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March Cause Awareness: Women’s History Month

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March is Women’s History Month, a time to honor women’s accomplishments throughout history and recognize history-makers that have contributed to advancing and protecting women’s rights in our society. Learn how you can take the time to celebrate Women’s History Month with our list of ideas and nonprofits you can support!

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Beware the Ides of March: A Lesson For All Leaders

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More likely, we remember it as the fateful day when Julius Caesar, one of history’s most accomplished conquerors, fell. Moments like this should give leaders pause and challenge us to think about where we are in our own leadership journeys. Ides of March Approach: Consider recognizing the role respect plays in organizational success.

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10 Questions …. Kate Behncken, global head, Microsoft Philanthropies

The NonProfit Times

I was a lawyer for many years working for Microsoft in Australia and Europe and then had the opportunity to move to Redmond for a completely different role that grew into chief of staff for Brad Smith, Microsoft’s vice chair and president. Describe in your mind tech scalability in regions challenged by lack of basic resources.

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Celebrate International Women’s Day 2021

Forum One

During Women’s History Month, we are excited to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8, 2021. This year’s theme is #ChooseToChallenge because a challenged world is an alert world. Individually, we’re all responsible for our own thoughts and actions, but we can choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequity.

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Five Lessons for Creating an Effective (and Accountable) Nonprofit Board

Blue Avocado

In fact, one of my two biggest challenges as nonprofit CEO involved convincing boards that their service demanded accountability. But the reality is that these people won’t necessarily be effective in a governance role. This proved to be a wonderful way to share nationally AbilityFirst’s empowerment philosophy.

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How to Overcome a Victim Mindset in Order to Better Serve Your Nonprofit and Your Community

Bloomerang

These are three mindsets you can have surrounding your script—the dialogue you have in your mind about yourself, your history, and your future. However, I’m also going to challenge you: What shifts can you make to your life and your narrative that put you in an even more intentional place of control?

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Guest Post: Stories of Volunteer Managers, Technology, and the Pandemic

Twenty Hats

So I think, in many ways, for as often as everybody complains about technology and all the challenges, I think this past year could have gone very differently if we didn’t have these platforms.” — Volunteer manager embracing technology in Ohio. “None of us were ready for this. What a year it’s been. But for some, it opened doors.