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What Nonprofits and Libraries Can Learn from Zappos Culture

Tech Soup

Before the American Library Association’s Annual Conference , I had the privilege of taking a tour of the shoe retailer’s main office to see what libraries and nonprofits could learn from the company. Zappos has a “come as you are” dress code policy so employees can feel 100% comfortable while working.

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Nonprofit Technology Celebrates International Women's Day

Tech Soup

I have noticed that a significant percentage, I daresay a majority, of the people attending the big annual Nonprofit Technology Conferences (NTC) have been women every year. It is one of the very few tech conferences where that is the case. Nicole Ozer , director of technology and civil liberties policy at ACLU. Philanthropy.

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A Review of the Guardian ACTIVATE Summit in London

Tech Soup

Guardian’s ACTIVATE is an annual conference that aims to bring together leaders in media, government and technology to a ctivatedly. Being a novice in the Third Sector, my interest in this conference was mainly about. Being a novice in the Third Sector, my interest in this conference was mainly about. On the core.

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What Nonprofits and Libraries Can Learn from Zappos Culture

Tech Soup

Before the American Library Association’s Annual Conference , I had the privilege of taking a tour of the shoe retailer’s main office to see what libraries and nonprofits could learn from the company. Zappos has a “come as you are” dress code policy so employees can feel 100% comfortable while working.

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

Grant Writing Made Easy

That they rested and cultivated new or forgotten hobbies, got to live in the cities they wanted to, with their partners, and didn’t have to plan their holidays around academic conferences. They also get up and give 50- or 75-minute presentations almost every day as teachers and present at international conferences.

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The Overhead Solution: A New Nonprofit Pride Movement

Tech Soup

The CEOs of BBB Wise Giving Alliance, Charity Navigator, and GuideStar USA published a second open letter last year with the express goal to "crush" the overhead myth, the idea that overhead ratios should serve as the sole basis for evaluating nonprofit performance. Budgeting, fiscal policies, and internal control resources.

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot

Published Friday, June 06, 2008 8:13 PM by Rebecca. Conferences. Terms of Use Privacy Policy Billing and Refund policy. Toronto : Imagine Canada , 2007. Filed under: General non-profit interest , nptech , Best practices , Non-profit Communications , training , publicity. Comment Notification. Accessibility. application.