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

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We all understand that technology has changed business. 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.

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Answer these 6 questions to frame your fundraising plan structure

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Drafting a fundraising plan can be intimidating, especially if it’s your first time and you have no fundraising plan structure. Your answers will give your fundraising plan structure and allow you to move forward with this important task. In other words, you have no format, no template, and no idea where to start. I’ve been there.

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Weave a Safety Net—Find the Right Strategic Partners

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Isolation taught us the value of the relationships and the technology that sustained our communities. But the relationships we cultivated over years were critical in the early days.” I’ve always understood the importance of relationships,” Kristine noted. That hammered home the connection between relationship building and trust.

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Lessons Learned Living the Virtual Experiment

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When Kevin Ordonez, my business partner, and I wrote our Association 4.0 books , a home office was still a glimmer in every busy parent’s eyes. In 2005, when Highroad was one of the few virtual businesses, the concept raised some eyebrows. Businesses and even a few associations are moving away from bricks and mortar.

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Are Marketing and Membership at Opposite Poles? Take the Journey to Collaboration

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Highlight the Advantages There are plenty of incentives for these two teams to develop a symbiotic relationship. Sharon Rice ,orgSource Managing Director of Business Strategy, explains the new roles like this, “An integrated strategic plan gives everyone in the organization a voice, especially the professionals from marketing and membership.

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Eye-Opening Workplace Statistics From Gallup That Business Leaders Need To Know

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And as revealed in Gallup’s latest book, Culture Shock , authored by Jim Clifton and Jim Harter , the following are some eye-opening statistics today’s business leaders need to know. It may become nearly impossible to create a culture of committed team members and powerful relationships at work. Among workers in the U.S.,

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The more you know: Salesforce Person Accounts for associations

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S ome of America’s leading businesses like New York Life, Bank of America, Voya , Philips, Target, and CVS are leveraging Person Accounts to revolutionize reporting. Person Accounts are also designed to work for associations , support a complex membership structure , and promote a connected member experience.