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Drones, Robots, and Farmers—Prepare Your Association to Meet Fast-Moving Technology Trends

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We talked with entrepreneurs across our community. It opens services and activities to ongoing evaluation and adjustment. Associations have the advantage of a built-in community. Integrate Vision, People, and Process Clearly articulate your shared vision for the organization and identify benchmarks for success.

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Four Steps to Align Data with Your Mission and Goals

Association Analytics

SMART is an acronym people use to remember the five aspects of a well-articulated goal: SMART goals are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time bound. However, articulating the best leading indicators for a goal is not as easy as articulating KPIs. Formulate SMART Goals. It may feel like a bit of guesswork at first.

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Give Joy!

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Survey the office and evaluate the comfort quotient. We work with submitters on their pitches to help them consolidate their thoughts, articulate their propositions, and have the courage to defend their idea in front of the entire company. Work is more pleasant in clothing that feels good. The post Give Joy!

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Evaluating Networks and their Effectiveness

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was very fortunate to be a part of the early Network of Network Funders community of practice. I entered the community as a foundation evaluator wanting to find the best strategies and tools for documenting and learning about networks but also for measuring those difficult-to-pin-down outcomes and impact.

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A Checklist To Determine If Your Organization Is “Grant Ready”

Bloomerang

Your mission statement and supporting language should clearly articulate why your organization exists and may include elements about the impact you expect to have on the population you serve. Remember that having nonprofit, corporate, or even governmental partners with expertise in serving your community is another way to demonstrate this.

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Seeking a Sponsor for Your Nonprofit Event or Program: A Q&A With Mariah Monique

Bloomerang

I started The Sponsorship Catalyst LLC to help close the knowledge gap for already underfunded nonprofits that often served marginalized communities. proposal letters and pitch decks) to articulate the vision of an event in a way that makes the sponsor’s decision easier to make. You have experience as a funder and as a seeker.

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Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work Is Core to Equitable Change

sgEngage

Essence of knowledge After more than two decades in the knowledge field—located at various times in community program evaluation, academia and philanthropy—I have come to the conclusion that our biggest problem in maximizing knowledge work is that we too often conflate knowledge with learning.