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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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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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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (Again)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

But, like many social entrepreneurs, I'm beginning to figure out that being absent from the halls of policy is not serving our mission. I had the chance to meet with Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa last month, and tell him about Bookshare.org for ten minutes. This is our current objective.

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Funding Rural America: Bridging the Resource Gap

Tech Soup

It provides daily reporting and analysis on trends in state policy. She uses information from the University of Iowa College of Public Health's Rural Policy Research Institute. Stateline is an editorially independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit news service of the Pew Charitable Trusts. Just for Libraries.

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

ASU Lodestar Center

Educating the Board of Directors and Reviewing Internal Policies (internal): By reviewing internal policies to make sure they are up-to-date with societal trends, the organization can be sure they accurately reflect their work in the current landscape of social issues. Retrieved February 12, 2017, from [link].

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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. They believe that when grassroots women’s organizations provide vital services to their communities, women can build new skills, step up as leaders, and mobilize for rights-based policies. The Iowa Women’s Foundation. Areas served: Iowa. The Hadassah Foundation. Mary’s Pence.