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How To Use The Flexible Method During A Business Crisis

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Disasters and crises are inevitable, but businesses do not have to face them unprepared,” explains James Burstall , author of the new book, The Flexible Method: Prepare To Prosper In The Next Global Crisis. Burstall covers sixteen tried and tested methods to futureproof businesses. How are your peers responding?

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Challenging Conversations—Tackling Risk

.orgSource

They are activities that are frequently governed and controlled by policies and procedures, such as: Evaluating where the blind spots lie in your organization is one way to begin conversations about risk. Sig VanDamme, Co-founder at Gojectory, who has been an entrepreneur since he was old enough to mow lawns and shovel snow, had this advice.

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How Funders are Driving Systems Change in Response to the Climate Crisis

Saleforce Nonprofit

The nonprofit sector is a broad community of organisations focused on everything from cultural heritage to social housing, from publishing to disaster relief, and while responding to the climate crisis is now a priority we all share, many organisations are still only beginning their sustainability journey. Or mitigation?

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Advice from Grantmakers on Streamlining Your Tech Solutions

sgEngage

This post features advice from IT and grants management experts on how to streamline your tech solutions, create clear processes, and drive more external and internal impact. This wasn’t Tacker’s first go at responding to a disaster. We have a lot of new apps all the time—maybe 10 since I arrived.

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Not Business As Usual!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Charity, business, and government, all accomplish great things but have their limitations. When disaster strikes and people need water and shelter, they are not usually in a position to pay for that service. And lastly, government. We know that government is rightly tackling many problems for our common good.

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Live blogging from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit: The Generational Divide (Panel Discussion)

Amy Sample Ward

The Red Cross has been around for 130 years and so much has changed – for example with text-to-give after disasters. What are the conversations that should be happening and what advice do you have for organizations on how to be the teacher? It’s been met with fear and excitement. Kari: I’m so glad you brought that up.

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[VIDEO] Get More Grants with Donor Cultivation

Bloomerang

So that means that I sat five hours for a really, really long multiple-choice test, and have a whole bunch of credentials that say I get national certification for doing this. Government grants, which include state and U.S. I’ve heard a lot of advice from funders. And GPC stands for Grant Professional Certified.

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