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Out of the Crisis #3, Jen Pahlka and Raylene Yung on creating the U.S. Digital Response

Startup Lessons Learned

Deputy Chief Technology Officers Cori Zarek and Ryan Panchadsaram to help all levels of government with COVID-19 response and delivery of services. Highlights from the show Jen describes her background in government-tech partnerships. (2:52) 12:44) A look at the three waves of requests coming from government. (14:06)

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Nonprofit Organizations: How They Work and What They Do

Board Effect

Nonprofit organizations exist in most communities and governments, businesses, and citizens support them in various ways for the overall benefit of the communities they serve. Nonprofit organizations are organized groups of people that form for the purpose of providing goods and services state and federal governments cannot do on their own.

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

For the past 26 years, Majid has founded, led, turned-around and merged several companies in various industries, as well as providing consulting services to corporate executives in the areas of technology, governance, turn-around and strategy. He graduated from Stanford University and from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

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5 Core Values For The Workplace

YoungUpstarts

In an article titled “Where Lying Was Business as Usual,” Business Week reviewed a book on the Wedtech Scandal, a Washington scandal of the late eighties in which a few government officials fed fat contracts to a dubious supplier. Focused leadership over time implies productive, useful perseverance. Dilenschneider'

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Navigating the volunteer board member lifecycle for effective collaboration

Board Effect

From director onboarding to departure, consider other organizations’ experiences: Onboarding new directors to a 52-member board falls to the board administrator of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry , a business advocacy organization in Harrisburg. The administrator championed new solutions for easing the honeymoon period.

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5 Core Values For The Workplace

YoungUpstarts

In an article titled “Where Lying Was Business as Usual,” Business Week reviewed a book on the Wedtech Scandal, a Washington scandal of the late eighties in which a few government officials fed fat contracts to a dubious supplier. Focused leadership over time implies productive, useful perseverance.

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4 Amazing Consulting Companies For Niche Startups

The Startup Magazine

More and more governing bodies are slashing taboos and favoring the research that supports the medicinal benefits of cannabis. Each client is trained in leadership and business development through a 12-step program that involves getting started, handling inventory, salon education, recruitment, and much more.