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Soft Skills Support Hard Leadership Challenges

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That curiosity and engagement with others are reflected in her love of travel and learning about diverse countries and cultures. Directors must be prepared to adopt strategies and operations designed to address changing circumstances. “In Focus on Mentoring Sue is a relationship builder. But it’s a two-way street.

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A Grateful Note to End 2020

VQ Strategies

The end of the calendar year is traditionally a time of reflection – looking back on the year’s achievements, challenges, joys, and losses. While 2020 is no different in that regard, our reflections are paired with an urgent desire to put this difficult year behind us.

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Removing cost as a barrier to nonprofit training 

Candid

As Candid moves to more proactively promote equity in the broader social sector, we also continue to reflect on what our own role might be in supporting that effort. Equitable access begins at home Last year, Candid formed a new Equitable Access department to apply a long-term lens to addressing this question.

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Bullet Journaling for Nonprofit Professionals

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Basically, you take a notebook and a pen, and make it your calendar, journal and planner. Migration: a way to reschedule tasks following reflection and a reassessment of them. Among them: Have a place to plan, reflect and think offline. BuJo was designed by Ryder Carroll, a digital product designer. Reduce over-planning.

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Tech Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace: Tips for Avoiding Collaborative Overload

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A quick glance at your calendar shows that you spent hours in meetings, answering emails, or working on shared documents but you can’t remember why. Adopt Good Practices Around Team Emails. More and more nonprofits are adopting flexible workplace or have remote teams in different cities. Sound familiar? PRIORITIES.

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The Ultimate Guide to Social Media for Nonprofits

Qgiv

This post features a video of animals available for adoption and encourages people with matching names to come and adopt, providing a conversation starter for community members in the comments! Creating a content calendar Plan your content in advance to ensure you’re posting in the most effective manner possible.

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Cloud Computing Worldwide

Tech Soup

Mark your calendar! Mark your calendar again! Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International reflects that as more nonprofits move into the cloud, the importance of data to the sector becomes more pronounced. Read our reflections on the opportunities and challenges of cloud adoption for nonprofits.