.orgSource

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Remote work was one of those unsettling tests. We must stop the punch-clock mentality and the belief that if we let staff out of our sight, they’re going to be doing anything other than working. The traditional workplace reality is you’re lucky if you get up to five hours of productive work from each employee every day.

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Byte Technology

MAY 2, 2017

From image display issues to creating automatic updates for plugins to working with shortcode, one day you’ll be stopped dead in your design tracks. There isn’t a problem that can’t be overcome, and the worst-case scenario is you’ll have to call in some pro support to keep moving forward.

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.orgSource

JUNE 25, 2023

Now that remote work makes a casual stroll through the cubicles challenging, I suggest an intentional approach. Make time to audit the impact working from home is having on your organization. If performance issues have been a problem, keep an open mind. Evaluate Resources IT deficits equal a rocky road for remote work.

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.orgSource

JULY 29, 2023

If you sense a problem brewing, you may already be knee-deep in a hot mess. While naming the problem may be extremely unpleasant, clarity is the beginning of a solution. Ask about issues and challenges. Uncovering an issue that’s silently creeping through your organization demonstrates your control over the situation.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

If the marketing team promises a fabulous new website, and the results don’t include any features members want, there will be issues, not the least of which is broken confidence. Instead of addressing the “how to,” they concern themselves with the bigger issue of “why.” They can alert membership to emerging issues.

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Does it feel like you never find the right combination of technologies to just make things work? It worked great at my last (completely dissimilar) organization. People and process problems frequently masquerade as technology problems. & technology for organizational problems. Copyright P. Mueller [link].

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Media Cause

JUNE 9, 2022

We all know it can get tricky to work with outside vendors; setting up pixels correctly, getting reports, and ensuring that leads are attributed properly. I recently ran into a situation where we had attribution issues, but the easy way to fix it wasn’t an option. . This is where we had an issue. This problem was a first for me.

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Candid

APRIL 22, 2024

Foundation, we trust those who are closest to the issues affecting their communities. Building grassroots capacity to address underlying causes of injustices We also look for organizations that seek to impact the underlying causes of gender and racial injustices and are working to change policies and conditions in their communities.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 4, 2021

Here is a nonprofit’s guide to problem-solving. They aren’t positioning themselves as a solution to a burning problem. And while Vitamin-like organizations are known to have a very positive impact over time, they’re not seen as solving issues of urgent need. Nonprofits can spend less while getting more.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

podcast interview, my colleague Al Dea, Founder Edge of Work , explained this more contemporary attitude and positioning. We’re open and honest about initiatives that didn’t work. They give me and our management team the freedom to do the work. They know that we’re going to fix the problems.”

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Digital Build North Carolina Attitude 221

Association Analytics

JUNE 21, 2023

Plus, some people just don’t do well with navigating crowded spreadsheets, or might never work in spreadsheets to know what they’re doing. If the departments within your association are not communicating with one another about the data available, you might have an accessibility problem. Solution : The solution for this can be two-fold.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 31, 2023

We’ll send our audience back to work with new insights and answers to challenging questions like these: How can our organization prepare to manage disruptive events like the pandemic? I’ve heard there are lots of legal issues surrounding its use. The November 2 event is designed to give a fresh take on the future!

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 29, 2020

While it might seem contrary to the type of organizations nonprofits are, they must earn some money to fund the good work they hope will be sustainable community solutions. Social enterprises, however, could help solve this problem. New issues may become the top priority as old issues become less of a problem.

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M+R

JANUARY 8, 2024

The 2024 election will be consequential, and my colleagues at M+R Win and I are digging in and doing the hard work. We’re fueled by hope rather than despair because we’re in the business of building movements, building long-term power, and working with world changing clients to pass policies that make people’s lives better.

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Candid

JANUARY 10, 2024

Anyone who works in the nonprofit sector knows it’s not for the faint of heart. By necessity, the sector focuses on the negatives—the systems that are broken, the problems that need solving, the issues that are underfunded. And yet, this hyper-focus may be counterproductive. Research has found that negatives narrow our vision.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2023

The platform streamlines important processes like onboarding, voting, and creating agendas, so you’ll have more time to discuss the issues that really matter. When your board can’t work to the best of their ability, it holds your entire organization back from reaching its true potential.

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.orgSource

MAY 15, 2023

If the marketing team promises a fabulous new website, and the results don’t include any features members want, there will be issues, not the least of which is broken confidence. Instead of addressing the “how to,” they concern themselves with the bigger issue of “why.” They can alert membership to emerging issues.

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Collaboration Marketing Team Integration 221

EveryAction

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

State the problem. A great first step in any RFP is to focus on the problem or need. Is there a person or a team dealing with a problem you’d like solved? Starting with the problem or need offers context for why you’re issuing this RFP. What does the world look like if your problem doesn’t exist?

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Hands on Fundraising

DECEMBER 19, 2023

and A Harvard Business School study shows that however lofty her professional position, family issues are still seen as a woman’s problem. The Association of Fundraising Professionals says 75% of fundraisers are women. Speed reading?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2011

Misunderstanding relationships in data is a problem because it can lead to choosing less effective, more expensive data instead of choosing obvious, more accurate starting points. If an SMS stream was ever going to work as a pattern measure, it was going to be in a context like this -- and it didn't work very well.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 17, 2021

Today brings a timely and compelling book, Choosing Courage , by Jim Detert , where he shares how to increase the chance of accomplishing something positive when acting with courage at work, while decreasing negative personal consequences. In addition, there are two broad reasons to choose courage are legacy and regret , shares Detert.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Much like the head coach or manager of a professional sports team, your job when assembling and managing these teams becomes less about teaching and directing, and become more centered on ensuring the group is working cohesively. And not only that, how well those moving parts are working unison with one another.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 14, 2014

But engaged with their work on a higher level. The great part about people who have these skills is they’re almost always interested, motivated, and engaged with their work. Engage your volunteers and have them help you identify larger issues your nonprofit might be facing, and what possible solutions to those problems might be.

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

When I asked her to describe the problem, here’s what she said: I’ve never done this before, and I feel like I’m making it up as I go along. Lisa was losing confidence in herself—but the RFP process she was using was the real cause of her problems. The CRM providers have questions that I can’t answer.

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Candid

APRIL 16, 2024

Activities they considered “service” included “working with others to make the community or campus a better place” (81%), “acting to benefit the common good” (80%), “everyday acts of kindness” (76%), “acting to raise awareness about a campus, community, or global problem” (72%), and “working with others to address social inequality” (68%).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The book focuses on how to think like an activist leader and introduces the reader to some businesses and business leaders who are doing pioneering work in this regard. Stepping out of the corporate mindset to see the issue as others see it. Identifying the high-impact opportunities to change the game.

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Authoring Business Game Issue 68

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2012

Today, I feature a guest post by Garret Kramer: The Problem-solving Fast Track By Garret Kramer Author of Stillpower: Excellence with Ease in Sports and Life In virtually every business, organization, or family in the world today, people are doing their best to solve problems. How do you get on the problem-solving fast track?

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

When you have a goal to meet—like asking a governing body to sign a bill into law, telling a CEO or other stakeholder to change a behavior or policy, or meeting goals around educating decision-makers on your issue area—you know you can’t do it alone. The hearing is next Tuesday at [time]. You can help by ensuring that your ask is clear.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2020

To start, bring the problems your organization wants to fix into the light. For many people, issues that are out of sight are also out of mind. VR and AR programs do just that, illuminating the issue so that donors know exactly what their funds are going toward and who they’re helping.

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Candid

MAY 1, 2024

As you may have heard, we’re building new Candid tools to help those working in the social sector to do good even more efficiently and effectively in a fast-changing world. To understand how Candid products can best serve our users, we need to know what problems those users are trying to solve. What problems are we trying to solve?

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 16, 2024

Dear Rita, Our HR committee recently discussed how to deal with an employee who has demonstrated both performance problems and issues getting along with their colleagues. They have also been insubordinate when these issues were brought to their attention and were defiant in being told that things need to improve.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

In it, th ey share a unique, engaging and hands-on playbook developed from their work with companies from Uber to Riot Games to Walmart. That approach is: Monday: Identify the real problem holding you back – Far too often, companies don’t tackle the root issues but instead focus on surface problems that mask what’s really going on.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 14, 2015

To reserve your free copy of our March/April issue, sign up today. . ————————————————. The biggest issue with donor retention is that most people don’t even realize it’s an issue. Sargeant said the problem wasn’t just the board, but also who the board was selecting to lead the fundraising efforts. “A

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2010

I was impressed when I heard Tim O'Reilly recommending to all tech folks last year that they Work on Stuff that Matters. Tim's point wasn't that all tech developers should go to work for nonprofits, it was that people should step back and think about what matters to them. We all want to work on Stuff That Matters.

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Work Hunger Amazon Government 162

.orgSource

JANUARY 30, 2024

Remote work was the pandemic’s big gift to employees. walk, remote work came with some not-so-fun trade-offs. walk, remote work came with some not-so-fun trade-offs. Throughout the pandemic, I fielded calls from colleagues asking for advice on a range of issues. The most challenging problems centered around culture.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Author: Seema Rao This month we’re talking about work. Not the work we do, but the ways we do that work. or 38 hours of work a week, most of us put in way more. The whole issue of wages gets at the heart of the faulty systems of capitalism, the culture of women’s work, and museums as privilege-concentrating institutions.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

But all too often, foundations, corporate grantmakers, and donors end up unintentionally causing problems instead of helping to solve them. Here are five common ways foundations cause more problems than they solve: Providing short-term funding for a long-term outcome. Not speaking up.

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