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

sgEngage

Professionals tasked with a knowledge role often organize what feels like chaos—to create structure and focus attention on the most important information. We may want to move toward treating reporting as a compliance tool to public reporting as an articulation of shared desires and advocacy. Fast forward to today….

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4 Quick Tips to Remember When Planning an Advocacy Campaign

Top Nonprofits

By following these suggestions during your planning process, you’ll be better prepared to drive awareness and make meaningful change at a local, national, or global level: Set clear campaign goals and identify a timeline. Clear goals and a detailed timeline will give the necessary direction and structure to your advocacy campaign.

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How to Start a Nonprofit: 12 Essential Steps for Success

Bloomerang

Can you clearly articulate the issue you’re hoping to solve? Challenging economic conditions, finding reliable funding sources, local or federal regulations, and staffing challenges are all potential obstacles your new nonprofit could face on the road to getting up and running. Is it one distinct problem or multiple issues?

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How to Find Your Next Great Board Member

Connection Cafe

The chance to do work with an impassioned, articulate, and engaged CEO behind whom they can rally. They are well connected to other high-income individuals, local to the community, and have significant cash flow therefore, their ability to give at higher levels is substantial. Boards are not one-size-fits-all. Matchmaking.

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Introducing Abbott Square Part 6: Two Prioritization Techniques We Used to Negotiate a Great Lease

Museum 2.0

How much would John pay for rent and how should we structure it? So we structured the rent in a “base with kicker” format. Still others wanted local food vendors. Once we had to prioritize, some sexy, much-discussed ideas—like celebrating local food—gave way to core MAH values—like celebrating cultural diversity.

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Kids, Coercion, and Co-Design

Museum 2.0

I've written about different structures for participatory processes (especially in museums), and recently, I've been interested in how we can apply these structures to the design of public space. He's explicit about different project structures and their implications, listing five levels of participation and three of non-participation.

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Safety First: How to Mitigate Risk at In-Person Events

Qgiv

Keep in mind that some venues may not allow you to stake anything into the ground or even tie things to existing structures. Make sure your guests know ahead of time if they need to bring cash to tip or consider partnering with a local bank to have a mobile ATM onsite (sponsorship opportunity alert!). ID required”).