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How should nonprofits develop a high-performance culture?

ASU Lodestar Center

Sally Coleman Selden and Jessica Sowa hypothesized that nonprofit turnover rates were due to a recruitment issue and that human resources needed to hire employees with an existing skill set. Nonprofit organizations must change their hierarchical systems to become more fluid. Employee development. Loosen the hierarchy.

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How Cross-Sector Collaboration is Helping Fight Youth Unemployment in Boston

Connection Cafe

Youth unemployment was a critical issue for the city at that time – an issue that aligned with John Hancock’s business goals of providing meaningful job opportunities to young people in the community as well as helping them to be better prepared to enter the workforce. How did these groups come together?

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Where are the twenty-something or GEN-Y Bloggers Who Are Writing About Social Change and Nonprofits?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I wanted to listen to what was on their minds in general, although I was particularly keen on hearing any discussions or snippets about social change, nonprofits, and activism. but I couldn't find an extensive list of twenty-something bloggers who focus on nonprofits, social change, and social action. Nonprofits - Management Issues.

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4 bbcon Takeaways for Philanthropic Organizations to Power 2019 Planning

Connection Cafe

Technology is dramatically changing the way we work and live our lives, and the social good community needs to account for this digital transformation that demands increased transparency and also opens new doors. Takeaway #4: Collaboration is necessary to solve the big issues today. .

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Caravan Studios Showcases Diverse Apps for Social Good

Tech Soup

Caravan Studios , a division of TechSoup, hosted a breakfast in San Francisco's Chinatown neighborhood for nonprofits, app developers, and anyone interested in changing the world for the better. Focusing in on Local Issues. Tackling Global Issues. Open Data San Francisco. Martus: Encryption for Human Rights. What the Frac?

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The Participatory Museum, Five Years Later

Museum 2.0

I feel lucky to be a small part of that change. That said, there are a couple big things I got wrong in the book - or at least, that I''ve changed my perspective on since writing it. I still feel strongly that there is no universal reason to encourage visitor participation. and "why?" to "how?". What is participation for?

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Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

youre a funder in the philanthropic sector, and youve concluded that online collaboration is a great tool for solving issues like. In part one, we looked at determing the value of creating a collaboration community.If With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue.