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[ASK AN EXPERT] When Should You Hire A Development Consultant?

Bloomerang

You know the old adage: “Give me a fish and I eat for a day; teach me to fish and I eat for a lifetime.” Because you don’t learn anything you don’t already know. To teach existing staff or board how to do something so they can carry on themselves. Once you’ve learned the ropes, you can take this program in house.

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Your 2024 New Year's Resolution Check-In

Eric Jacobsen Blog

If you need another resolution to tackle this year or haven't yet selected one, now is a good time to review this list below.

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Advancing Social Media Measurement for Philanthropic Outcomes #sm_re

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How do you measure your network to learn how to improve outcomes? The last drawing/map is from a peer learning group of Packard Grantees that I am facilitating based on “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” from Radio Bilingue. Click to See Larger Image and Full Data by Marc Smith. Radio Bilingue.

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The Core Elements of Empathy, Power, and Vulnerability in Grantmaking

sgEngage

Empathy is about opening yourself up to new perspectives and learning. Vulnerability Empathetic connections can transform your relationships and outcomes. If you want to be more empathetic and interrogate power, you have to be vulnerable, because when you are vulnerable, in essence, you are learning. How do they function?

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How Helpful is Teaching Nonprofits How to Fish?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: I was thrilled that Paul Connolly agreed to write a guest post sharing some of the public learning taking place through the OE Goldmine Project on the Packard Foundation OE Wiki. How Helpful is Teaching Nonprofits How to Fish? Flickr Photo by Minarae. What you think? Guest post by Paul Connolly.

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70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Perhaps write down five to ten and then between now and January 1, think about which couple you want to work on during 2024.

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6 Reasons SEO Is Important to Nonprofits and Why

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Say your organization stopped using “special education” and uses “specialized learning” instead to decrease the stigma around special education. According to SEMrush, 260 people a month searched specialized learning and 12,100 searched special education. Once they find you and are engaged, you can teach them your language.

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