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Mastering Nonprofit Board Recruitment: A Strategic Guide for Executive Directors

Bloomerang

Peter Drucker stressed the importance of strategic recruitment, emphasizing the need to select individuals based on their competencies, character, and dedication. Tailoring your recruitment efforts to find individuals whose skills and expertise align with your organization’s mission is fundamental.

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Gen X Faces Heightened Cancer Risk

NonProfit Quarterly

Generational Cancer Risk According to Race/Ethnicity The increased rates of cancer among Gen X also reflect general disparities in cancer diagnoses by race and ethnicity. The Connect study is recruiting 200,000 people between 30 and 70 years old who have no personal history with invasive cancer.

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Nonprofit Boards Efforts to Diversify

NonProfit Quarterly

Fortunately, in recent years, some nonprofits have successfully diversified their boards, recruiting members with lived experiences that align with the communities being served by paying attention to demographics such as age, race, socioeconomic status, education, religion, disability, and diversity in thought and professional experience.

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Board Diversity: Recruit Talent, Not Tokens

NonProfit Hub

In fact, recruiting staff and board members solely to meet diversity quotas should never be a viable option. Recruit talent, not tokens, and you’ll create a strong board that will strengthen your organization for your community. I understand that recruitment is a year-long, ongoing process. But this is what you need!

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Why do smaller nonprofit organizations tend to have more diverse boards? 

Candid

nonprofit sector report, released in May, analyzes the demographic composition of nonprofit staff, leaders, and board members in terms of race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and disability status. Candid’s The state of diversity in the U.S. What does the information shared by 59,550 U.S. appeared first on Candid insights.

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Closing Care Gaps: Physician Shortages, Medical Deserts, and Health Disparities

NonProfit Quarterly

Aside from the areas of medicine that will shape the extent of care delivered in the not-so-distant future, important asymmetries in the race and gender of physicians will continue to impact patient care. President and Fellows Harvard College and SFFA v.

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Safety First: CEO Grows Organization, Leads Communities By Doing The Right Thing

Fundraising Leadership

Recruiting and hiring more women for law enforcement roles can help meet the growing demand. But they are also more likely than women leaders of other races and ethnicities to receive signals that it will be harder for them to advance,” the report finds, according to Forbes. Bureau of Justice Statistics.”