisciplinary and participatory dialogue and linking theory, empirical study, policy, and practice. Iowa Nonprofit Summit. Iowa Nonprofit Summit.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Gift Catalogue – Obama Style

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I received an email just now from the Iowa State Director of the Obama campaign. In his email he tells me that they have opened up their budgets and now I can sponsor a specific aspect of their Iowa campaign. Tens of thousands of personal letters and emails poured in from across the country to our Iowa Precinct Captains and volunteers.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » O-Bama, O-Bama, O-Bama

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A Black guy wins the Iowa caucus. Whether he goes on to win the nomination and becomes president or not, the fact that Barack Obama won in Iowa, a 95% white state, says something about the ability of Americans, especially younger Americans, to put race aside. That is so 21rst Century. according to CNN. That is an amazing number.

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Must Hear Speech from Barack Obama and the Power of Podcasting

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And I spoke to a sergeant from Iowa who had lost one of his legs but was working vigorously to get accustomed to his prosthetic leg so he could return to Iraq as soon as he could. First and foremost, after the December 15 elections and during the course of next year, we need to focus our attention on how reduce the U.S.

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