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Challenging Conversations—Tackling Risk

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Adding to the complication, unless you are currently facing a challenge, risk is abstract. These are internal challenges that might be related to culture, human resources, or operations. In fast-paced digital markets, strategies that include both opportunities and challenges are essential to growth.

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Creating partnerships: Closing the gender pay gap by challenging the status quo together 

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Challenging gender norms The United States remains the only industrialized economy without a national paid leave policy that would enable employees to take time off from work to care for loved ones without sacrificing income. Fortunately, there are actions that leaders of all backgrounds can take to help change things for the better.

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Stay the Course Through Changing Weather—Strategic Advice From Association CEOs 

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We began this project because, as early adopters of digital solutions, we could see that technology was creating waves and that a rogue tsunami was not out of the question. We thought we could help our colleagues prepare for that disruption by gathering advice from people who greet change as an unexpected advantage. Be the disruption.

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Getting the board on board with nonprofit technology changes

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Depending on the size, reach, and impact anticipated from a technology change, engaging the board of directors is often critical to your success. They can help drive a culture of adoption , which allows leadership to focus on change management activities to ensure you succeed with significant tech shifts.

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Impact investing: Catalyzing systemic change 

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Were even a modest portion of the untapped 95%—of assets totaling an estimated $1 trillion—to be invested for impact, it could create a sea change in how philanthropy invests in the future. The Ford Foundation, under the leadership of Darren Walker, has not only changed its focus to address inequality —in the U.S.

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8 Steps for Creating a Nonprofit Innovation Culture

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By creating a culture that leaves room for innovation, you will be able to improve how your nonprofit operates and makes decisions, benefitting both your internal and external audiences. 8 Steps for Creating a Culture of Innovation Not sure how to get started? This will determine how you approach creating an innovation culture.

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Drones, Robots, and Farmers—Prepare Your Association to Meet Fast-Moving Technology Trends

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We selected this group because, as independent business owners, they were acutely aware of the challenges of digital markets and the attitudes needed for success. I use the word “change” frequently to describe shifts in the digital world. I use the word “change” frequently to describe shifts in the digital world.