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Flat, Tall, or In Between—Is It Time to Evaluate Your Organizational Structure?

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The organization may still be boxed into a structure that’s been the same for 20 years or more. How do you know that your organizational structure might need retooling? Each of these issues could signal that a more streamlined organizational structure is needed. Staff positions can benefit from a similar realignment.

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Nonprofits Have Been Right All Along: Community Benefit Models Can Solve Our Toughest Environmental Challenges

Blue Avocado

Now we are learning that valuing private profit over community has brought us to the edge of extinction. Why it Happens: Our existing economic structure is designed to reward profit-seeking and to devalue […].

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4 Ways Nonprofits Can Start Using AI in 2024

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Kyle Behrend — a seasoned not-for-profit professional dedicated to educating and empowering nonprofits with AI through NFPs.AI. The nonprofit sector, often stretched for resources and expertise, is uniquely positioned to benefit from the efficiencies and opportunities offered by Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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Why You Should Do A Cost-Benefit Analysis Before Throwing Your Next Nonprofit Fundraising Event

Bloomerang

The importance of a cost-benefit analysis for your fundraising strategies. James Greenfield is the guru of fundraising cost-benefit analysis. When it comes to individual giving, an acceptable cost-benefit ratio can depend on a range of factors: Your organization’s history, age, and size. Funding structure. Volunteers.

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How to Build a Story Arc for a Non-Profit Fundraising Campaign

The Storytelling Non-profit

Story arcs play an important role in non-profit narrative development. As a non-profit professional, it’s essential to come out of the weeds of individual storytelling so that you can be strategic with what you tell your audience over time. Why Non-Profits Need to Think in Story Arcs.

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Weave a Safety Net—Find the Right Strategic Partners

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Nancy and Kristine’s partner organizations certainly derived benefits from their collaboration. Some are alliances in name only that don’t deliver real benefits to either party. Look to the corporate sector, government, civic, or other associations or non-profit organizations to find collaborators who will add value.

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Research Friday: Legal Structure Alternatives to Lead Social Change

ASU Lodestar Center

Or maybe you have a great idea to create your own business, but want to balance making a profit with creating social impact? While these types of enterprises have profit-making as their highest motivation, we also see them working actively for the betterment of society. As part of a. inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice.