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Why Fashion Education Needs to Care About Climate Change

NonProfit Quarterly

Clothing production contributes to rampant pollution, from microplastics clogging water systems to carbon emissions and toxic chemicals used in textile processing. Why have fashion education programs been slow to adapt? However, this focus on creative skills has led to a significant gap in sustainability education.

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Can Labor Save Higher Education as a Public Good?

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: SeichanGant on Wikimedia Back in 2020, higher education faced multiple challengesincluding student debt, administrative bloat, and the spread of contingency (also known as adjunct labor) in faculty hiring. Five years later, the challenges facing higher education are as significant but different.

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Post-Election Reflections for Nonprofit Leaders

NonProfit Leadership Center

Promoting respectful discourse and inclusive decision-making can be productive in itself. Whether it’s ensuring equitable access to health care, supporting education, prioritizing affordable housing, enjoying the arts, or building a sustainable environment, focusing on shared values and mutual goals can bridge divides.

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Education Transformation Against All Odds

Stanford Social Innovation Review

In particular, a devastating economic and institutional meltdown that began in 2019 has taken a huge toll on schools and on education in the country. Looking Into the AbyssUnprecedented Institutional and Financial Meltdown Once a beacon of hope for social progress and individual fulfillment, Lebanons education system now lies in ruins.

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4 Key Components of a Successful Online Fundraising Store

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Whether you sell branded merchandise or other fundraising products, your supporters will be excited to receive tangible items that impact their favorite cause. Well-Curated Product Selection Even though supporters are excited about your cause, your products are what will ultimately seal the deal. Supporters buy products.

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4 Tips to Optimize Your Donor Database to Boost Engagement

Ann Green

Personal history: Includes a donors education level, wealth information, and interests so you know why they support your nonprofit and how much they could give. Sarah is responsible for managing the production and customer support department, which focuses on client contract fulfillment, retention, and satisfaction.

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5 Signs Your Employees are Burned Out + What to Do About It

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

If employees feel disconnected or isolated from their peers, their productivity, willingness to collaborate, and job satisfaction may suffer. They miss deadlines and lose productivity. Helping the employee adjust their schedule to work when theyre most productive. They withdraw from their peers. Nonprofit work is fast-paced.