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

NonProfit Quarterly

While governments, foundations, educators, and unions typically focus on job placements as key to improving people’s economic stability, they often overlook individuals who cannot commit to traditional employment schedules. For one, directly or indirectly, the government is usually the biggest employer of flexible labor in any area.

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Rebuilding nonprofit resilience through mergers and partnerships 

Candid

government funding in particularare facing the impacts of USAID stop-work orders and subsequent funding cancellations. government fundingwhich provided for a higher percentage of overhead costscant easily pivot to non-U.S. Nonprofits in the international development subsectorand those that have relied on U.S.

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How Communities Around the World Are Connecting Social Isolation and Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Weak social connections represent an equivalent health risk to smoking and obesity. Here are several tenets of public health and how they are playing out addressing social isolation and loneliness across the globe. Help Health Care Professionals Diagnose Loneliness Diagnosis is the first step to treatment.

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Key Qualities and Skills to Look for in Potential Board Members

Blue Avocado

. — Jessica Macy from The Do Good Collective Recruit a Serious and Engaged ‘Get ‘er Done’ Board Most of all, nonprofits need engaged, “Get ‘er Done” members willing to join committees and help the staff accomplish operational issues. They had recruited a nearly all-new board in critical professions. .

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How Men’s Mental Health Resources Can Help Serve All Communities

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Kelly Davis , Rukudzo Mwamuka , Erla Magnúsdóttir & Gabriella Brent All over the globe, stigma and entrenched gender norms continue to prevent many men from seeking mental health support. The thing is, conversations about help-seeking in men’s mental health are not unique to men or mental health.

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Executive Director

Anedot

Monitor financial performance and ensure the organization’s fiscal health. Board Relations Support and collaborate with the Board of Directors in governance, strategic planning and policy development. Assist in the recruitment and orientation of new Board members and in board development. Engage in proactive community outreach.

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Report Finds a “Crisis” of Nonprofit Workforce Shortages

NonProfit Quarterly

When any of those happen, the ripple effects cannot be ignored: communities lose access to food, shelter, mental health care, and other vital services on which people depend (iii). Providers of human services accounted for one-third of all nonprofits reporting salary compensation as a challenge in recruiting and retaining workers.