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

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The organization may still be boxed into a structure that’s been the same for 20 years or more. How do you know that your organizational structure might need retooling? Initiatives are undermined by silos, turf wars, and poor collaboration. You can take baby steps and evaluate which strategies are successful and which are not.

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Advancing Equity in Philanthropy with Resolve and Resilience: A Call to Action

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The existential need for philanthropy indicates that structures exist that fail to meet basic human needs. Even though laws and structures are often driven from the top down, it is a combination of top-down leadership and grassroots movements that create sustainable change.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. On its face, evaluation seems like a neutral activity, designed to help us understand what’s happened, and to change course where needed. Who decides what is measured?

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How To Be More Strategic

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Specifically, you’ll learn about Horwath’s Strategic Quotient (SQ) , a validated assessment tool which evaluates an individual’s ability to lead and think strategically. The SQ evaluates a leader’s current mindset and behaviors using the “3A Framework” – acumen, allocation, action. People are only as good as their actions.

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Taking Action: Fundraising Trends And Best Practices From Bloomerang’s ‘Fundraising Planning and Climate Report’

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This post describes actions you can take to implement the findings of Bloomerang’s 2023 Fundraising Planning and Climate Report. Multiple, practical action steps are presented below to advance your fundraising based on the survey results. Collaborative efforts can lead to innovative solutions and improved fundraising results.

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Performance Improvement Plans: When, Why, How

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A PIP is simply a formal process to address performance issues through collaborative planning between a volunteer and the supporting supervisor. The PIP documents the desired change and the mutual commitment to actions and supports (e.g., The PIP documents the desired change and the mutual commitment to actions and supports (e.g.,

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3 Ways to Activate DEI in Your Nonprofit Organization

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or, “What are the actual actions we can take to realize our vision of a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion?” With that, here are three starting points for activating DEI in your organization: Provide the tools Normalize feedback Evaluate and Reevaluate 1. Your team may be thinking, “equity work is hard.