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How To Survive And Then Reset To Ultimately Thrive

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Rather than seeing it as an obstacle to overcome, integrate it into your strategic approach to invigorate your high-growth potential and outperform competition under any market condition,” explains Rebecca Homkes , author of the new book, Survive, Reset, Thrive. Most books aren’t honest enough about how hard it is to reset ,” adds Homkes.

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Using a Matrix Map to View Impact and Profitability

NonProfit Hub

Denise McMahan is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub, and is the founder and publisher of CausePlanet.org where nonprofit leaders devour Page to Practice™ book summaries, author interviews and sticky applications from the must-read books they recommend. _. However, counseling also was considered a low-impact program.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

sgEngage

Among grantmakers, there tends to be a lot of focus on impact and outcomes, as well as metrics to measure impact. Grantmakers want to know if their funding has created the change they have envisioned. Here, we explore for whom change is desired and who is defining and measuring that change.

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Beyond the Audit: 6 Best Practices to Build and Strengthen Your Relationship with Your Audit Firm

sgEngage

Your auditor’s year-end work will remain critical to ensure the financial integrity of your nonprofit’s books and records and compliance with ever-changing regulations. Audit firms have now, however, transitioned to long-term partners, particularly for nonprofits contemplating transformative system or operational changes.

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Responsive Philanthropy: How to Address Community Needs in Time of Crisis

sgEngage

The pressure to respond when demand spikes in the communities you serve can be great—but these powerful opportunities to make an impact are the reason nonprofits exist. This valuable time could have been better spent on tasks that directly drive impact. Prepare for Changes with Documented Processes.

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The Unrecognized Risk of Status Quo Problem-Solving Skills for Grantmakers

sgEngage

Yes, we must steward our investments responsibly and ethically, but what is responsible and ethical about potentially wasting massive amounts of resources, using outdated problem-solving skills, and getting minimal impact for our efforts? First, funders love and expect to see fully explained “giant triangles of waste.”

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Responsive Philanthropy: How to Address Community Needs in Time of Crisis

sgEngage

The pressure to respond when demand spikes in the communities you serve can be great—but these powerful opportunities to make an impact are the reason nonprofits exist. This valuable time could have been better spent on tasks that directly drive impact. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone.