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Introducing our Book Group Facilitation Guide!

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When we first conceived of the book, Transforming Disruption to Impact , our goal was to spark conversation about the innovations and adaptations that have been vital to sustaining the power of volunteers despite the many disruptions we have all experienced in recent years. So what better way to read it than to do so as part of conversations?

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How to Facilitate the Discovery Step of the Donor-Centered Approach

Bloomerang

they lead the way to new territory and keep the conversation going: Examples: What do you hope to achieve with your philanthropy? A best practice is to record the details of your conversation in your donor database or nonprofit CRM. She has over 25 years of experience in nonprofit management, fundraising and leadership.

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Culture, Community, and Technology—A Successful 2022 Convergence

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With the introduction of culture to a digital environment, we saw interpersonal dynamics in a new light.orgCommunity , our professional development and networking organization, was thrilled to host two in-person events that brought people together to explore those themes and discuss significant issues that emerged from our post-pandemic experience.

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

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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. The days when board members holed up in a conference room and mapped the organization’s future based on anecdotal evidence, political expediency, and personal experience should be over.

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Get More Out of AI, Start Chatting

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You’ve probably had a conversation with the bot twins, ChatGPT and Bard. Maybe you’ve already experimented using generative AI to create content such as outlines, agendas, or even articles. Eliza was a natural language processing program created to explore the dynamics of conversation between humans and machines.

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For Positive Outcomes, Hold a Mirror Up to Board Performance

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Launch the Conversation Sometimes an outside facilitator can move the group forward more quickly. Discussions about best practices, strategic planning sessions, or board development exercises can launch conversations about how and when to evaluate the board’s performance. This exercise takes a little practice.

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7 steps to advance your volunteer program with your online member community

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Create and manage different volunteer groups To encourage and facilitate conversation between your member volunteers, use your online community platform to create different groups. If your volunteer program is large, you might want to add more groups to ensure conversation flows more freely.

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