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The Need for More Inclusive Leadership Narratives

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

By Deborah Bae & Kiernan Doherty The dominant narrative around leadership in many areas of the world centers individualism over solidarity. It suggests that there is one kind of leadership and that a single person—one who intervenes to solve a problem or envision a bold new reality—embodies it.

Leadership

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Warnings of an “Unparalleled” Assault on Higher Education

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 22, 2023

Image Credit: Thiago Matos on pexels.com A new preliminary report by the American Association of University Professors is sounding alarms over a slew of legislative and political maneuvers by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature. Last year, Gov. The report highlights four key findings: 1.

Education

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Doing More About Less: A Targeted Approach to Workforce Readiness

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 16, 2024

Large class sizes, inadequate teaching and learning materials, and insufficient teacher training all present roadblocks to innovation. In addition, university enrollment doubled among all students and increased by 167 percent among young women. Educational reforms often end with curriculum change, but we kept going.

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Making History Known: Biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin on The Power of Story

Fundraising Leadership

MAY 24, 2024

Read more from Gloria Feldt on women telling the story Goodwin’s assertions mirror the 9 Leadership Power Tools created by Gloria Feldt, co-founder and president of Take The Lead. “ @DorisKGoodwin’s assertions mirror the 9 Leadership Power Tools created by @GloriaFeldt, co-founder and president of @Takeleadwomen.

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Tackling Eco-Anxiety Through Experiential Education

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 1, 2024

A university program I led over the past academic year offers some promising insights into supporting students through a combination of career preparation, community connection, and personal empowerment. The inaugural cohort included 15 students, representing 11 different majors and five different schools and colleges within the university.

Education

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GUEST POST: A Great Idea… Connecting With Donors Through Photo Books

iMarketSmart

AUGUST 5, 2019

College leadership sees the inherent value in providing these special touches. Previously, she spent 19 years in the development office at The University of Alabama at Birmingham overseeing a comprehensive program for gift acknowledgement, recognition, and reporting. About Daphne Powell: Daphne is director of donor relations at BSC.

Curriculum and Teaching

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Land Acknowledgements: One step in the right direction

MNA Association

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Land acknowledgements recognize that the land we are teaching, working, and learning on has been stewarded by indigenous people and native communities for generations. Shelby brings experience in community organizing, curriculum and program design, grant-writing, and adult education.

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Marine Mammal Medicine and Pathology Veterinary Internship

Anedot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The Intern provides medical care for sick and injured marine mammals in rehabilitation, conducts post-mortem examinations, and contributes to teaching visiting veterinary and animal care professionals. What are your experiences in teaching and mentoring others? Application Link.

Curriculum and Teaching

Curriculum and Teaching Medical Health Education

[VIDEO] Power Of Community In Strategic Planning

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

You did a webinar for us last year, had to have you back, check her out over at Leadership Savvy, does a lot of good work helping folks with strategic planning, which you’re going to talk about obviously, and just an awesome person. I could practically teaching this class. Will do it. That sounds great. . Julie: Great.

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The Call of Leadership Now: BIPOC Leaders in a Syndemic Era

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Institutions, hierarchies, and forms of leadership rooted in Western colonial ideology are failing, being renegotiated, and getting deconstructed—even in the face of intense backlash. Our leadership, needed now more than ever, is being tested like never before.

Leadership

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Guest Post: Stories of Volunteer Managers, Technology, and the Pandemic

Twenty Hats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Over the past year, our research team at Arizona State University has conducted the Technology Evolution in Volunteer Management, or “TEVA” project. They wanted to help students and teachers who were teaching from home that needed curriculum ideas and ways to engage their students in this new virtual environment.”.

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Teaching Cooperative Intelligence, for a Solidarity Economy

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 12, 2023

Such, at least, is the thesis of work I’ve been involved in to create a cooperative education curriculum at the high school level in the Bronx. Not only are workforce development and university education required to sustain regional cooperative economies at scale, but this education should begin at an early age.

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Can Universities Build Community? A Conference Explores Possible Paths

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Zirkel on wikimedia Can universities be effective community builders? Observers going back to the early 20th-century US philosopher John Dewey have also contended that universities play an essential role in creating a democratic citizenry. Since most universities are nonprofit or publicly owned, by law, they must be community-serving.

Universities

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Marine Mammal Medicine and Pathology Veterinary Internship

Anedot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The Intern provides medical care for sick and injured marine mammals in rehabilitation, conducts post-mortem examinations, and contributes to teaching visiting veterinary and animal care professionals. What are your experiences in teaching and mentoring others? Application Link.

Curriculum and Teaching

Curriculum and Teaching Medical Health Education

Veterinary Technician Student Externship Rotation

Anedot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Students must be receiving university credit for their externship and are responsible for making all arrangements with their educational institution. The post Veterinary Technician Student Externship Rotation first appeared on Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership.

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From Lucy to Leadership Part 2: Our Origins’ Central Question

Fundraising Leadership

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

In teaching women how to redefine power via the 9 Leadership Power Tools curriculum , I have realized how deep seated some of our fears and gender-based behaviors around power and intentionality for our lives are. After writing last week about the discovery of the 3.2 I was taken by that metaphor. Register here. Register here.

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Movement Economies: Building an Economics Rooted in Movement

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 19, 2023

The effort resulted in a shift from a White-led nonprofit to an organization that reflects the majority people of color communities that it serves—not just in terms of staffing and leadership but also in terms of overall movement practice. Here, nonprofit unions can also play a catalytic role. 46 Education in community economics is also key.

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The Need for More Inclusive Leadership Narratives

Warnings of an “Unparalleled” Assault on Higher Education

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Doing More About Less: A Targeted Approach to Workforce Readiness

Making History Known: Biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin on The Power of Story

Tackling Eco-Anxiety Through Experiential Education

GUEST POST: A Great Idea… Connecting With Donors Through Photo Books

Land Acknowledgements: One step in the right direction

Marine Mammal Medicine and Pathology Veterinary Internship

[VIDEO] Power Of Community In Strategic Planning

The Call of Leadership Now: BIPOC Leaders in a Syndemic Era

Guest Post: Stories of Volunteer Managers, Technology, and the Pandemic

Teaching Cooperative Intelligence, for a Solidarity Economy

Can Universities Build Community? A Conference Explores Possible Paths

Marine Mammal Medicine and Pathology Veterinary Internship

Veterinary Technician Student Externship Rotation

From Lucy to Leadership Part 2: Our Origins’ Central Question

Movement Economies: Building an Economics Rooted in Movement

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