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

.orgSource

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. Ongoing transformation requires adjustments to perspectives, attitudes, and behavior. The attitudes are fresh, and work gets done in ways that are unique to each individual.”

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The Practice of Personal Gratitude in Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

Write down your feelings, especially the ones you have trouble articulating. Over time, this attitude will become second nature. Even if you have a tough meeting ahead, talking about the good things your organization has accomplished can’t help but put a more positive spin on the discussion and solutions. Why are you afraid?

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Who’s Responsible for A Nonprofit’s Culture of Philanthropy?

Bloomerang

And your attitude will be contagious. No one should fall back on “that’s not my job” when it comes to passionately and proactively articulating your vision, mission, and values. Get them on board then offer to lead a discussion at an executive management team meeting. What amazing discussions we had, and so much learning ensued!

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How ACLU NJ Defines Social Media Success: The First Important Measurement Step

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While we have articulated our main goal and identified our stakeholders, we are still actively exploring what kind of investment we can make and what various benchmarks mean to us and more importantly what we should do with the numbers we collect. Change in attitude about your organization. What was easy about defining success?

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Creating Buy-In for a Data Culture at Your Nonprofit

Tech Soup

This begins with the CEO or president, who needs to articulate what she or he sees as the fundamental importance of dedicating staff time towards these goals. Prototype : It is one thing for you to articulate why integrating data is important, and it's another to show your colleagues why. But you can also make it fun!

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Here’s Your Chance – A Message to All New Graduates in Philanthropy

Achieve

It has now become a fun game for me to hear them articulate what I do. Near the end of the discussion, a reporter said to me, “I hate to be that guy, but you’re pretty good at talking about what’s possible – yet we live in an old-school philanthropy world. My parents still struggle telling their friends what I do.

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How Can Nonprofits Switch to a Data-Driven Culture?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Discussions on how to improve results are rarely part of staff meetings. The organizational dashboard is shared across departments and there is a process for analyzing, discussing, and applying results. identifying the new ways of working you want to see or articulating a new set of beliefs and values associated with them.

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