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Oakland Warehouse Fire: Sprinkler Group Pledges Renewed Legislative Push

Associations Now

In the wake of a tragic fire at an Oakland, California, warehouse-turned-art-facility over the weekend, a trade group focused on fire safety issues is drawing attention to its ongoing fight to make sprinkler systems more common. “It “Our thoughts and prayers are with all of those affected in this tragedy in Oakland.

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Trusting community organizers to build a multiracial democracy

Candid

Fund, the San Francisco Foundation, and the California Wellness Foundation, have long partnered with power-building organizations such as Oakland Rising and statewide networks like PICO California. A number of funders, including The California Endowment, Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr.

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Creating a More Robust Volunteer Development Program During the Covid-19 Crisis

Blue Avocado

Two case studies—League of Women Voters of Oakland and Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County—explored in this article show us that a successful volunteer program blends elements of human resources management and donor management: Recruiting Training Engaging Appreciating Evaluating Retaining No matter what […].

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Mixed Links for Nonprofit Communicators

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Drinks at Penrose in Oakland, CA. Welcome to a “I just got back from vacation and am still on Pacific time” edition of Mixed Links! Joanne Fritz is hosting this month’s Nonprofit Blog. The theme is Year-End Fundraising. If you missed June’s edition, you should head over to the Wild Apricot Blog and get motivated.

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Tappit hires Meka White Morris as chief revenue officer

Event Industry News

With a passion for improving fan experience, Morris has worked with US’ most notable sports and event brands, including the Cleveland Cavaliers, Oakland Raiders, Live Nation, Learfield/IMG College and Legends Hospitality, whose ownership includes the New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys.

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Forget the Job Interview, Play a Video Game

Jamie Notter

As the article states at the beginning, this is kind of the message that Brad Pitt’s character was bringing to the Oakland A’s organization in the movie, Moneyball. The traditional criteria that baseball was using for choosing which players to use at the major league level was basically made up and not necessarily effective.

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Candid community: Expanding equitable access to nonprofit resources 

Candid

Cities including Boston, Philadelphia, Oakland, and Miami now offer access to Candid’s suite of tools at every municipal library. As a result, many library systems have been able to expand their Candid community locations beyond a single branch to all sites across their systems.