Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Attitude plays a huge role in determining how successful solicitors will be. Successful fundraisers are extraordinary active listeners. The active listening comes in because the effective solicitor knows how to guide the conversation and make every moment they are speaking count. Actually, the opposite is true.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

However, our recent Status of Fundraising research found an interesting link between income performance and innovating and trying new or different kinds of fundraising activity – it was one of the main drivers of income growth. Showcase attitudes, actions, and qualities you want your team to mirror.

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.orgSource

MARCH 20, 2023

The willingness to see from a different perspective and the courage to innovate should also characterize your attitude to digital initiatives. Today, few leaders would call their IT activities unimportant. Adaptation and resilience were watch-words during the pandemic. Don’t abandon those qualities now that the crisis is over.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 21, 2016

I make a conscious effort not to get overly pessimistic or have an irritable attitude towards my coworkers because I want to be mindful of the type of work environment I’m creating. Keeping that in mind, I’ve put together a few thoughts on how to keep a positive attitude at the workplace, even when things seem dire. Why is that?

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.orgSource

JULY 10, 2023

Set clear expectations and roles from the beginning. What activities would make your association better prepared to respond to changes in your members’ needs and the business environment? This attitude is vital to growth and keeps mature associations from stalling. Be the disruption. CEOs: Run your board right.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Gallup is the go-to resource for learning about the attitudes and behaviors of employees and customers. Globally, eight in 10 employees are not engaged or are actively disengaged at work: in the U.S., The most important activity of today’s manager. 90% of U.S. it’s seven in 10.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 3, 2024

When you look at more niche nonprofits—like those focused on arts and culture —fundraising plays a critical role in enabling your organization to make a positive impact on their communities. If there’s one takeaway from this article, let it be the critical role of effective communication in building trust and sustaining support.

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 18, 2024

Across the board within the 2021 study, which evaluated employee attitudes during 2020, the data revealed high-water marks in employee satisfaction. When people feel their day is spent on mission-related activities, they’re going to be more satisfied in those roles.” Last year, we grew our headcount by 11%,” Dill said.

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.orgSource

MAY 1, 2023

It involves reinventing work processes, improving channels of communication, and asking your staff to imagine their roles and responsibilities differently. Embrace Adaptability It may be hard for “button-up” organizations to introduce a more casual attitude. These roles need not be filled by the management team.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2024

Huge instability in the development director role is just one symptom of a larger problem: lack of basic fundraising systems and inadequate attention to fund development across the board. The “us” vs. “them” attitudes, roughly lumped under the mantle of “community-centric fundraising,” are unfortunate. All of them.

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Twenty Hats

JUNE 7, 2021

Albeit an essential role, volunteer management is frequently overlooked as the department that works to serve the needs of all the others. Your attitude predicts your outcome. Don’t belabour this activity as it should be quick, information gathering and with top-of-mind costs or a quick google search for numbers.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Do you have a difficult time motivating them to participate in this essential activity—one that helps your nonprofit carry out its mission? . Did you prepare your board members for their fundraising role or were they brought onto the board with the reassurance they wouldn’t have to help raise money? You’ve got dozens of stories.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

And making too many personal sacrifices, wanting to leave your job, and having a bad or cynical attitude about your work. They actively seek out stretch opportunities they know will be challenging—or even very difficult They value challenges and find them energizing rather than draining. They view stressors as changes, not threats.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

As nonprofits attempt to tackle some of our communities' most difficult problems; funders, government agencies and the general public are actively calling for accountability, transparency and proof that a program is producing change. What attitudes toward evaluation are present? Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz. are available?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 23, 2021

Organization-wide internalizing and externalizing an attitude of adopting a culture of philanthropy. Plus people around servant leaders will be more committed to the organization and the role it plays in the community—and commitment and loyalty are extremely valuable commodities. Mastering an analytic approach to strategy and planning.

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

A: With many nonprofit leaders holding multiple hats and roles in their organizations, we constantly hear that they are exhausted. Sudden cynical attitude about the job, company, or working conditions . It is okay to not always have a “can-do” attitude if your plate is already overflowing. Compassion fatigue is real.

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.orgSource

MAY 6, 2024

My writing about digital leadership often focuses on values and attitudes. But understanding where systems and related activities fall on the continuum of progress and being aware of what steps your organization might take next gives you foresight. Culture, strategy, and talent play important roles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2013

But this year in my current role leading the Active Voice Lab for Story & Strategy I did more listening than screening. During the first 10 years at Active Voice we commissioned outside firms and social scientists to give us qualitative feedback about our process and our partners’ satisfaction. Measurement'

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 6, 2018

Perhaps politics has played a role and you need to develop a plan that doesn’t involve government funding. The strategy may be to remove the staff member and replace them with someone with different experience - or maybe a better attitude. Donor or volunteer engagement and participation may be an area of improvement.

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.orgSource

MARCH 25, 2024

But CEOs who head exceptional teams reject an egocentric attitude. In my role as a consultant, these are four core qualities that I’ve observed. If you are the CEO, you have the primary responsibility for creating a culture that promotes these positive attitudes. What chemistry creates an exceptional team?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 21, 2018

In my role as Volunteer / Resource Coordinator, I saw the community step up to meet the tangible and service needs of the campus. I met so many clients who were not letting their experience ruin their attitude about life. The staff always managed to maintain a sense of humor and playfulness despite stressful conditions.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 21, 2018

In my role as Volunteer / Resource Coordinator, I saw the community step up to meet the tangible and service needs of the campus. I met so many clients who were not letting their experience ruin their attitude about life. The staff always managed to maintain a sense of humor and playfulness despite stressful conditions.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 24, 2020

Tax-exempt hospitals may also offer community benefit through supporting medical education, health services research, subsidized health services, community health improvement activities and cash or in-kind contributions. Hospitals Moving into Funder Roles. Independent foundations and payers both play a significant role as well.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 17, 2012

WHEN AUDITORS ARE PRESENT: Greet them with a friendly and professional attitude. In addition to her leadership role, she handles grant management and funding, licensure, communications, compliance and regulatory oversight. They provide an outside perspective on what you are doing well and where there is opportunity for improvement.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

Question: How best should a leader pro-actively prepare for that impact? As long as both employees walk into the partnership with the right attitude (that we both have something to learn), your mentoring programs can result in a more engaged and motivated workforce (and one that’s smarter too!).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Question: How best should a leader pro-actively prepare for that impact? As long as both employees walk into the partnership with the right attitude (that we both have something to learn), your mentoring programs can result in a more engaged and motivated workforce (and one that’s smarter too!).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 30, 2017

Question: How best should a leader pro-actively prepare for that impact? As long as both employees walk into the partnership with the right attitude (that we both have something to learn), your mentoring programs can result in a more engaged and motivated workforce (and one that’s smarter too!).

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

For example, you can start your prompt with “Write a heartfelt story for an 8-yr old about…” or “Provide a never-heard-before solution for boomers about…” Add personality : Don’t be afraid to give the AI an attitude or tone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2010

As part of my role as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation, I had an opportunity to coach Independent Sector on their conference social media integration. There was an excellent discussion about silo busting techniques and the role of leaders in bringing down the cubicle walls.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 31, 2016

But probably the most important part of all is understanding the role that the mission and vision have in the leadership of the organization. This is a very unique center; it’s the only one of its kind in the country, with its strong relationship to academia and its role in building sustainable nonprofit organizations across many layers.

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Forj

JULY 8, 2021

These exercises can measure knowledge gained, skills learned, or even attitudes or mindsets changed. They could even complete a ratings-based assessment before and after learning a topic, to test how their opinions, attitudes, or mindsets surrounding the topic changed. Invest in an LMS with assessment authoring features.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Having this standing committee become more active will force the right conversations about roles and responsibilities, composition, orientation, effectiveness, and the right leadership. Maybe all of a board’s successes start with the right attitude, the right values of trust, respect, and interdependence between a board and its CEO.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 6, 2017

They will give you a pulse on roles, feelings and attitudes. The C-Suite of a hospital and the facility’s foundation should be active partners to ensure the success of the hospital and system. It is your excitement and preparation that is key to a genuine partnership with the development team.

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BoardAssist

MAY 10, 2016

Identifying donors who are active users of social media and enlisting them to be their online “ambassadors.”. Active participants in Giving Days. And it has the potential to shift many attitudes for the better. I find that board members, volunteers, and program staffers are happy to discuss their role in philanthropy.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

The study attempts to "disentangle whether people's varying social behaviors and attitudes are related to the different ways they use social networking sites.". People may be reorganizing their time to participate in more voluntary activities.". Patricia Lewis' role as Sr. And the findings are, indeed, interesting.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Which of your activities are a distraction from actually living? If an activity or event didn’t help me become the best safety in the world, I didn’t do it. I spent the next 15 years acting, taking any role I could. I’m proof that this attitude can succeed. I want you to be brutally honest here. Eating mindlessly?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

This activity can be used at an organizational offsite gathering for a cross-functional team of marketers, fundraisers, and program staff to generate a common purpose around a culture of philanthropy and explicit cultural norms. This activity helps you articulate why a culture of philanthropy is important, your values, and the way you work.

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