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Collaborative Grantmaking: Rethinking How to Assess Impact

sgEngage

These rigid structures also mean that we wait for results (even if it’s in 6-to-12-month pilot studies), or we copy and paste best practices from other communities based on the assumption that what works in one place will work in another. Move Past Promises to Deliver Collaborative Impact. Redefine Success by Solution Testing.

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Empowering Community Voices: The Strategic Advantage of Nonprofit Advisory Committees

Blue Avocado

Alternately, you might be thinking about building an advisory committee around advocacy. These questions should help you make sure you are recruiting people with the right skill sets who can represent experiences and voices that you may not have on your staff. Create structure. However, structure does not have to mean rigidity.

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Surviving As A New Nonprofit: 12 Focus Areas For Nonprofit Leaders

Bloomerang

Mission overlap isn’t always a bad thing, as nonprofits can collaborate well, but you’re starting an uphill battle if another local organization already does the job you hope to do. Pro Tip : Try to establish where your skills, hard work, and dedication can be best applied. Create an atmosphere of collaboration.

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

ASU Lodestar Center

Like other successful entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs have the will and skill set to get things done and the traditional public charity structure and requirements may seem like burdensome barriers to moving forward. Alternative Structure. Burden or Opportunity?

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How AI writing tools will redefine your work

Whole Whale

They can also help you generate ideas and structure your thoughts. Gives you real-time, personalized feedback on your writing so you can improve your skills. Helps you edit and revise your work by suggesting alternative phrasing and word choices. AI writing tools will make you more productive. Peppertype.ai.

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Forum One’s ESOP Explained

Forum One

As this name suggests, an ESOP is a legal structure that allows employees to have a financial stake in the company they work for, receiving benefits of its success on an ongoing basis. Many are driven to do good work to build their skills and grow their careers. What is an ESOP? ESOP” stands for Employee Stock Ownership Plan.

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Does Extreme Content Delivery = Learning?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When you want to acquire a new skill or apply some new knowledge, do you learn by passively sitting and listening to an expert lecture for 90 minutes without a break and 150 PPT slides? It is a more structured body break and incorporates more in-depth debrief on content. Source: Zazzle. How do you learn? What do you actually retain?

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