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Soft Skills Support Hard Leadership Challenges

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Sue’s deep experience with boards and leadership makes her the perfect resource for a conversation about coaching new and more seasoned directors. Leadership training helps directors to learn and practice the skills needed to navigate the complexities of board service. ASAPS had a leadership training program.

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Why Empathy is the Key to Outstanding Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Recently, we have been exploring a fascinating topic that is not only close to our hearts, but very timely due to burnout in the nonprofit sector – empathetic leadership. Empathetic leadership, to us, is about seeing through the eyes of others. Now, you might be wondering, “how do we practice empathy in our leadership styles?”

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Nonprofit Membership Models: The What, Why, and How

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Check out the various nonprofit membership models that exist throughout the sector! Determining which model works best for you will then inform how your program will function and what member benefits will look like. Here are four of the most common types of membership models for nonprofits: 1.

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Are Associations Losing Their Members’ Trust?—The Leadership ColLAB Explores This Critical Question

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If your membership numbers are marching into the red, you and your team are probably focused on trying to identify the cause of the bleeding. The Leadership ColLAB conference was an opportunity to bring professionals together around what we believe is a critical question. Is technology tying your audience in knots?

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Which leadership styles optimize organizational performance and impact?

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Nico Marcolongo Fall 2021 Alumnus, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management. The pandemic has caused a re-thinking of how we live and work, while social justice movements have highlighted demands for liberation from models and methods that have upheld the status quo. Illustration by Yuxin Qin.

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How can effective leadership succession planning result in nonprofit sustainability?

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Syvan Diamond Fall 2021 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management. Leadership succession planning, similar to donor succession planning, is often addressed when the concern arises rather than preemptively within a nonprofit organization’s fiscal year. Illustration by Yuxin Qin.

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Beyond Bronze, Silver, and Gold—Grow Success With Purpose

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People benefit from the encouragement and wisdom of groups like.orgCommunity’s Leadership Circles. In my way of thinking, this is the wrong business model. I would urge people to think about your just cause. Is it a cause you can’t argue with? It’s an example of changing but not changing. Is it purpose-oriented?