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Embracing partnership: A promising paradigm for nonprofit governance 

Candid

I facilitated check-in meetings that fostered active engagement among board members, encouraging them to reflect on how their unique strengths could propel Candid toward its vision. As part of this effort, it is imperative for both the board and staff to identify any harmful practices or perspectives, then work together to dismantle them.

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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. Create structure. Structure is crucial to developing and sustaining an effective advisory committee. Structure is crucial to developing and sustaining an effective advisory committee. However, structure does not have to mean rigidity.

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Reframe, commit, and expand: How to meaningfully invest in Black leaders

Candid

This requires funders to examine their practices including grant applications, reporting requirements, decision-making structures, and program design to determine whether they reflect the inequities they seek to eliminate. Identify and change internal and funding practices that uphold inequity. .

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Preparing Your Nonprofit to Move Beyond the Founder

Blue Avocado

Moving from theory to practice is heavy labor after all, and sometimes these dreamers falter in the execution of moving from abstraction into reality. But instead of giving in to paranoia, this is a time to take stock of the situation, giving yourself time for self-reflection. Ask Yourself: Is it Me?

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We’re 39 percent similar; how can we be exponentially better?

Candid

We reflected. Corporate Delegation and Oversight, Organizational Structure (5 percent). Alternative Supports (<1 percent). Organizational Budgeting, Revenue Practices, and Forecasts (20 percent). Self-examination was the zeitgeist of philanthropy in 2021. We adapted. How Did You Hear of Us (<1 percent).

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10 Website Design Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

This is the first post in a year-long blog and webinar series called 101 Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Below are 10 website design best practices specifically for the nonprofit sector. Then, throughout the ASPCA website, the sidebar alternates CTAs customized for that particular page.

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related. As someone who has been designing and delivering training for nonprofits over the past twenty years, the most exciting part is apply theory to your practice.