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For Positive Outcomes, Hold a Mirror Up to Board Performance

.orgSource

Point a Compass to the Future Regular updates on the status of governance can be a compass to help the group stay on the right path. In fast-moving digital markets, regular updates on the status of governance can be a compass to help the group stay on the right path and adjust to unexpected challenges.

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Flat, Tall, or In Between—Is It Time to Evaluate Your Organizational Structure?

.orgSource

When the board assumes the role of visionaries and strategists one layer of decision-making is removed.orgSource consultant Sharon Rice helped board members of the California IT in Education Association (CITE) make the transition from a hands-on to a leadership orientation.

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How can professional development advance nonprofit performance and ensure sustainability?

ASU Lodestar Center

While conferences were once the only idea in gaining professional development skills, peer-to-peer mentoring is shown to give the highest output of learned skills. Peer-to-peer learning models is a great way for staff to mentor each other and either learn a new skill or strengthen a previous skill.

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Get to Know the Lodestar Center: Lili Wang

ASU Lodestar Center

I am also interested in the intersection of the government and the nonprofit sectors, which includes cross-sector collaboration, nonprofit provision of public services, etc. I worked for the Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University, and I got my doctoral degree from the University of Southern California.

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Interview with Carolyn Appleton: How to Launch Your Grant Writing Career

Qgiv

I had an exceptionally knowledgeable mentor who ran an office engaged in multiple types of fundraising activities: endowment (major gifts), special project fundraising (grant writing), annual fund (with a corporate slant), membership, database administration, special events, and volunteer management. My mind was a sponge.

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Zerodivide seeks new board members

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I am on the board of the Zerodivide Foundation, which is an extremely cool foundation serving the underserved of California with technology. Through mentors, professional networks and investor forums, ZeroDivide brings a deep knowledge of what makes a venture successful. We're seeking new board members.

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Finding a Community of Nonprofit Technology Experts

Tech Soup

Most NetSquared organizers now have a peer mentor. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Los Angeles, California: Creating Community with Digital Tech. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night.