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Are we building the Candid tools you need? 

Candid

In addition, our user experience team conducts extensive research—surveys, interviews, usability tests, and data analysis on specific areas where we know there is a need. So, we conducted interviews to understand the most important use cases for fiscal sponsorship data and about the process of fiscal sponsorship.

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Collaborative Grantmaking: Rethinking How to Assess Impact

sgEngage

Isn’t it more of a success if potential solutions can be tested and co-created with stakeholders to deliver the greatest benefit? Redefine Success by Solution Testing. Or better yet, they quickly learned of alternative options that exceeded the impact they originally envisioned. Redefine Solution by Centering the Stakeholder.

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Design by the User, with Inspiration from New York Fashion Week

Forum One

Involving users at each stage of creation—from discovery to low-fi design to product usability testing—brings emerging ideas to the table and amplifies the voices of those at the front lines of health, the environment, education, and all the global issues our work centers.

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Your Guide to Hiring Staff for Your Nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

But, consider the alternative: continuing to do everything yourself, with sporadic support from Board members and volunteers. Once you have some good candidates, it’s time for the next step, which is interviewing. Narrow down the candidates to your top three or four, and then schedule formal interviews. It’s a lot to take on!

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Ning: Phoenix or Fizzle?

Amy Sample Ward

Earlier this year, Ning announced that it would be dropping 40% of it’s staff and dropping the free service which came as a shock to much of the community, including author of the Ning for Dummies book Manny Hernandez and spurring many forums and blogs to create lists of Ning alternatives that were still free. Interview.

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How Can Member-Based Nonprofits Use Lean Innovation to Remain Relevant?

ASU Lodestar Center

Due to the nature of required transparency in the nonprofit sector, the opportunity to test the market is not supported financially. Many member-based organizations “are struggling to maintain membership, generate and increase participation, attract volunteers, and compete with alternative service offerings.

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Participatory Grantmaking: I’m in! Now what?

sgEngage

This person will take the lead in convening internal stakeholders, making plans, testing the waters internally, setting parameters, and liaising with foundation leadership. Alternatively, you could forsake a participant application process in favor of shifting power immediately. Consider how to ensure diversity among participants.