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How Policy Is Building a Social Economy in South Korea

NonProfit Quarterly

For example, Korean citizens mobilized to donate 227 tons of their personal gold items (with an estimated total value of $3 billion) to help pay off the debt. The leader of the Working People’s Cooperative Association, Gangtae Park, points out that Korea’s capitalist economy is deeply suspicious of any worker organizing.

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Essential Skills for Staying Competitive in the Global Job Market

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Communication and interpersonal skills One highly valued quality is effective communication, which is essential for accurately communicating information, particularly when working with people from different cultural backgrounds. This is especially true in fields that heavily rely on technology, like marketing or information technology.

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23 Leaders Selected for 2022 Advancing Racial Equity on Nonprofit Boards Fellowship

NonProfit Leadership Center

Brittainy Joyner, associate attorney, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP. “As As I grew into my career and as a community leader, my perspective evolved as I realized there is considerable value in being a person of color in these spaces through opening doors for other minorities and unrepresented groups.