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Board diversity strategies to help nonprofits achieve success

ASU Lodestar Center

In high-performing, flexible organizations, this openness to productive change–inclusion–becomes the status quo,” write Scott Nielsen and Helena Huang in the National Civic Review. Invest in training. Jen earned a bachelor’s of recreation management from University of Northern Iowa. Laura Tancredi-Baese, CEO of Home Start, Inc.

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A simple, but profound, change in how we think about volunteers

ASU Lodestar Center

The simple, but profound, key is to change the semantics – to talk in terms of “wanting” and “engaging” volunteers rather than “needing” and “using” them. They then bring in volunteers without first setting up the appropriate infrastructure to orient, train, supervise, and recognize them properly.

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How can nonprofits increase employee satisfaction while upholding organizational expectations?

ASU Lodestar Center

Many valuable resources of the organizations are then spent on recovering from turnover including recruiting, hiring, and training new talent. Leadership strategies and changes: It is critical to recognize that changes to basic leadership structures can have a significant impact on employee satisfaction.

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How To Write A Nonprofit Mission Statement in 7 Steps (Plus 10 Great Examples)

Neon CRM

It’s your north star, your guiding principle, and your roadmap to changing the world. There Has Been a Change In Your Nonprofit’s Scope Over time, technology, politics, and culture will impact your mission and how you approach it. If your organization changes its scope, you need to adapt your messaging.

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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Serving The LGBTQ+ Community

Bloomerang

The Visibility Impact Fund seeks to support and empower bi+ specific organizations, programming, and training to impact bi+ visibility and well-being. Launched in 2020, the Black Trans Fund (BTF) seeks to change culture by shifting the narrative about Black trans communities towards joy and resilience, and away from violence and despair.

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#14LCS Facilitator Series: Meet Deepa Kunapuli

NTEN

If you register for NTEN’s first-ever Leading Change Summit this September (#14LCS), you’ll be asked to choose one of three tracks— Digital Strategy , The Future of Technology , or Impact Leadership —and you’ll spend quite a bit of time with your track-mates at the Summit. You can follow Deepa on Twitter at @Deepa_K.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I also taught networked leadership workshops as part of a larger team working with different social change networks. Innovation Lab Facilitation : For the past few years, I’ve trained in and designed and facilitated innovation labs using the Luma Institute Methods. Facilitation, Curriculum Development and Train the Trainers.

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