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5 Strategies To Nurture Active Board Engagement

Bloomerang

By recognizing and addressing their unique requirements, you create an environment in which they feel valued and invested in your organization’s mission. Action step: “Board Buzz” for more active participation To put this idea into action, think about using the “Board Buzz” email plan.

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Youth community service: Belonging, reciprocity, and agency 

Candid

How do young people today see their role in making the world a better place, and what are the implications for the social sector? To illustrate, Cilente Skendall shared that one activity not considered “service” by most respondents was “alternative breaks”—short trips designed to provide students with “service immersion experiences.”

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The Benefits of Community-Centric Fundraising

Qgiv

This fundraising approach relies on the community’s ability to come together with the active support of its members, including donors, volunteers, staff, and beneficiaries. CCF aims to produce an inclusive and equitable environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

sgEngage

On its face, evaluation seems like a neutral activity, designed to help us understand what’s happened, and to change course where needed. Like many other activities in participatory philanthropy, this approach considers the process to be as important as the outcomes. This can range from them being consulted to owning the results.

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Strengthening program evaluation in your nonprofit

ASU Lodestar Center

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. Does the environment support change, accountability, and communication? Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz.

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Guest Post: Transcending the middle with a metrics mindset

Twenty Hats

Albeit an essential role, volunteer management is frequently overlooked as the department that works to serve the needs of all the others. 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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A Review of the Guardian ACTIVATE Summit in London

Tech Soup

Guardian’s ACTIVATE is an annual conference that aims to bring together leaders in media, government and technology to a ctivatedly. This time on June 22 at King’s Place in London, ACTIVATE’s. most fundamental problems that people in less favourable environments. face and how we could help solve them.