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Can Labor Save Higher Education as a Public Good?

NonProfit Quarterly

They include a spate of police actions on campuses , anti-DEI and anti-tenure legislation, academic freedom lawsuits , weaponization of accreditation , and political tests for everything from curriculum to top institutional leadership. Colleges and universities depend critically on the labor power of all who work in them.

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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. he argued that an organized base of teachers and workers could reformulate the economy and, in the process, reshape both the civic and economic training that public education offered.

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Unlocking the Value of Circles

NonProfit Quarterly

While peer circles are widely used in corporate and educational contexts, their value to nonprofits and community organizers is underappreciated. Experts often overcomplicate lectures with jargon and references that may not be culturally relevant to the people they are trying to teach.

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Camps Specialist

Anedot

The Camps Specialist will represent LandPaths in the field at camps, in the office and over the phone to participating families, and at public events in a manner that builds collaboration with families, participants, partners, volunteers, and fellow Camps Specialists to implement Camps in the field.

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Great Nonprofit Marketing Jobs: Friday Futures

Getting Attention

Please post your nonprofit marketing position here for full-time or part-time staff, consulting or internship opportunities. Communications Associate , Communications Manager , Online Organizing Intern , Ella Baker Center (San Francisco, CA). Community Programs Manager/Director , The Bohemian Foundation (Fort Collins, CO).

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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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