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

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To make a point about technology and its impact on the future of work, Hugh Lee, Co-Founder of Fusion Productions, told me this story: “Several years ago, we invited some young presenters who were developing cutting edge farming technology to digitalNow. Ongoing transformation requires adjustments to perspectives, attitudes, and behavior.

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Association 4.0—A Playbook for Success

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Leaders must be able to communicate each of those points to both staff and volunteers and to present risk within a cognitive framework.” It gives any employee with an idea a platform to present their innovation. The behaviors and attitudes overlap and intertwine.

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Move DEI Beyond Words

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If one or more of your directors is involved in diversity planning in their professional life, ask them to present to the group; Or invite a CEO and/or staff members from another association to tell their story. Develop Competence Collegiality and good intentions are ingredients for success, but attitude isn’t enough to go the distance.

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The Practice of Personal Gratitude in Fundraising

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Write down your feelings, especially the ones you have trouble articulating. Over time, this attitude will become second nature. You can choose the path of personal gratitude and ground yourself in the present. Why are you afraid? Is it because you think you will come across as greedy? Are you afraid of making your donor mad?

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

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And your attitude will be contagious. When people are presented with something novel they don’t understand, a natural tendency is to ignore it. No one should fall back on “that’s not my job” when it comes to passionately and proactively articulating your vision, mission, and values. It will simply frustrate and depress you.

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5 Reasons Why You Should Make Mentoring A Priority

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Mentoring others is an attitude and lifestyle choice. Spence, an 11 th grader at ECHS wrote, “I am one of the Environmental Charter students you presented to on Friday. It’s so great to see all these kids focused on education and with well-articulated goals for where they want to be someday.

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Creating Buy-In for a Data Culture at Your Nonprofit

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Well, you know your organization best, but in general, the best ways to speak to your colleagues about integrating analytics into everyday functioning are through a three-pronged approach focused on vision, participation, and presenting prototypes. You can increase that number exponentially if you know where previous conversions came from.

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