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BOOKMARK THIS: Big List of Twitter Chats for Nonprofits (Chat Tools, Too!)

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Socentchat | Wednesdays @ 1pm ET (social entrepreneurship). Healthcare chats: [link] (H/T Chritina Lizaso @btrfly12 ). #GrantChat | Tuesdays @ 12pm ET (grants). Npcons | third Tuesday @ 1pm PT (nonprofit consultants). Npmc | last Thursday @ 1pm ET (nonprofit marketing). Startinggood | Wednesdays @ 1pm ET (crowdfunding).

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Move, Stay, or Pivot? Uncertain Times Make Career Choices Different For Many

Fundraising Leadership

While some fields suffered sudden layoffs, that stretch of time also enveloped many with a positive sense of possibility for entrepreneurship rallies and pivots into daring careers. But it is remarkably different from the Great Resignation sparked by COVID-19.

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Thank Heaven For 11: Take The Lead Celebrates 11 Years Working Toward Mission of Equity

Fundraising Leadership

Panels on wealth, health, policy, career pivots, collaboration, and entrepreneurship were part of the day, including awards for Changemaker, Leading Company Award, Leading Advocate Award, and Leading Man Award. Learn more from Kathleen Turner at Power Up Conference 2024. Watch a round up of the Power Up Conference 2023.

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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Yet, in our siloed and disease focused healthcare systems, the root causes for poor health and disparities go largely ignored. A Call for Entrepreneurship Many entrepreneurs choose health care as a venue for innovation because it is one of the sectors where one can do well by doing good.

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Nonprofit Boards Efforts to Diversify

NonProfit Quarterly

The Value of Lived Experience The value of lived experiences for leaders is a topic that has been explored in other fields, such as social entrepreneurship —and it’s now being adapted to nonprofit boards. However, my experience is not exceptional. Several years ago, she was asked to serve on the foundation’s board of directors.

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Ending Persistent Poverty in Rural America: The Role of CDFIs

NonProfit Quarterly

Here are a few vignettes of how this works: Supporting Entrepreneurship : Back in 2018, a nurse practitioner with over a decade’s experience opened an urgent care facility in her hometown of Clarksdale, MS. Moreover, the business provides critical services to an area with few healthcare options.

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National Gathering Looks to Address Root Causes of Inequality

NonProfit Quarterly

As Young laments, “by declining to directly consider race in bank evaluations under the CRA, the regulators haven’t maximized their opportunity to turn the tide on racial homeownership, entrepreneurship, and wealth gaps.” Flying Blind in Small Business Data “Flying blind.”

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