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Management and Leadership
Humanize Your Hiring Process — Here’s Why and How
Six ways one nonprofit has improved its recruiting — such as highlighting skills rather than credentials, including salary ranges in job ads, and making interviews more equitable. -
Communications
Charity’s Guide Helps Nonprofits Use More Equitable Language
International nonprofit Room to Read worked with Global Press to evaluate its communications and update language to preserve the dignity of all people and cultures. -
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General Operating Support Is Vital to Advancing Equity, Strengthening Nonprofits, Say Leaders
A panel of experts discusses whether the trend of foundations giving general operating support will continue once the pandemic wanes. -
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How to Make the Most of Artificial Intelligence and Other Technologies: Advice From Experts
Technology is often presented as the solution to many problems for nonprofits — reducing staff burnout, better targeting of fundraising efforts, and improving budgeting, to name just a few. It can help with all those things, but there are pitfalls to avoid. -
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How to Hire and Retain Top-Quality Workers
Two nonprofit leaders and the CEO of an executive search firm discuss the recruiting climate, hiring trends, and tactics that are working to retain talented nonprofit professionals in a tight labor market. -
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
How One Organization Is Prioritizing Racial Equity and What It’s Learned
The historically white-led Nonprofit Finance Fund shares its stumbles and successes as it has diversified its staff and board, sought more diverse vendors, become more transparent, and more. -
Advice
Why We Should Rethink Credit Checks for Job Candidates
The unfair practice hampers efforts to attract top talent and build diverse staffs, say two foundation leaders. -
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How to Lead With Courage in Difficult Times
To help leaders recharge and gear up for 2022, the Chronicle hosted two expert guests in the online briefing Leading Courageously in Unparalleled Times. Watch the video or read the summary. -
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How to Hire Leaders of Color: Firsthand Advice
Listen to the people your nonprofit serves, think differently about the qualifications that would best serve your nonprofit’s mission, and provide ongoing support without getting in the way. -
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How to Diversify Your Staff: Nonprofit Leaders Share Views
Nonprofits often need to change the way their recruit and hire job applicants, re-examine pay structures, and uproot other established practices, said experts at a Chronicle briefing.