Jeanne Canina Tedrow, President & CEO, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
Happy New Year – 2019!
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Jeanne Canina Tedrow, President & CEO, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
Committees help facilitate board's work; prepare board members for informed decision making; provide a mechanism to use all available skill and expertise; and offer hands-on opportunities to serve the organization. Committee members do not have the same liabilities as full-fledged board members. Their role is that of an advisor. They are chosen for the position because of their special interests or capabilities. How could others who are not full board members benefit the organization by serving on committees?
As the Baby Boomers edge into their 50s and 60s, nonprofit organizations will soon be making room for a new generation of leaders. Not only should organizations consider the generational differences that will impact leadership styles, but also consider that members of Generation X, now in their 20s and 30s, are a dramatically smaller group than the Baby Boom generation. Up Next: Generation Change and the Leadership of Nonprofit Organizations (The Annie E.
2020 statement of values and code of ethics for nonprofit and philanthropic organizations from Independent Sector.
Jeanne Canina Tedrow, President & CEO, North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
July 17, 2018
Iget a little uncomfortable when someone asks me to be on a board that is mostly white, seeking racial diversity by saying, “We need to have an African American on the board.” Because that question tells me they may have expectations about my experience, my skills, my networks, and my access to resources that may not be accurate. If you know me, and you know what I can and can’t do, and you’re asking me to be on a board knowing that, then I feel more comfortable with the invitation. I understand the power of allAfrican American boards. For one board I joined, I walked into a high
Step By Step: A Guide to Achieving Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace (TSNE MissionWorks) provides a seven-phase, step-by-step approach to achieving diversity and inclusiveness in the nonprofit workplace. While this work is ongoing, creating a better and more productive work environment now equips organizations to face future challenges.
There’s a type of racism in the workplace many of us have personally witnessed, perpetrated, or experienced: tokenism. The Nonprofit Revolution explores 8 Ways People of Color are Tokenized in Nonprofits.
Paradigm’s report, Managing Unconscious Bias: Strategies to Manage Bias & Build More Diverse, Inclusive Organizations, details how unconscious bias affects organizations, limiting effective decision-making and standing in the way of diversity and inclusion efforts.