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Teaching Cooperative Intelligence, for a Solidarity Economy

NonProfit Quarterly

Such, at least, is the thesis of work I’ve been involved in to create a cooperative education curriculum at the high school level in the Bronx. If you are interested in working in a democratic workplace, you may find work at a cooperative or employee-owned company with resources to train you in democratic management.

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Doing More About Less: A Targeted Approach to Workforce Readiness

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Large class sizes, inadequate teaching and learning materials, and insufficient teacher training all present roadblocks to innovation. Changes encompassed teaching and learning materials, in-service teacher training to support professional development, assessment practices of student work, school leadership, and school inspection.

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Guest Post: Stories of Volunteer Managers, Technology, and the Pandemic

Twenty Hats

So I think, in many ways, for as often as everybody complains about technology and all the challenges, I think this past year could have gone very differently if we didn’t have these platforms.” — Volunteer manager embracing technology in Ohio. Some manage a handful of volunteers, others work with many thousands.

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Leveraging AI in Social Work: A Pathway to Empowering Vulnerable Populations

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

However, social workers and educators can use AI-powered emotion recognition software to gain valuable insights into a child’s emotional state and adjust their teaching approach accordingly. During this time, I gained valuable experience in operations management, sales, marketing, and leadership.

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The Call of Leadership Now: BIPOC Leaders in a Syndemic Era

NonProfit Quarterly

Institutions, hierarchies, and forms of leadership rooted in Western colonial ideology are failing, being renegotiated, and getting deconstructed—even in the face of intense backlash. Our leadership, needed now more than ever, is being tested like never before. Are they primarily workplaces, sites of labor and management struggles?

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Change Your Life, Career, Future: Why and How Starts Here and Now With Intentioning

Fundraising Leadership

#leadershipdevelopment ” Register here for Intentioning Mastermind Series Kicking off the live series created for women leaders who are mid-career, management and C-suite levels during Women’s History Month is a nod to the collective power of community and what Feldt calls “the infinite pie” of possibilities for women in leadership.

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A Primer for Incubating Child Care Businesses

NonProfit Quarterly

As a result, four years ago, in March 2020 we started what we now call the CEI Child Care Business Lab , an incubator that teaches the specific business skills needed to open, staff, and operate a licensed quality childcare business. Designing a Curriculum Childcare is, for obvious reasons, highly regulated.