.orgSource

MARCH 18, 2024

Simon Sinek A colleague recently referred to the time before the pandemic as “innocent.” This uncertainty prompted me to invite two of the most visionary people I know to spend time with me on my podcast considering the future of the association industry. Sharon offered an idea that has been on my mind for some time.

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Associations Jordan Industry Podcast 221

.orgSource

OCTOBER 9, 2023

It hurtled us into the future with no time to prepare for that demanding new reality. Nancy MacRae, CEO at the Emergency Nurses Association and Kristine Hillmer, President and CEO of the Wisconsin Restaurant Association , steered their members through the challenge. With this kind of structure, there are limited sources of revenue.

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Milwaukee Wisconsin Collaboration Associations 221

.orgSource

MAY 15, 2023

If these two drivers of engagement are a world apart, it will be challenging to deliver the seamless experience customers expect from their favorite brands. There was a time when associations didn’t think of their members as customers. What has changed over time? Confront problems quickly and openly using objective information.

Collaboration 221

Collaboration Marketing Team Integration 221

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Today’s business leaders are faced with many challenges: intense competition, increased regulation, and the need for constant innovation. Leadership Fitness : Leadership philosophy, personal performance, mental training, and ability to master time and calendar. There’s no better time than now to read this book.

Leadership 92

Leadership Evaluation Brain Business 92

NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

They keep it in structures that serve each platform and compel software developers to build integrations and connections (or not) so that their independent companies can sell in multiple markets. That is the world nonprofits using large data platforms exist within, and it’s taking up needless time, money, and effort to maintain.

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Problem Data API Global 62

.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

The problem might be something you’ve never considered. Trust isn’t a challenge that is currently top of mind for association leaders. We structured this conference based on feedback from.orgCommunity’s fall Solutions Day participants. Something flashier might be needed to attract the coveted gaze of strenuously courted GenX.

Associations 221

Associations Leadership Question Wisconsin 221

Bloomerang

APRIL 1, 2024

Unmasking the myths Myth 1: “Too much process and structure make us feel too much like a business.” Let’s focus on the benefits of being structured and efficient in our work. Let’s challenge the idea that signing a document is enough. Myth 2: “Boards are either micromanaging or disengaged.

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Structure Chapter Relationship Linkedin 71

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Building a website can be costly and time-consuming. Together, the data from analytics and user feedback can help inform improvements, structure, and enhancements to your redesigned website. Here’s an example of how to structure your scoping document outline: About the Organization. What problems are you trying to solve?

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Websites Analytics Project Proposal 305

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 13, 2022

The combined disruptions of these phenomena are affecting business structures, organizational cultures, and processes. Leadership styles conducive to authentic engagement, providing clear guidance and building integrated processes and structures that foster collaboration and team cohesion is essential. Authentic engagement.

Leadership 98

Leadership Impact San Diego Structure 98

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Running an organization can be a big challenge. This can suck time from your day, making each task take longer. This can end up saving you a lot of time. While this can make it an invaluable management tool, it can also present a big problem. It could also have serious legal problems. Import Existing Databases.

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Associations Organization Software Track 294

Blue Avocado

MARCH 5, 2024

In short, the founder problem isn’t really a problem, if you understand it correctly. When it comes time to put the idea into practice, the qualities that enable someone to be a founder can manifest as micromanagement or frustration, especially when others cannot see the details as clearly as you can. Ask Yourself: Is it Me?

Nonprofit 84

Nonprofit Children Problem Phase 84

.orgSource

MAY 29, 2023

This is a challenging time for associations. We believe that each United Way community member, donor, volunteer, advocate, and employee must have equal access to solving community problems. However, activities that involve gaining people’s cooperation and changing their behavior require time and effort. Lack of resources.

Associations 221

Associations Reflection Leadership Training 221

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The challenge is due in part to data silos , or groups of raw data isolated from different departments. Data silos are a common problem across all industries and can cause serious pain points, especially as data volume increases. Save staff time and costs by avoiding manual entry. Improved staff collaboration.

Integration 76

Integration Data Nonprofit Platform 76

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

I selected this book to be this year’s winner because it is full of specific examples of challenges and solutions from fields as diverse as nonprofits, school boards, healthcare, and the corporate world. Leadership is mobilizing others to make progress on the most important challenges. Leadership comes in moments.

Leadership 87

Leadership Kansas Authoring Chapter 87

Bloomerang

MARCH 17, 2023

To successfully secure gifts of time and money you have to be ready to hear no. Let’s face it we hear no all the time in our personal and business lives. Very often donor prospects will ask for more time. Not setting a specific date and time can place you in a Bermuda Triangle of sorts, with all sense of urgency lost.

Lesson 111

Lesson Donor Fundraising Gift 111

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Today’s business leaders are faced with many challenges: intense competition, increased regulation, and the need for constant innovation. Leadership Fitness : Leadership philosophy, personal performance, mental training, and ability to master time and calendar. There’s no better time than now to read this book.

Leadership 58

Leadership Evaluation Brain Business 58

Kindful

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

It is, but there are other considerations for each of these stories, as well as the added challenge of telling each of them well. Once you develop your stories, you’ll be able to refine them each time you tell them and create different iterations to use with specific audiences and in specific formats. Why was it a challenge?

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Storytelling Action Support Story 98

Get Fully Funded

JULY 16, 2023

If you are like most nonprofit leaders, the thought of a Board meeting creates feelings of dread, the blahs, the “let’s get it over withs”, the “I don’t have time for this” mindset, or the “I don’t know why we even bothers”. ” “Nobody shows up on time. It helps you spend more time looking forward, rather than looking back.

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Fun Product Law Nonprofit 98

Bloomerang

JUNE 12, 2021

So here’s a timely reminder of what looking out for yourself looks like when your job is looking out for others. Even a simple walk outside for half an hour can reset the day and give you the break you need to take in your problems with a clear head. When was the last time you trained? Have Some More “Me” Time.

Industry 111

Industry Problem Authoring Exercise 111

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2022

The book is divided into three sections: The first section includes: A focus on how and why women tend to build strong companies, staring with the structural challenges they must overcome to raise venture capital and scale their businesses. An Impetus for women to structure their businesses in a more purpose-drive way.

Leadership 67

Leadership Benchmark Story Structure 67

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The book is divided into three sections: The first section includes: A focus on how and why women tend to build strong companies, staring with the structural challenges they must overcome to raise venture capital and scale their businesses. An Impetus for women to structure their businesses in a more purpose-drive way.

Learning 52

Learning Leadership Benchmark Story 52

Bloomerang

MARCH 17, 2023

To successfully secure gifts of time and money you have to be ready to hear no. Let’s face it we hear no all the time in our personal and business lives. Very often donor prospects will ask for more time. Not setting a specific date and time can place you in a Bermuda Triangle of sorts, with all sense of urgency lost.

Lesson 66

Lesson Donor Fundraising Gift 66

Nucleus

AUGUST 17, 2021

While it’s good to collect input, this can be a problem. It’s why your response rate to surveys dwindles over time. Plan Ahead As your association collects data over time, it is important to have a plan in place as to when, how, and to what purpose data will be collected. What problem are we trying to solve? PUHLEEZE. ”

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Survey Data Analytics Associations 130

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

It turns out one of the most important strategies for our time is the ability to effectively generate, exchange, and adopt new ways of doing things. Whether you’re part of a nonprofit, a dynamic team, or an individual on a mission, having a well-defined strategy for quickly creating and sharing fresh ideas is a must-have in our times.

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Generation Ideas Arts Share 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Organizations need to have structures and policies to support and enhance an individuals work/life balance and enable healthy technology use habits including a right to disconnect from the workplace. everything is a computational challenge. We must not accept any technology as the default solution for our problems.

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Homeless Research Global System 163

Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Starting a nonprofit requires a decent amount of time and energy. Before you start a new organization, it’s worth it to fully think through the problem you’re hoping to address and whether a nonprofit is the right way to solve the issue. Is it one distinct problem or multiple issues?

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Nonprofit Files Policy Software 80

Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

But the more I heard them explain it, the more I started thinking about how the current design “table” is a big problem in and of itself. . These rules, which were established a long time ago, create a designers’ basis of what “good design” is. What were structures in places at the time? . Less is more. But At What Cost?

Design 52

Design System Structure Ratio 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Those who lead with heart consistently have discussions with their teams about their unexpressed needs, fears, desires, gifts, and sense of purpose , explain the authors of the timely and compelling book, Leading With Heart. They communicate bad news early so it doesn’t become a larger problem.

Gift 58

Gift Culture Companies Conversation 58

Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In my four decades as a senior fundraising executive, part-time consultant, and nonprofit CEO, I have worked with (or served on) 20 nonprofit boards. In fact, one of my two biggest challenges as nonprofit CEO involved convincing boards that their service demanded accountability.

Lesson 96

Lesson Effective Create Nonprofit 96

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 29, 2022

Those who lead with heart consistently have discussions with their teams about their unexpressed needs, fears, desires, gifts, and sense of purpose , explain the authors of the timely and compelling new book, Leading With Heart. They communicate bad news early so it doesn’t become a larger problem.

Gift 80

Gift Culture Companies Conversation 80

AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

For the event organizer who hosts regular live events, like a networking event, this presents a problem. Are you trying to connect coworkers during this challenging time? Think about your target audience and develop a structure that makes the most sense for both them and your event goals. . Plan the Particulars.

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Virtual Hosting Network Industry 98

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 4, 2023

Leadership is mobilizing others to make progress on the most important challenges. It can be unfamiliar and uncomfortable, but in a culture where everyone leads, organizations start to make progress on their most difficult problems,” explain the authors. Our model works because it places the challenge, not the person, at the center.

Benefit 52

Benefit Kansas Leadership Authoring 52

sgEngage

JUNE 16, 2022

The Problem with Managing Donor Restricted Funds. For philanthropic arms of larger organizations, it’s challenging to get the visibility and transparency you need from the parent organization’s general ledger to make short-term and long-term decisions. Any time you add manual entry into a process, it can result in inaccurate data.

Fund 71

Fund Management Cancer Foundation 71

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Those who lead with heart consistently have discussions with their teams about their unexpressed needs, fears, desires, gifts, and sense of purpose , explain the authors of the timely and compelling new book, Leading With Heart. They communicate bad news early so it doesn’t become a larger problem.

Companies 69

Companies Gift Culture Conversation 69

Media Cause

AUGUST 9, 2021

Hearing how other designers approach some of the same creative challenges we face every day, and getting a peek into their thought processes, felt like a welcome dose of camaraderie. Creative-problem solving on a small budget. Like the title of the AIGA article states, small budgets are a big challenge for many nonprofits.

Design 52

Design Experiment Nonprofit Collaboration 52

sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Essence of knowledge After more than two decades in the knowledge field—located at various times in community program evaluation, academia and philanthropy—I have come to the conclusion that our biggest problem in maximizing knowledge work is that we too often conflate knowledge with learning. Fast forward to today….

Knowledge 67

Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 67

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2013

When I worked with a web developer for my blog redesign and hearing about how nonprofits typically approach platform design, there isn’t this much depth and creativity. Many times it is focused on “getting it done efficiently” and features. Understanding: Methods for Analyzing Challenges and Opportunities.

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Design Strategy Digital Technique 128