The Great Return: Dax-Devlon Ross
Aug
13
10:00 AM10:00

The Great Return: Dax-Devlon Ross

After 18 uncertain and arduous months, many of us are resuming our regularly scheduled lives. Once again we are gathering and traveling. But just as getting older doesn't, in and of itself, make us wiser, change alone is not synonymous with growth. So, as a sector, what have we learned? And how will that learning persist under pressure?

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How to Destroy Your Organization Through Employee Divestment
Aug
12
2:00 PM14:00

How to Destroy Your Organization Through Employee Divestment

The 2021 Mid-South Nonprofit Compensation Report revealed that nonprofit CEOs were woefully under-developing key staff members such as administrative employees and development staff. The 2020 Race to Lead report revealed that nonprofit staff of color were more eager than their White counterparts to lead organizations, but they are given less opportunity to do so. Why are nonprofit leaders not…

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Rejecting the Deficit Mindset in Community Engagement and Outreach: Dr. Norma Gonzalez
Aug
11
2:00 PM14:00

Rejecting the Deficit Mindset in Community Engagement and Outreach: Dr. Norma Gonzalez

Poor and culturally diverse families are often presumed to be incapable of offering positive learning and life experiences for their children. Instead, many educators, social workers, and nonprofit staff recognize and value the rich knowledge, assets, and cultural ways of these communities, using them as tools to co-create strategy, interventions, and programming for nonprofits. In acknowledging the cultural, social…

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