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As part of that growth, I see an opportunity to step out of the Executive Director role and into another one to make room for a successor with the right experience and vision to lead us into the next stage of our evolution. I’ll continue to work closely with the board and staff (and eventually with our new Executive Director) to support this transition, and am excited about what’s ahead. Here at Idealware, there’s nothing we like better than helping other nonprofits. MORE
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APRIL 21, 2017
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NTEN
MAY 30, 2013
Your executive director and board members should be reading this quarterly digital journal for nonprofit leaders ! By Sophia Guevara. With so many apps available in the iPhone App Store and Google Play, it is difficult to find which ones could actually provide value for the needs of a nonprofit leader.
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JUNE 12, 2017
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Board of Directors Featured Human ResourcesThis article was originally published in our Nonprofit Hub Magazine, a bi-monthly publication that features content from the best in the nonprofit industry. Sign up to get your free subscription today.
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Director of Technology Infrastructure. Darren Schoen. Broward Center for the Performing Arts. You need to be prepared for the BYOD conversation. Here are a few tales from the trenches on how to handle it, and how I have come to love, and loathe, BYOD. Most IT pros I talk to today have strong feelings about BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policies.
NonProfit Hub
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OCTOBER 10, 2013
Joleen Ong joins us as the Marketing and Publications Director (or, rather, "joined" two weeks ago already!). I''m excited to announce that the newest member of the NTEN team!
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If you’re a smaller nonprofit, Maloy said to start the conversation with the historical details between the executive director and financial manager. During the course of the next year, the budget should be presented along the year-to-date financials to the board of directors.
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Weinheimer’s main issue is the quality of board of directors. Board of Directors Featured Starting a Nonprofit a board directors Donors driven eric forum hub impact MCON mission Nonprofit sector social starting weinheimerThere is a problem with nonprofits today. Or as Eric Weinheimer might say, there is a problem with nonprofits “non-yesterday, non-tomorrow.” a.k.a. today). Could something as simple as the title of our sector be crippling industry growth?
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