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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (Again)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

As part of the large national award we received from the Department of Education, we are spending a lot more time in Washington. But, like many social entrepreneurs, I'm beginning to figure out that being absent from the halls of policy is not serving our mission. This is our current objective.

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Board diversity strategies to help nonprofits achieve success

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Jen Nation Fall 2020 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. In high-performing, flexible organizations, this openness to productive change–inclusion–becomes the status quo,” write Scott Nielsen and Helena Huang in the National Civic Review. Illustration by Yuxin Qin.

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Funding Rural America: Bridging the Resource Gap

Tech Soup

The National Endowment for the Arts has the Our Town program, which supports arts projects that make communities more livable. 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.

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Happy, Healthy 2016: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I also facilitated several design labs with nonprofits as part of the research for the Happy Healthy Nonprofit at the Alliance for Nonprofit Management and the National Arts Marketing Project. Organizations must support staffs’ self-care efforts through clearly articulate values, policies, and programs.

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

ASU Lodestar Center

Capacity building is not a one-time effort to improve short-term effectiveness, but a continuous improvement strategy toward the creation of a sustainable and effective organization” (National Council of Nonprofits, 2017). National Council of Nonprofits - What is Capacity Building? Retrieved February 22, 2017, from www.ssireview.com.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

The Digital Media and Learning Conference is meant to be an inclusive, international and annual gathering of scholars and practitioners in the field, focused on fostering interdisciplinary and participatory dialogue and linking theory, empirical study, policy, and practice. 2016 Alliance National Conference. Nonprofit Management.

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2021 Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations

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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. They support activities and movements that are global or national in scope. The Iowa Women’s Foundation.