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A Nonprofit Partnership: How One Board Member Connected Two Organizations and Boosted Both

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Before she began working for the Cooke Foundation, as a student, Natasha had received a scholarship recipient from their program. She then received her graduate degree in higher education, student affairs, and international education policy. Mary’s Pence accomplishes their work through two programs.

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Reducing the risk factors: Why first time founders should join an accelerator program

The Next Web

About a year and a half ago, we got accepted to the Elevator accelerator program in Tel Aviv, Israel. It was only after a few months when we decided to pivot and came to a conclusion that an accelerator program is sometimes an invaluable platform for an early stage company which resident outside of its target market.

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January Cause Awareness: National Mentoring Month

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Positive mentoring relationships are so important to the success of youth everywhere. That’s why we take time every January to celebrate National Mentoring Month! If you’re wondering how you can celebrate the mentors in your life or even become a mentor yourself, here’s a little bit about National Mentoring Month.

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Founder Institute doubles down on Europe, now runs 10 startup accelerator programs continent-wide

The Next Web

As promised at the end of July , the organization has now announced the launch of five new programs across the continent, doubling its European presence to ten chapters across as many countries. Full disclosure: I’ve mentored at the Founder Institute programs in Brussels in the past and probably will do more of that in the future.).

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Five practices for professional growth within your organization 

Candid

While there are circumstances when leaving an organization is the only viable option for nonprofit professionals, its worth considering internal growth opportunities. Next time youre tempted to troll jobs on LinkedIn, you might pause to consider these five practices for internal professional growth.

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To lead in DEI: Disrupting inequality requires disrupting culture  

Candid

Our DEI journey began with the realization that we lacked key perspectives that could enhance our work and further align internal practices with our mission. Recently, after assessing benefits at each regional office, we found international benefits weren’t aligned with those at our headquarters, so we worked to achieve benefit parity.

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Sequoia debuts Arc, a London/SV program to find and mentor outlier startups, backing each with $1M

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Today, it is launching a new program called Arc , which it describes as a catalyst (not an accelerator, nor an incubator) that will seek out and then work with cohorts of about 15 startups in 8-week sessions, with the emphasis on “outlier” founders and startups from across Europe and the U.S. “Europe is so fragmented.