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Shifting power: How the Ford Foundation’s DEI commitment is transforming culture and impact 

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From 2013 to 2023, women’s representation on the executive leadership team jumped from 22% to 67%, and the share of people of color increased from 56% to 78%. Shifting culture: A commitment to inclusive policies and practices benefits all staff While we’re proud of this progress, we know the numbers only tell one side of the story.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

2013 was the year of an ever-widening NSA spying scandal with its revelations of how little digital privacy we really have – even heads of state. The much-heralded wearable computing era arrived with a crop of smartwatches during 2013. A 2013 survey from The Millennial Impact. Smartwatches. Green Technology.

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Nonprofit Technology News for October 2013

Tech Soup

As always, I invite you to have a look at my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends. They plan to do it through policy and regulatory changes. The real bottleneck now is anti-competitive policies that keep prices unaffordable. All that and Ginny Mies's pick for the mobile app of the month.

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Thank You Marissa Mayer for Yahoo’s No Work From Home Policy

Tech Soup

It’s been well over a year since Yahoo’s controversial non-telecommuting policy, which created a firestorm of reaction. It was the end of February in 2013 when Yahoo’s celebrated young CEO, Marissa Mayer, decided to end telecommuting at Yahoo to boost collaboration and communication within the company.

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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

Tech Soup

Brazil is particularly active with its Brazilian Association of Electric and Electronic Recycling Companies and its emerging comprehensive e-scrap policy with a target of 17 percent by 2018. Four countries in Latin America now have e-waste laws or rules: Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, and Brazil.

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Want Changes to Federal Grants? How to Make Your Voice Heard

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If your comments do not ultimately change the regulation, they are still important for potential litigation, according to the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation at Harvard Law School. Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, Harvard Law School. The Public Comment Process is Where Bureaucracy and Democracy Get a room.

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Microsoft Office 2016 Is Now Available!

Tech Soup

The last version of InfoPath to be released is the 2013 version. InfoPath 2013 is still available as a donation through TechSoup, and that version is included with Office Professional Plus 2016. End users will see policy tips or sharing restrictions when the apps detect a potential policy violation. Get Office.

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