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Ways We Can All Help Advance Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment

Connection Cafe

Women’s and girls’ empowerment is a sweeping topic, defined and shaped by family beliefs and cultural norms in the community and country where one lives. Some people associate the empowerment of women and girls primarily with challenges faced in communities where poverty and lack of access to education determine one’s level of empowerment.

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

Bloomerang

Often, your mindset is influenced by what you’ve been taught to believe through your own personal experiences or “scripts.”. The important thing to remember is that you have the power to change the mindsets that aren’t serving you. The first step in changing something is understanding it. But where does your mindset come from?

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Spotlighting the Benefits of the Stakeholder Economy at Davos 2022

Saleforce Nonprofit

An important part of what we do at Salesforce.org is to convene those who can push the needle on improving the state of the world, and Davos was an ideal opportunity for us to engage inspiring speakers on pressing issues such as mental health, climate change, inequality, and global health. Jack Harries understands the power of storytelling.

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Cause Camp 2021 Speaker Line-Up

NonProfit Hub

She was recently named one of the top 25 Nonprofit IT Influencers to Follow in 2019 by BizTech Magazine. “In Maryanne Dersch specializes in helping nonprofit leaders increase their influence and be the change agents they have always wanted to be without feeling rejected, ineffective, or pushy.

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

Blue Avocado

Having been the only one in my business school class who chose a career in the nonprofit sector, I was able to use my MBA training to lead change and turnarounds. And this kind of nepotism frequently backfires because board members ideally should possess three of the four Ws: wealth, work, wisdom, and wallop (the ability to influence others).

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How Mentorship Can Break Down Racial Divides

Saleforce Nonprofit

A Life-Changing Relationship I made a point to find mentors — other Black reporters and anchors I still call on for advice today. Meeting my mentee (we call them ‘Littles’) changed my life. Fourteen years ago, I left television after an amazing experience that I wouldn’t change one bit! She loved cheerleading (so did I!)

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Book: Welcome to the Fifth Estate

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The book defines a social media strategy as an overarching plan that creates meaningful engagement with stakeholders. Instead , they opt to build relationships with influencers using a top down approach. With a relevant offering for the influencer, they seek blog coverage or social network profile endorsements.