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Flat, Tall, or In Between—Is It Time to Evaluate Your Organizational Structure?

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The organization may still be boxed into a structure that’s been the same for 20 years or more. How do you know that your organizational structure might need retooling? Chaos in daily operations is diverting attention from strengthening important programs. Clarify Roles. You can do it. Know the Signs.

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Embracing partnership: A promising paradigm for nonprofit governance 

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In some organizations, a top-down hierarchical structure dominates, with board members exerting control over decision-making processes and stifling innovation among staff. In other organizations, staff assume a more dominant role in setting strategy and policy, marginalizing the board’s ability to provide strategic direction and oversight.

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Information: The Better Half of IT

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And every advocate for social good has much to gain by paying attention to the Information half of IT. Why pay attention to data? There is someone who pays attention to detail and makes the time to correct small errors. Data is valuable! Why else would phishing, hacking, and cybersecurity be such hot topics right now?

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5 Steps to Prepare for a Successful Nonprofit Website Redesign

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Confidence to initiate engagement with your staff and stakeholders and define roles and goals. Together, the data from analytics and user feedback can help inform improvements, structure, and enhancements to your redesigned website. Do you have a web team with staff in multiple roles and with different skill sets?

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Why is leadership aspiration down among BIPOC nonprofit staff? 

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The answer was not about how qualified BIPOC survey respondents were compared with white respondents; it was about structural barriers and lack of supports for BIPOC staff to advance to the top jobs. In other words, they should be pulled toward leadership roles by positive, affirming experiences. appeared first on Candid Blog.

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Move DEI Beyond Words

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Revelio Labs’ 2023 report on the state of DEI and the impact of last year’s layoffs, found that DEI-focused roles “experienced a nearly 40% churn rate at companies engaged in layoffs, as compared to about 24% for non-DEI roles.” Some groups are reluctant to divert attention from member engagement and attrition.

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Weave a Safety Net—Find the Right Strategic Partners

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Civic and government partners played pivotal roles in their ability to provide that support. The board meeting agenda, the website update, and filling staff vacancies, are everyday tasks that make it easy to defer activities that don’t require immediate attention. With this kind of structure, there are limited sources of revenue.

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