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How can nonprofits acquire skilled talent to better achieve their mission?

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New York University professor Paul Light writes, “(Nonprofit) Employees are members of a first-rate workforce often employed in second-rate organizations with third-rate equipment.” A byproduct of low overhead spending and reduced recruiting efforts is demographically underrepresented leadership in the sector. “As Recruiting strategy.

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What are Effective Strategies Nonprofit Organizations Use to Improve Diversity and Inclusion?

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One example of a strategy is apparent in the story of Gallaudet University, a college for the deaf (Ryan, 2012, p. The same study found that an increase in racial diversity, when coupled with diversity policies, practices and inclusion behaviors, affected governance practices positively. 32 Issue: 7, pp. 636-653, [link]. Sessler, B.,

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Program Management Statistics: 12 Stats and How to Use Them

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From smaller, newer nonprofits to larger charitable organizations, measuring performance is a universally shared need, especially in the realm of fundraising. Financial and Internal Statistics Lastly, this category covers metrics that can be very informative for your nonprofit’s operations and program planning.

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Nonprofit Board Member Onboarding: 12 Things to Cover

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Matt Hugg, President and Founder, Nonprofit.Courses – He’s the author of the Guide to Nonprofit Consulting, and teaches nonprofit management at several universities, via the web, and in-person in the United States, Africa, Asia and Europe. Mary’s University of Minnesota. Also, don’t ignore demographics. Discuss that too.

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Enhancing Student Success Across Campus with Western Michigan University + Salesforce

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Western Michigan University (WMU) is a large, public research-intensive university that has been helping students reach their potential through a pursuit of purpose since 1903. This new experience would provide a single, digital source of internal information, a knowledge base, academic support, and engagement across campus.

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Telling the story in a new way: Should arts leaders use impact evaluation?

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These instrumental effects are such quantifiable elements as: number of participants, academic success, economic impacts, general demographics of participants, etc. However, the studies in measuring intrinsic impact were intended for “internal assessment and critical reflection purposes” (Brown & Novak, 2013).

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Peace Games & International Efforts

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Speakers: Douglas Thomas, USC Center on Public Diplomacy Hardy Merriman, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict Stephen Friedman, MTV U Douglas Thomas: We're closet gamers. We're going to give out 10 $25K grants - one game in particular - University of Denver students created a game called Squeezed. Will clean up later.

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