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On March 3, 1887, Helen Keller Meets Her Teacher Anne Sullivan

Teach Your Nonprofit to Adopt Ten (10) Policies

March 3, 2025 On this date in 1887, Anne Sullivan began teaching six (6) year-old Helen Keller, who lost both her sight and hearing after a severe illness as an infant. Under Sullivan’s tutelage, including her pioneering “touch teaching”…

In Honor of the Birthday of Dr. Seuss

A Special Rhyme for Iowa Nonprofits About the Importance of a Compensation Policy

March 2, 2025 The nonprofit didn't plan. It had no policy for pay. So folks never knew What might happen one day. And then it arrived! A plan for the pay! And not just a plan, a policy — hooray! It was clear! It was fair! It…

March: Lamb or Lion?

While Iowa’s Weather Changes, Some Things Never Do - Every Iowa Nonprofit Should Adopt Ten (10) Policies

March 1, 2025 Did March come in like a lamb or lion? Wow, Iowa's weather sure keeps it interesting! In the last few weeks we’ve experienced all four seasons: Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter. While the weather may be ever-changing,…

Happy Birthday, #Pocahontas!

[Conflict of Interest Policies for Nonprofits]

March 21, 2024 Happy Birthday, Pocahontas! Legend tells us that on this date (March 21), Pocahontas was born. The exact year is unknown but is estimated to be around 1595 or 1596. She is believed to have been born in the vicinity of the present-day…

March 7: Happy Birthday to Poet and Activist Amanda Gorman!

[Nonprofits Need Gift Acceptance Policies]

March 7, 2024 Born on this day in 1998, Amanda Gorman was just 22 years-old when she became the youngest U.S. inaugural poet at the 2021 swearing-in of President Joe Biden. She has said that she drew inspiration for her poem, “The…

On March 6, 1945, Iowan George Nissen patents the trampoline

Iowa Nonprofits Need to Jump Into Adopting and Implementing a Flexible-But-Firm Document Retention Policy

March 6, 2024 Iowa native George Nissen built his first "tumbling device" in 1934 out of angle iron, canvas, and rubber springs. He perfected the contraption, renamed it the "trampoline," after the Spanish word for springboard. On March 6,…