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Seven solutions for nonprofits to effectively collaborate with stakeholders

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Collaborate through field work and participatory practice. Participatory practice includes the most common strategies: surveys, community meetings, focus groups and informant interviews (Woodford & Preston, 2011). Give stakeholders decision-making capabilities, responsibility and accountability.

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How can the strategic planning process promote effective nonprofit decision-making?

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Stakeholder involvement will drastically improve the final plan and create a culture of participatory decision-making. Leaders need to take time to include input from many stakeholders through surveys, focus groups, conversations, and meetings. Focused but not constrained.

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How can nonprofits and funders create mutually agreeable performance measures?

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posted by Whitney Herr-Buchholz, Fall 2019 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management Director of Operations & Advancement | University of Arizona School of Dance. Ben’s Bells Project and the University of Arizona teamed up to create surveys that measure outcomes from the nonprofit’s Kind Campus curriculum.

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What strategies can nonprofit leaders use to move program beneficiaries into program partners?

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In a survey of the charitable community through the Independent Sector (PDF), nonprofit professionals admitted that they need more engagement with their stakeholders. Use participatory evaluation , as Rabinowitz suggests. Illustration by Yuxin Qin. Ask beneficiaries to volunteer with projects and events.

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