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International Leadership, Women’s Issues, and Branding—A Conversation With Allison K. Summers, CAE

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Zonta International, where Allison served as Executive Director* and Chief Staff Executive, was honored with the 2021 ASAE Summit Award for the UNFPA-UNICEFF Global Program to End Child Marriage. An expert on branding startups, executive leadership, governance, and more, Allison has deep roots in the association community.

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Leadership Lessons from the Martial Arts

The MatrixFiles

Google for leadership lessons from the martial arts and you’ll get a jillion posts. I recently did a webinar for UST Education on just this topic BUT my leadership lessons are ones I learned from my master, Master Seung Hum Yun at Be Ryong Martial Arts in Alexandria, VA. Here are highlights from my webinar. How about you?

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Leadership Lessons from the Martial Arts

The MatrixFiles

Google for leadership lessons from the martial arts and you’ll get a jillion posts. I recently did a webinar for UST Education on just this topic BUT my leadership lessons are ones I learned from my master, Master Seung Hum Yun at Be Ryong Martial Arts in Alexandria, VA. Here are highlights from my webinar. How about you?

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Meeting Today’s Challenges With New Fundraising Leadership and Investment in Your Development Team

NonProfit PRO

Whether internal issues, external challenges or both are affecting your ability to maintain and advance your mission, searching for and securing strong fundraising leadership and investing more resources in your development team can help you build a more resilient nonprofit organization.

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5 Keys To Successful Executive Leadership Recruitment

The NonProfit Times

A search – internally or externally – requires an executive summary of each candidates’ experience, record of achievements, and competencies that is submitted to the board’s search committee. It is also important to measure the candidate’s core leadership and personality traits as well. According to Dennis C.

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Why Empathy is the Key to Outstanding Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Recently, we have been exploring a fascinating topic that is not only close to our hearts, but very timely due to burnout in the nonprofit sector – empathetic leadership. Empathetic leadership, to us, is about seeing through the eyes of others. Now, you might be wondering, “how do we practice empathy in our leadership styles?”

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Why is leadership aspiration down among BIPOC nonprofit staff? 

Candid

In late January, the Building Movement Project (BMP) published our newest Race to Lead report on leadership aspirations among those working at nonprofit organizations. These findings raise real concerns about the future of leadership in the sector. What about positive factors such as training, mentorship, and other supports?