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

ASU Lodestar Center

If a nonprofit wants to achieve the full scope of capability, then they must have the skilled talent that can reach it by providing a fair and competitive compensation in an already stressed environment. If an organization is willing to invest in a positive and extensive support structure, it is likely leadership will follow.

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Research Friday: The Importance of Strong and Weak Ties In Leadership Development

ASU Lodestar Center

The ideal social network structure, as well as organizational structure, would contain a mixture of both types of ties between individuals in the network. First of all, a structure must be put into place for mentorship. New York, NY: Hachette Book Group. Sources: 1. Christakis, N. & Fowler, J. 1973): 1360.

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5 Things Nonprofits Can Learn from the Late, Great David Carr

Tech Soup

Show Some Pride — "So, Continue" Carr is probably most celebrated for this exquisite exchange found in The New York Times documentary, Page One , with the founder of Vice. Carr understood that internships — properly structured, supported, and financed — could foster substantive change. Two stand out.

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Why Tech Nonprofits Are Building Digital Tools for Racial Equity and Justice

Non Profit Quarterly

At in-person sessions in New York City and San Francisco, and virtually on Youtube Live , Demo Day brought together nine social entrepreneurs to explore solutions for problems they’ve experienced. Fast Forward, a tech nonprofit accelerator, highlighted a few such organizations during their Demo Day 2022 event.

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

EveryAction

When she wasn't busy mentoring Francis Ford Coppola, pioneering the invention of the boom mic, or accepting her star on the Walk of Fame , Arzner was also the first woman to join the Director's Guild of America. Writer and author of New York Times best seller "Bad Feminist," modern-day feminist icon Roxane Gay is a force of nature.

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

Have Fun - Do Good

That means building in more structure and more discipline, and for myself, it was a lot of letting go of doing everything and knowing how to do it, you know, figuring everything out and really bringing in people who bring that different set of skills. We brought professional empowerment mentors and coaches, and also professional editors.

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