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Marguerite Casey Foundation CEO: ‘Innovation isn’t only about the future, but about fixing the past’

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based nonprofit whose focus is on worker empowerment. Number of appointments/meetings on your calendar this week? And I am a big believer in the 15-30 minute meeting as well as ending a meeting when it’s done as opposed to dragging it on to say we used the whole time. During my morning exercise routine.

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From cybersecurity to social justice, Rubica CEO Frances Dewing is an agent of unexpected change

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Dewing, who holds a law degree from the University of Washington, worked for a nonprofit legal aid program early in her career and was involved with immigrant advocacy and street youth while in law school. So, I literally schedule time for exercise and breaks during the weekdays. How do you run meetings?

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Microsoft’s Erik Arnold merges passion for tech and philanthropy to help nonprofits gain digital success

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Arnold spent time at the Gates-owned Corbis, at PATH, which has a close partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and now Microsoft, where Arnold is CTO of the company’s nonprofit-focused Tech for Social Impact. For many nonprofits, it’s not a lack of willingness to modernize, it’s simply not knowing where to start.”

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Longtime UX leader Karen Clark Cole on staying present and learning to tell good fear from bad

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Outside of work, Cole is the founder of Girls Can Do , a nonprofit that hosts events akin to “TED Talks for girls,” particularly girls from racially diverse and low-income families. The glass walls in Karen Clark Cole’s office helps her feel connected to colleagues even when sequestered in back-to-back meetings.

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15 ways to grow as an IT leader in 2024

CIO Business Intelligence

“This means creating plans that a normal person will understand, not talking about workloads in the cloud, for example, so that they see that IT is trying to deliver solutions for them faster and provide more flexibility to meet their business needs,” Session adds.

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How BUiLT unites Black IT pros and builds equity

CIO Business Intelligence

Behaviors to exclude me would happen in corporate [workplaces] and even in nonprofits where I volunteered, and I wasn’t prepared for them coming.” After closing his software company during the pandemic, Beasley turned toward the nonprofit space, working with several organizations, serving on the board of directors.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Diversity

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Women Studies show that unless they meet all the requirements, they're much less likely to apply. In a moment we'll meet a woman who has four graduate degrees in it, plus an MBA. Tennisha: Black Girls hack is a nonprofit organization we recently got our 501 C three designation.

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