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For Positive Outcomes, Hold a Mirror Up to Board Performance

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We had a roadmap for how to advance the organization and prepare for the next phase of growth.” Ask new members to share their first impressions or experiences with previous leadership groups. Reflect Positive Outcomes Yes, it can be hard to put behavior in the spotlight. The outcome of that scrutiny is well worth the effort.

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Best Content of 2023

Forum One

As we bid farewell to 2023 and eagerly embrace the coming year of 2024, we take a moment to reflect on the past twelve months and revel in the accomplishments.

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

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In my experience, the latter is the more common scenario. At Zappos, this arrangement is designed to reflect the company’s values and culture. We had a roadmap for how to advance the organization and prepare for the next phase of growth.”. By the time a new direction is approved, the plan may already be out of date.

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Change Management for Grantmakers: The Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s Journey to Better Grantmaking

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We also ensured that we reflected industry best practices for funders and our own organizational values were embedded deeper into our grantmaking practices and partnerships. This feedback provided a good framework for understanding the experience and needs of our partners. We incorporated learnings and feedback from grantee partners.

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Strategies to diversify nonprofit boards to yield success

ASU Lodestar Center

Unfortunately, in the nonprofit boardroom, this change has yet to be reflected. Strategies to diversify nonprofit boards can be divided into three broad phases. Phase 1: Triple A’s - awareness, attitude and action. Phase 2: Implementation. This phase starts with evaluating current board composition using a board matrix.

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The Promise & Peril of Creator Tools Like ChatGPT for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

General AI is still a laboratory experiment. As with any technology moving from emerging to mainstream phases, it takes time to become fluent and this might lead to new job requirements, skills or even jobs. Narrow AI (focuses on a specific task); General AI (as capable as a human); and SuperAI (more capable).

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Preparing Your Nonprofit to Move Beyond the Founder

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As a founder, you may experience this as a lack of competence, dedication, or understanding, and justify the churn as a matter of finding the right people for the job. But instead of giving in to paranoia, this is a time to take stock of the situation, giving yourself time for self-reflection. Ask Yourself: Is it Me?