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What does a Purpose-Driven Company Look Like?

Saleforce Nonprofit

It starts with articulating a clear, authentic, and long-term purpose — something that is true today, and that guides the organization into the future. Timberland doesn’t only connect its purpose with day-to-day roles, but to broader issues impacting the people who make its products. What’s next?

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Conducting Confidential Feasibility Studies: A Good or Bad Choice?

Bloomerang

We’ll make our case and explain an alternative approach below, but first, let’s start with the fundamentals. While their thoughts are extremely helpful, they may feel pressured to come up with or overstate concerns that they wouldn’t have articulated otherwise. What is a feasibility study?

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Ask a Nonprofit Specialist: Legal protection of control within public charities

ASU Lodestar Center

In addition, Boards of Directors serve as champions advancing the mission and activities of public charities, a role invaluable in the sector. Founders need to well articulate their vision and involve others in developing plans to implement the mission. Alternative Structure. It’s a Tax Benefit.

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Managing Your Not-for-Profit’s Endowment – How to Ensure Present and Future Success

BoardAssist

Alternatively, does the mission of the organization state that certain investments should be excluded or others included? 8) Are the roles and responsibilities of the board trustees, investment committee members and staff properly articulated? Do donors have specific objections to certain kinds of investments?

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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As Osborn wrote in his book, “Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom while discouragement often nips it in the bud.” The simple rules of brainstorming are typically articulated at the beginning of a session as ground rules and include the following: NO criticism or debate. Quantity matters.

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Building a Culture of Experimentation

Museum 2.0

If she is not willing or able to articulate a potential change, it’s not a prototype—it’s just a model of a foregone conclusion. How does experimentation play a role (or not) in the culture of your organization? Or alternatively, what kind of culture are you trying to build, and what indicators reflect that?

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Turn Brand Strategy into an Effective Website

Tech Soup

The ideas and narrative are laid out in a well-articulated strategic brief. What role (or roles) do we, or should we, play? The alternative, in most cases, is a lot of time, effort, and money poured into a website that either misses or ignores that context. What is our mission and what do we believe in?