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Board diversity strategies to help nonprofits achieve success

ASU Lodestar Center

A board diversity policy amplifies what is expected of board members and describes how people who have been historically marginalized can participate effectively as board members, as mentioned by Kathleen Buse, Ruth Sessler Bernstein and Diana Bilimoria in their article " The Influence of Board Diversity."

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Busting the Overhead Myth: How can nonprofits convince stakeholders to invest in capacity building?

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Tyler Adams Manager, Affiliate Relations-Events Make-A-Wish International. Both internal and external stakeholders need to be better informed about why it is okay for overhead costs to be higher when the organization is trying to grow, become sustainable, and ultimately achieve its mission more effectively.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In the US, I gave workshops at nonprofit conferences in Iowa, San Antonio, Iowa, Tahoe, Palm Beach, Miami, and San Francisco on networked leadership skills. Organizations must support staffs’ self-care efforts through clearly articulate values, policies, and programs.

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The Journey of the Spiritual Activist: An Interview with Marisa Handler

Have Fun - Do Good

Your way may be starting an organic catering company, or painting about issues that are important to you, or getting out on the streets and protesting, or maybe working with policy; there are all kinds of different work. I think I can speak to that right now, because I'm speaking to you from Iowa City. I just moved from the Bay Area.

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2021 Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations

Kindful

The Iowa Women’s Foundation. Madre is an international women’s human rights organization that funds visionary, innovative, and intersectional grassroots strategies that meet immediate needs and create lasting change. The Iowa Women’s Foundation. Areas served: Iowa. The Hadassah Foundation. Mary’s Pence.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations

Bloomerang

The Iowa Women’s Foundation. Madre is an international women’s human rights organization that funds visionary, innovative, and intersectional grassroots strategies that meet immediate needs and create lasting change. The Iowa Women’s Foundation. Areas served: Iowa. The Hadassah Foundation. Mary’s Pence.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

The Digital Media and Learning Conference is meant to be an inclusive, international and annual gathering of scholars and practitioners in the field, focused on fostering interdisciplinary and participatory dialogue and linking theory, empirical study, policy, and practice. International Fundraising Conference - IFC 2016.