Management & Sustainability Content Topic Results
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Results displayed are grouped first by VAWnet Special Collections then by individual related materials. For assistance in locating a resource, use our online contact form.
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January 2012
Budgeting: A Guide for Small Nonprofit Organizations
Publisher(s): This guide provides a detailed description of how to create a budget, who should be involved, and things that organizations should consider to ensure that their budget is a tool for maximizing organizational sustainability.
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- General Material
January 2012
Ten Tips for Improving Your Board Meetings
Publisher(s): This summary gives pointers on how to improve board meetings in order to make them more productive and meaningful.
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- General Material
January 2012
Self-Care and Trauma Work
Publisher(s):This document provides a brief overview of vicarious trauma and how to take care of yourself when working to address sexual violence.
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- General Material
January 2012
Creating Trauma-Informed Services Tipsheet Series
Publisher(s):These tipsheets provide practical advice on creating trauma-informed services at domestic violence programs and working with survivors who are experiencing trauma symptoms and/or mental health conditions.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
January 2012
Sheltering Animals & Families Together: Start-Up Manual
Publisher(s):This manual provides simple, how-to methods for starting SAF-T at a domestic violence shelter. SAF-T is available to encourage every domestic violence shelter throughout the United States and other countries to keep people and their pets safe.
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- General Material
January 2012
National Survey of Youth Access to Dating Abuse Services
Publisher(s):This survey report illustrates important national trends in service provision to youth. Trends in availability and accessibility highlight gaps in service as well as strengths and unique needs of communities.
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- Training Tools
January 2012
Healthy Boundaries for Clergy, Spiritual Teachers, and Lay Leaders
Healthy Boundaries for Clergy, Spiritual Teachers, and Lay Leaders is an ongoing curriculum for issues that impact those in the role of leadership in faith communities.
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- General Material
January 2012
Introduction to U visa consular processes
Publisher(s):This powerpoint presents information about processing U visa overseas, challenges involved in the process, and strategies to address the challenges.
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- General Material
January 2012
Vision for Change: A New Wave of Social Justice Leadership
Publisher(s):This report details the specific findings of the Building Movement Project's conversations with diverse younger nonprofit leaders, focusing on what it takes to do their jobs and makes recommendations for concrete change that will support their visions, and help to build a stronger progressive infrastructure for all stakeholders.
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January 2012
Reading, Understanding, and Evaluating Research: Glossary of Terms
Publisher(s):This glossary is presented to assist advocates in understanding commonly used terms when reading, understanding and evaluating research. This glossary drew from several sources, which are listed at the end of this document. These resources can be helpful to advocates who wish to learn more about understanding and evaluating research.
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- General Material
January 2012
Creating Accessible, Culturally Relevant, Domestic Violence and Trauma Informed Agencies: A Self Reflection Tool
Publisher(s):Accessing Safety and Recovery Initiative (ASRI), National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health (NCDVTMH)
This tool uses questions and discussion prompts to guide agencies through a self-reflective process, beginning with imagining how accessible, culturally relevant, and trauma-informed (ACDVTI) work might be carried out in their organization, and then thinking through the first steps and additional resources that will be needed for creating change.
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December 2011
An Executive Director’s Guide to Financial Leadership
Publisher(s): This article from Nonprofit Quarterly provides information on how executive directors of nonprofits can guide their organization to sustainability, rather than just managing its finances.









