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Challenging Conversations—Tackling Risk

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If your association is lucky enough to have an investment portfolio, a discussion about risk has probably been on the board’s agenda. These conversations are limited to bottom-line issues. There are multiple reasons to make both the upside and the downside of risk management a broader topic of board discussion. Sig is right.

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Are Associations Losing Their Members’ Trust?—The Leadership ColLAB Explores This Critical Question

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The Leadership ColLAB conference was an opportunity to bring professionals together around what we believe is a critical question. Our goal was to provide a great forum for networking and meaningful conversations. The World Café is a strategy designed to deeply explore a series of topical questions.

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Recap: Nonprofits & AI – A Conversation with Devi Thomas

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was thrilled to have a conversation with Devi Thomas from Microsoft Philanthropies. We also discussed use cases, benefits, limitations, adoptions, and lots of practical tips. Use Cases We discussed different use cases beyond productivity for writing tasks and processing email. How are you experimenting and learning?

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International Leadership, Women’s Issues, and Branding—A Conversation With Allison K. Summers, CAE

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Our discussion about the Summit Award launched a wide-ranging conversation. Asking questions is another great way to make connections. Allison captioned her LinkedIn photo like this, “The start of amazing begins with the right question.” People enjoy talking about themselves and their work.

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Technology Isn’t Always the Hero or the Villain—Sometimes It’s a Bit Player

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When people call me to discuss a new purchase, I ask lots of questions. During those conversations, […]. It’s a silent partner in our work; and if things aren’t going well, that uncooperative software platform often takes the wrap. My business revolves around digital initiatives.

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Investigating and Improving the Questions You Ask Grantees

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Over the years, we noticed that excellence in the sector was evolving, but our questions felt like they were behind the curve. The winning organizations were consistently exhibiting interesting characteristics, but we weren’t asking questions targeted at those characteristics. We needed to change up our questions. Take it out.

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[Webinar] The Virtual Fundraising Roundtable Discussion

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During this special 90 minute conversation, we’re going to be diving into the details so you can learn virtual fundraising best practices for 2021. We’ll discuss: Current virtual event trends: Virtual galas, virtual walkathons, and more! Examples of successful campaigns from real nonprofits like yours.