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Makiyah Moody // Monday, October 1, 2018
Lauren Casteel shares how a mountaintop taught her more about leadership than any book and why she is willing to take chances on young people.
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Tags: civic engagement, education, generational shift, grantmaking
Makiyah Moody // Wednesday, September 26, 2018
With a passion for diversity, equity, inclusion and healing, Camille Cyprian’s journey to self-care and community building undergird her professional and personal pursuits.
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Tags: coaching, community, cross-sector, health, learning communities, networks, philanthropy, resources
La Piana Consulting // Monday, September 24, 2018
One of the ways we must challenge ourselves in managing organizational change is to be willing to rethink power and participation in the management of our own organizations.
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Tags: demographics, diversity, human resources, management, organizational culture, organizational structure, strategy, sustainability, vision, workplace
Makiyah Moody // Tuesday, September 18, 2018
In terms of career, there’s value in picking the right role for right now. Alli Myatt shares highlights along her career trajectory that exposed her to multiple pathways and reminds us how not internalizing microaggressions has helped her to thrive.
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Tags: nonprofit consulting, decision making, management, organizational structure, social sector, workplace
Makiyah Moody // Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Lucy Castillo reflects on some of the milestones on her journey to self – speaking reality to power, self-acceptance, finding balance – and why her “amen corner” is crucial.
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Tags: diversity, education, innovation, strategy
Makiyah Moody // Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Catasha Davis breaks down her leadership style, the power of communications to change communities, and what boldness looks like when charting one’s own path on one's own terms.
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Tags: demographics, diversity, education, evaluation, research
Makiyah Moody // Wednesday, August 29, 2018
Linda Caradine-Poinsett shares some gems on knowing when to walk away from a position, the two books that enhanced her skills to navigate organizational politics, and how mentorship changed her career trajectory in a powerful way.
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Tags: decision making, education, health, organizational culture, organizational structure, workplace
Makiyah Moody // Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Alicia Robinson reflects on her career in “education reform,” why black and brown kids don’t have the same access or opportunity for no good reason, and her experience with racial healing.
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Tags: education, policy, impact, social justice, social sector
Lara Jakubowski // Monday, August 20, 2018
For organizations facing a financial crisis, strategic planning can seem like an impossible luxury. However, nonprofits that routinely find themselves maxing out a line of credit or scrambling to make payroll need to ask themselves some hard questions – and the process of answering those questions is what strategy is all about.
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Tags: business models, financial model, market awareness, planning, scale, strategy, sustainability
Makiyah Moody // Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Raël Nelson James knows the importance of maintaining relationships and keeping in touch. In this interview, she shares which book she considers a "testament to the resiliency of Black people," lifts up philanthropy’s inescapable connection to the origination of wealth and wealth inequality, and explains why she doesn’t spin her wheels trying to convince people that racism is real.
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Tags: nonprofit consulting, diversity, networks, organizational culture, social justice, social sector