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

sgEngage

When we momentarily set aside the many foundation models or toolkits for addressing a particular task, we start to remember that the essence of knowledge is shared meaning making—how we, together, come to understand and engage in community, in the world around us, and in change itself. Whether knowledge is spoken or not, it is public.

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#11NPD: Impact, Brand, and Business Model

Tech Soup

In the panel Rethinking Strategy: The Intersection of Impact, Brand, and Business Model, three experts defined these terms and illustrated their use for effective nonprofit communications. Model Behavior. Jeanne Bell kicked off her discussion of business models by describing a challenging shift in the nonprofit landscape.

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Notes on Structure Lab: Legal and Financial Models for Social Entrepeneurship

Museum 2.0

Last week, I attended Structure Lab , a half-day workshop on legal and financial structures for ventures for social good. Like many people in the arts, I'm interested in new models that help people combine mission-driven work with an entrepreneurial spirit.

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9 Nonprofit Leadership Skills Every Founder & Director Must Master

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Factions can emerge and infighting among the team can get ugly because there’s no one to be the referee or remind everyone of their role. You need to articulately describe the need you’re addressing in a way that moves listeners’ hearts. The downside is that the team’s efforts can be disjointed and progress can be slow.

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What grantmaking practices should foundations adopt to best support nonprofit organizations?

ASU Lodestar Center

Foundation leaders need to understand how grantmaking practices affect nonprofit organizations and structure grantmaking practices in ways that best support nonprofit organizations. Leaders and managers of nonprofit grantmaking foundations play a significant role in setting grantmaking practices that best serve nonprofit organizations.

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How can we prepare organizational leaders to work in a networked world?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Guest blogger, Patti Anklam , author of Net Work: A Practical Guide to Creating and Sustaining Networks at Work and in the World , explores the role of organizational leadership in a network world. The formal organization is represented by the (usually) hierarchical organization structure. Photo by Eric Eugene Kim.

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How Can Nonprofits Switch to a Data-Driven Culture?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

identifying the new ways of working you want to see or articulating a new set of beliefs and values associated with them. Most people won’t change their behaviors until they observe the role models in their organization acting. The organization’s leadership needs to model and encourage a data-driven approach.

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