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Weave a Safety Net—Find the Right Strategic Partners

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We advocated fiercely for our members to get protective resources. When the Public Health Department was looking at how to reopen safely, they had a sounding board, and we were able to collaborate to develop successful solutions. Nancy and Kristine’s partner organizations certainly derived benefits from their collaboration.

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Lessons Learned Living the Virtual Experiment

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We learned the importance of technology for communication and collaboration. Groups that developed a structure and schedule for online meetings managed their time and effort more efficiently. We learned that having a history of shared values and expectations for behavior makes for healthier virtual environments.

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Stay the Course Through Changing Weather—Strategic Advice From Association CEOs 

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Success belongs to organizations that adapt to a shifting environment. Does your governance structure help or hinder your progress towards goals? What activities would make your association better prepared to respond to changes in your members’ needs and the business environment? Business is Darwinian. Explore your industry.

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Connecting the dots: Fighting for equity through a data partnership 

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In an environment fraught with fear mongering and skeptical potential allies, Candid persisted in enhancing Demographics via Candid. Candid took note of the barriers nonprofits faced, created resources, and stayed true to their intent of reducing the nonprofits’ burden of providing data to multiple stakeholders.

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Which leadership styles optimize organizational performance and impact?

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The combined disruptions of these phenomena are affecting business structures, organizational cultures, and processes. Hierarchies are becoming flatter, work more collaborative and co-location less relevant. A lack of vulnerability and openness can thwart collaboration and lead to workplace silos. Authentic engagement.

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To Survive a Crisis, Lean Into Trust—CEOs Share Pandemic Stories

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We built alliances and partnered with a variety of providers to deliver much-needed resources. There were multiple areas where collaboration helped to ease the hardship. Do you have the resources you need?’ Now we’ve moved to a hybrid work structure, requiring that everyone be in office at least two days per week.

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Grantmaking: What’s Participation Got to Do with It?

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Deciding Together: Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking offers this definition: “Participatory grantmaking cedes decision-making power about funding–including the strategy and criteria behind those decisions–to the very communities that funders seek to serve.”. Those at the top decide. But what is it?