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Key Qualities and Skills to Look for in Potential Board Members

Blue Avocado

Susan Dibble from Page Ahead Children’s Literacy Program Caring Comes First, Everything Else Can Be Taught Our board members must care about our mission. It might be a good idea to get a few people on the board with commercial real estate experience, finance/lending folks, etc.

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Back to school: JMU parent helps improve university’s COVID-19 dashboard

Tableau

I looked at it and said, ‘It’s good that they’re doing this, but it could be a lot better,’” said Feinberg, whose area of expertise is data literacy. In fact, it had far fewer students testing positive on campus than other large Virginia public institutions did. He has been working with the Tableau Foundation for almost nine years.

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Back to school: JMU parent helps improve university’s COVID-19 dashboard

Tableau

I looked at it and said, ‘It’s good that they’re doing this, but it could be a lot better,’” said Feinberg, whose area of expertise is data literacy. In fact, it had far fewer students testing positive on campus than other large Virginia public institutions did. He has been working with the Tableau Foundation for almost nine years.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

Virginia Nonprofit Institute. Virginia Nonprofit Institute. The Reading, Literacy and Learning Conference. The Reading, Literacy and Learning Conference. The Annual Reading, Literacy & Learning conference is a source of information for anyone affected by dyslexia and other learning based challenges.

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Symantec Gives Back

Tech Soup

In Alexandria and Herndon, Virginia, Symantec employees, together with Team Business , Girls in Technology , and the Women in Technology Education Foundation , organized and facilitated a business simulation for young women to highlight the impact of technology on business and help them build leadership and communication skills.

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Types of Grants That Every Nonprofit Should Know

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Start on your state or municipality’s website and look for a grant portal ( like this one in Virginia ) or alerts you can subscribe to ( like this one in D.C. ). Chicago or West Texas) or your specific impact area, such as community health or literacy. You can also call the office of your elected official for more information.

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

A participant from Virginia working in education explained: Because of COVID and the lockdown, our population of 18-to-24-year-olds exploded in the last six months… We’ve never had this many young adults in our program before. Better access to the eyeballs of younger people is a benefit noted by other volunteer managers.