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Leadership Development Beyond Projects

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Elikem Tomety Archer & Jessica Harrington In 2017, as part of her participation in the youth leadership program Global Citizen Year , Dora—an 18-year-old from Huntington Beach, California—spent seven months in Thiadiaye, Senegal. Leadership program projects are not typically designed with the long term in mind.

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Five tectonic technology shifts changing our world, our work and our potential

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

The title of this post is the name of a speech I gave yesterday in Charlotte for the Bank of America Neighborhood Builders Leadership Program. The social action shift. The idea: Technology has made it easy for people to take small, easy actions in support of a cause. Thanks to everyone who was there live!

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Dr. James explains why the feeling “People like me make gifts like this” is so powerful in major gifts fundraising

iMarketSmart

Hierarchy leadership and social distance in charitable giving. Hierarchy leadership and social distance in charitable giving. Understanding the social science effect: An intervention in life course generosity. The effects of similarity on charitable giving in donor–donor dyads: A systematic literature review.

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What a Week: Making Women’s History and Future Every Day

Fundraising Leadership

When asked how to address the backlash against DEI, she said we have to persist and be intersectional about it, especially in leadership. She pointed out that there is a widespread belief backed up by data that gender equality is beneficial to everyone. The theme is “Together We Lead.” I promise, we’ll make history together.

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Teaching Cooperative Intelligence, for a Solidarity Economy

NonProfit Quarterly

My colleagues and I began having conversations with educators, some of which were facilitated by our close partnership with two youth leadership-development and power-building Bronx institutions: Sistas and Brothas United (of the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition) and The POINT Community Development Corporation in the South Bronx.