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To lead in DEI: Disrupting inequality requires disrupting culture  

Candid

A reactive start: How the recession sparked the Ford Foundation’s DEI commitment The economic downturn of 2008 forced the foundation to downsize, reducing our global headcount. An in-depth look at our policies and practices through a DEI lens highlighted opportunities for improvement and confirmed the need for a dedicated DEI program.

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Describing DEIB in Relation to Organizational Leadership

Grant Professionals Association

Clients engage with staff on a daily basis to run the organization, make decisions, set policy, and influence programming. Race and Ethnicity in the United States, US Census Bureau, August 12, 2021 Author Bio: Ellen Gugel, GPC , is an independent grants consultant in Massachusetts since 2008 when she started Grants & More.

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Leaving Academia With Dr. Julie Ann Ward, Dr. Stephanie Weaver, and Dr. Krista Kurlinkus

Grant Writing Made Easy

I started my PhD in Hispanic Languages and Literatures at UC Berkeley, in one of the more prestigious programs in my field, in 2008. The great fortune of getting a great job offer when there were very, very few available made it difficult to consider whether it was what I wanted. This was also the beginning of the Great Recession.

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The Tech That Will Change 2016

Tech Soup

This has been a steady upward trend since 2008. "Closing the digital divide will take more than one year and more than one policy change. Paul Lamb of Man on a Mission Consulting convened a great discussion in 2006 on Skoll World Forum on the state of nonprofits and NGOs in 2016. This past year, U.S. Privacy and Security.

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#11NPD: Rethinking Movement Buildling

Tech Soup

Joining De Avila were Noah Flower, director of knowledge management at innovative consultancy the Monitor Institute , and Rashad Robinson, executive director at ColorOfChange , an organization dedicated to politically empowering Black Americans. Case in point: Obama for America, the 2008 Obama election campaign effort.

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot

Published Friday, June 06, 2008 8:13 PM by Rebecca. June 6, 2008 10:41 PM. June 8, 2008 11:03 AM. The Non-profit Consultant. Wild Apricot Updates - June 2008. June 2008 (9). May 2008 (9). April 2008 (14). March 2008 (15). February 2008 (15). January 2008 (17). Volunteers.