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Move DEI Beyond Words

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Your team may need to be educated about the urgency for and the benefits of embarking on a diversity plan. Develop Competence Collegiality and good intentions are ingredients for success, but attitude isn’t enough to go the distance. Articulate the Vision Writing the diversity statement can be a co-creative activity.

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The Importance of the Thank You: Creating an Attitude of Gratitude

NonProfit Hub

We need to foster an attitude of gratitude and create a culture of thanking our donors. To create an attitude of gratitude , consider the good ole’ fashioned 5Ws and an H: Who is involved in each step of the thank you process? But, to truly engage and retain donors, we need to do so much more!

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

Bloomerang

And your attitude will be contagious. Make Continuing Education a Priority. No one should fall back on “that’s not my job” when it comes to passionately and proactively articulating your vision, mission, and values. Some things I’ve done include: Leading an in-service educational presentation at a staff meeting.

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5 Reasons Why You Should Make Mentoring A Priority

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mentoring others is an attitude and lifestyle choice. It’s so great to see all these kids focused on education and with well-articulated goals for where they want to be someday. You don’t have to have a weekly coffee with a mentee to make an impact. You’ll Experience Growth And Learning Too.

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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. Convert —> loyalty.

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How Can Nonprofits Switch to a Data-Driven Culture?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Culture is an organization’s operating patterns of behavior, activities, and attitudes, influenced by a shared set of values and beliefs that characterize the way people work together. identifying the new ways of working you want to see or articulating a new set of beliefs and values associated with them. Start at the top.

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The Public Argument About Arts Support as Seen through the Lens of the Detroit Institute of Arts

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Residents in the three counties that pay the millage will receive special benefits : free admission to the museum and expanded educational programming. But the arguments trotted out represent how far we have to go in articulating the public value of arts institutions (and helping our supporters speak the same language). Rebuttal: none.

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