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From Gig Work to Good Work: How Workforce Policy Can Support Gig Workers

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Getty Images on Unsplash Millions of people in the United States need work that fits around uncertain day-to-day fluctuations, particularly workers who care for children, elders, or others needing caregiving assistance. For one, directly or indirectly, the government is usually the biggest employer of flexible labor in any area.

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Key Qualities and Skills to Look for in Potential Board Members

Blue Avocado

” Here’s a summary of some of the best answers we received: A Deep and Sincere Caring About the Nonprofit’s Mission The most important “quality” in a board member would be a real and heartfelt caring about the mission/goal of the nonprofit they will be involved with.

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2024 Blue Avocado Year in Review

Blue Avocado

Blue Avocado exists to help nonprofits succeed , and our community of nonprofit experts, leaders, and trailblazers continues to share their wisdom, strengthening us all. Make sure you check out all the real-world advice that nonprofit leaders have contributed this year. Why not ripe?

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Education Transformation Against All Odds

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Three years into this effort, more than 50 schools have joined the movement, all aligned around a commitment to living the values of active citizenship, social justice, and good governance. Importantly, the recruitment criteria for nafda school principals became a springboard for collective action and impact.

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Strong Boards: An Antidote to Founder Syndrome

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Joan Garry The nonprofit sector is deeply in debt to individuals who identify a needs gap in their communities and are propelled to launch a formal effort to address that need by founding a 501(c)(3). In that context, it is ironic that we often brand nonprofit founders, Hester Prynne-like, with a chronic illness we call founder syndrome.

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How Communities Around the World Are Connecting Social Isolation and Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

For example, in Brisbane, the intern manager of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia attached friendly handwritten notes to prescriptions delivered to isolated people during the Covid pandemic. In another initiative, a pharmacy manager asked local primary schools to find pen pals for older people (with letters delivered via the pharmacy).

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A Primer for Incubating Child Care Businesses

NonProfit Quarterly

To date, through this incubator, 19 new businesses licensed for a total of 390 children have opened. Recruiting a cohort is tricky. We also deliberately sought out people outside the entrepreneurship ecosystem who had a desire to work with children. Nine others are in the process of becoming licensed.