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

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Most groups have invested in improved systems and platforms, and some have adjusted their strategy to maximize the new equipment. 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? You can do it. Know the Signs.

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

sgEngage

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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Which leadership styles optimize organizational performance and impact?

ASU Lodestar Center

The combined disruptions of these phenomena are affecting business structures, organizational cultures, and processes. Leadership styles conducive to authentic engagement, providing clear guidance and building integrated processes and structures that foster collaboration and team cohesion is essential. Authentic engagement.

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Which is better: structure or flow?

Have Fun - Do Good

Maybe you''re naturally a more structured person. You create lists and plans and milestones and systems to track how you''re spending your time and money. Unforeseen events or expenses make it impossible for you to stick with your schedule, budget, action plan, or time line. Structure or flow? All photos by me. *

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Choosing a Marketing Automation Application for Your Nonprofit: 5 Steps to Success

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Find trusted resources online that give you the ins and outs of each tool’s pricing structure. If your current configuration calls for you to manually transfer data, upload/download, or continually clone information from one system to another, you’re setting yourself up for a tedious time-suck and a chance for human error.

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Lessons Learned Living the Virtual Experiment

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Organizations that were reluctant to update systems corrected deficits. Groups that developed a structure and schedule for online meetings managed their time and effort more efficiently. became part of our call to action.” We produced virtual events–a first for many. The shared challenge bonded a lot of folks.

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Is it a movement or a moment?

Candid

When it comes to raising visibility on a given issue, nonprofits often strive to achieve broader impact—the kind of change that comes through collective action. These movements typically don’t start with a structured entity, but with inspired individuals who see what needs to change in their communities and decide to act on it.

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