Guide to Public-Private Cooperation
Societal Learning and Change: How Governments, Business and Civil Society Are Creating Solutions to Complex Multi-Stakeholder Problems
By Caroline Preston
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Workbook Helps Charities Embrace Diversity
Inclusiveness at Work: How to Build Inclusive Nonprofit Organizations
By Caroline Preston
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‘Washington Monthly’: Colleges and Service
With the release of its first annual college rankings this month, the Washington Monthly joined the list of magazines and guidebooks that rate institutions of higher education. But “while other guides ask what colleges can do for students,” the magazine says, “we ask what colleges are doing for the…
By Caroline Preston
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‘Inc.’: An Entrepreneurial Nonprofit Organization
In 1965, ceramics and jazz -- and a high-school art teacher -- helped to keep Bill Strickland from dropping out of school. Today, a nonprofit organization he founded is giving thousands of young people each year the same chance to come under the spell of art and music, reports Inc. magazine…
By Caroline Preston
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New York U. Kicks Off Drive for Law School
The New York University School of Law has received five pledges of $10-million or more to kick off the public phase of its capital campaign, announced on September 19. The gifts are among $165-million already raised for the campaign, which seeks to bring in $400-million by the end of 2009. Rita…
By Caroline Preston
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Tackling Social Problems at the Local Level
Solutions for America: Inventing Civic Solutions, A How-to Guide on Launching and Sustaining Community Programs, offers advice on how people can find solutions to problems facing their neighborhoods. The report is based on a national study of community-led programs that have succeeded in…
By Caroline Preston
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Report Assesses Trends in the Visual Arts
A Portrait of the Visual Arts: Meeting the Challenges of a New Era, by Kevin F. McCarthy, Elizabeth Heneghan Ondaatje, Arthur Brooks, and Andras Szanto, argues that despite record attendance at museums and soaring prices for artists’ works, visual-arts organizations face significant obstacles to…
By Caroline Preston
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Handbook for the Humanitarian Worker
The Humanitarian Companion: A Guide for International Aid, Development and Human Rights Workers, by John H. Ehrenreich, offers advice on how to overcome the challenges and risks of providing relief to people facing a humanitarian crisis. Mr. Ehrenreich, a psychology professor at the State…
By Caroline Preston
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Grant Seeker’s Guide to Raising Money for Schools
Grant Writing for Educators: Practical Strategies for Teachers, Administrators, and Staff, by Beverly A. Browning, offers advice on how to approach the grant-seeking process. Ms. Browning, a consultant and author, describes how school personnel can identify projects that need support and search out…
By Caroline Preston
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