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When Can Volunteers Lead?

NonProfit Quarterly

In this series, The Unexpected Value of Volunteers , author Jan Masaoka takeson the underappreciated topic of volunteerism, provides some unexpected ideas, and points the way toward a public policy agenda on volunteerism. What are some pros and cons about that boards leadership?

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How to Build a Just and Effective Public Sector Workforce System

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Photo by Desola Lanre-Ologun on Unsplash Recent worker polling confirms that even in a low-unemployment economy, workers feel vulnerableand they feel that public policy does not serve them, including the nations system of workforce development. So, where do we go from here?

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We’re Hiring: MNA Public Policy Director

MNA Association

Position Title: Public Policy Director Reports to: Executive Director Approved by: Executive Director Date: January 22, 2024 Job Description Position Overview The Public Policy Director plays a pivotal role in advocating for the interests of nonprofits across Montana.

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US Nonprofit Sector Documents Its Own Powerlessness, but What Will We Do?

NonProfit Quarterly

These permitted activities include lobbying, voter registration, voter education, candidate forums, issue forums, leadership training, and even training people to run for office and to manage political and issue campaigns. Build a national platform to continue this work and support these leaders in their journey to serve and govern.

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How the Facing Race Conference Is Meeting the Political Moment: A Conversation with Leslie Grant-Spann

NonProfit Quarterly

I also had done some work facilitating leadership development programming with women of color leaders, specifically Black women who were leading organizations that used community organizing as a strategy. And what is our role in generating the solutions for what it will mean for us to govern ourselves for the long haul?

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What’s Essential? Author, CEO, Founder on What Leaders Need To Do Now

Fundraising Leadership

founder and CEO of The Humanity Studio, and co-author with Kelly Monahan of Essential: How Distributed Teams, Generative AI and Global Shifts Arte Creating A New Human-Powered Leadership, Technology is outpacing leader capabilities. What is the governance around AI, so you have to teach people how to use it and the impact it will have.

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Sharing Meals

Stanford Social Innovation Review

To create change in such a system requires systems leadership. But food system leadership requires (and offers) something different than most other systems, precisely because of how central and omnipresent food is in everyone’s lives.