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Board diversity strategies to help nonprofits achieve success

ASU Lodestar Center

With the recent pandemic, civil unrest and racism conversations front and center, nonprofit organizations are working overtime to serve communities deeply affected by these issues. Invest in training. Jen Nation is a graduate of the Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management program at Arizona State University.

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How can nonprofits increase employee satisfaction while upholding organizational expectations?

ASU Lodestar Center

These issues often lead to a decline in employee work performance and may even cause staff to seek additional opportunities for employment. Many valuable resources of the organizations are then spent on recovering from turnover including recruiting, hiring, and training new talent.

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How To Write A Nonprofit Mission Statement in 7 Steps (Plus 10 Great Examples)

Neon CRM

By speaking to the people directly impacted by your work, you can uncover issues with your programs, identify new opportunities, and better understand the challenges they face. Iowa Healthiest State Initiative “To become the healthiest state in the nation by improving the physical, social and emotional well-being of Iowans.”

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Funding Rural America: Bridging the Resource Gap

Tech Soup

Cynthia Adams, CEO of TechSoup donor partner GrantStation , recently did an important online training webinar on how rural charities and libraries can get grants. More government grants are looking for collaborations among multiple organizations that are able to address an issue from different angles. The Resource Gap in Rural Funding.

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How Healthy Do You Want Your Nonprofit Board To Be?

BoardAssist

The committee can help maximize the effectiveness of each individual board member and address issues of disengagement or dysfunction head on. Anne serves on the board of Capital City Public Charter School and the regional advisory board for Drake University, where she earned a bachelor of arts degree in sociology and English.

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Candid community: Expanding equitable access to nonprofit resources 

Candid

At Candid, we partner with libraries and nonprofit resource centers across the country to provide nonprofit organizations and local communities with free access to Candid’s educational resources, trainings, and products. Another benefit we’ve added is greater access to our most popular trainings at all Candid community locations.

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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. In that sense, I think it has trained me in how to get out of my own way so that something deeper can come through me.