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Introducing our Book Group Facilitation Guide!

VQ Strategies

That’s where book groups come in. In response to many requests, we have developed a facilitation guide for formal and informal book groups. Filled with warm-up activities, questions, and compelling quotes, the guide also prompts “concepts to action” so that participants can translate these ideas into action.

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Statement of Activities: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

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The Statement of Activities—commonly referred to as an SOA—is one of four essential financial statements for nonprofit organizations. As a CPA working with nonprofits of all sizes, I’ve encountered numerous errors in Board of Directors’ financial reports and Statements of Activities documents.

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Are Marketing and Membership at Opposite Poles? Take the Journey to Collaboration

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Is your marketing team hanging out at the North Pole while the membership group chills in Antarctica? Analyzing website traffic, social media, product sales, and marketing campaigns together strengthens activities on both sides of the equation. Recognizing and rewarding mutually supportive activities and behavior.

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Build a Mission-Worthy Team

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Hire for Fit Don’t rely on games, group lunches, or happy hours to turn incompatibility into excellence. Then you need an environment that maximizes individual talents while allowing groups to work successfully together. Don’t rely on games or group lunches to turn incompatibility into excellence.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Does your work at a nonprofit include facilitating meetings or trainings? Looking for new techniques to add to your facilitator’s toolbox? Brainstorming can be done as a solo activity or group or collaborative brainstorming. Osborn outlines the essential rules of a successful group brainstorming session.

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For Positive Outcomes, Hold a Mirror Up to Board Performance

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leadership soapbox here to say that a digital culture uses objective data to measure and evaluate all of its activities. Point a Compass to the Future Regular updates on the status of governance can be a compass to help the group stay on the right path. Sometimes an outside facilitator can move members forward more quickly.

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Drones, Robots, and Farmers—Prepare Your Association to Meet Fast-Moving Technology Trends

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We selected this group because, as independent business owners, they were acutely aware of the challenges of digital markets and the attitudes needed for success. How can leaders prepare themselves and their employees to develop effective systems for culling unproductive activities and managing the constant volatility?