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23 Leaders Selected for 2024 Advancing Racial Equity on Nonprofit Boards Fellowship

NonProfit Leadership Center

Excelling at work requires not only a strong work ethic but also the importance of having a seat at the table to create positive change and opportunities for everyone.” ” Stacy Johnson, Director, Talent and Organizational Development, Risk Strategies “Being a professional of color makes you want to see change happen.

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Trusting Youth to Lead

NonProfit Quarterly

They studied hiring laws, human resource ethics, comparable market compensation, and the demands of building an organizational culture, and they drafted a comprehensive, values-aligned job description for the new executive director. Ask funders for succession planning resources to use before, during, and after the transition.

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Does Your Organization’s Storytelling Perpetuate Harm?

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

My experience with this balance around ethical – and equitable – storytelling is not just from a fundraiser and consultant, but also from a person with my own lived experience. . In my first nonprofit role as a Development Manager, I worked closely with our Marketing Manager on our quarterly newsletter.