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Building Community Through Soccer: Maigan T. Bridgette’s Story at Sporting Kansas City

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

A Foundation in Nonprofit Management During her time at Rockhurst University, Maigan dove into the world of nonprofits, earning her CNP credential while completing her bachelor’s degree in Nonprofit Leadership Studies. Get nonprofit tips and tools delivered right to your inbox by joining The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Newsletter.

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Rising To The Top: Founder, CEO on Supporting All WOC To Succeed

Fundraising Leadership

After two years she transferred to the University of Florida, graduating in 1999 with degrees in political science and business, and the intention of going to law school. careergrowth ” Leadership Takeaway of The Week: “People need to understand who you are and what your value is.” And she went alone.

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Trust Is The Best Currency: CEO, Founder Stamps Approval on Products for Parents

Fundraising Leadership

shopsmarter ” In her early years of entrepreneurship after graduating from York University in 1994 with a double degree in mass communications and political science, Vinderine, who stands just under 5 feet tall, says she endured not only gender bias, but height bias when connecting with funders and clients in person. “As

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For the Love of Humankind: End of Year Fundraising for Community impact

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

As marketing, development and leadership team members, we work toward a common cause within the organization. She moved to Chicago after high school to study Political Science and Sociology at DePaul University. We plan and evaluate, just to say, “We met our goals,” or that the work we’re doing is great for the community.

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Movement Economies: Building an Economics Rooted in Movement

NonProfit Quarterly

This was seen as a politically smart means to avert White backlash. A 1996 political science journal article, for example, argued that policies were most likely to be effective in addressing race and economic inequality if they were targeted to benefit Black Americans but “advanced and defended on universalistic grounds.”

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Giving vs. Sharing: The Power of Community in Major Gifts Fundraising

iMarketSmart

American Political Science Review, 75 (2), 306-318. [6] Leadership, cheap talk and really cheap talk. Hamilton. [4] 4] “Roughly, an ESS [Evolutionarily Stable Strategy] is a strategy such that, if most of the members of a population adopt it, there is no “mutant” strategy that would give higher reproductive fitness.” Padgitt, K.,

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[VIDEO] Creative Ways People Contribute to Community

Bloomerang

The leadership changed. And then if you’re getting into a debate, you know, these techniques that I’m going to talk about today can range from any form from your nonprofit to your religious organization, to your mom’s group, to your friend group, and even to a debate, political science. . The goals changed.