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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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Build a Mission-Worthy Team

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The answers to straightforward questions will typically indicate whether an applicant is technically qualified. Hiring for fit is more challenging. Introducing a toxic personality into your team is a recipe for disaster. Sometimes we arrive at the root cause of a challenge by looking inward,” Kevin observes.

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The Southwest Airlines Flight Fiasco: Lessons For Your Nonprofit

Bloomerang

While you may never find yourself in a crisis of this magnitude at your nonprofit, you can learn from Southwest’s mistakes and use those lessons to prepare for a potential disaster. Lesson Two: You need to anticipate the challenges that could affect your organization and plan accordingly. Keep reading to learn more. What happened?

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Resilience Rides the Waves of Disruption

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A global biological disaster was unique in our current experience. A new threat is building in the wake of every previous challenge. Learn Through Challenge Resilience goes beyond successfully recovering from a setback. Scenario planning aids in exploring these six core questions: Why are we engaged in planning now?

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Exploring Disaster Philanthropy: Part 2

Connection Cafe

The largest theme that is constant in disaster philanthropy is partnership. Historically, and initial numbers from recent disasters reflect the same trend, corporations focus on the use of intermediaries to ensure their large donations are distributed to the correct organizations. Click here to read part 1 of this series.

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Raise More Money - 4 Financial Secrets for Fundraisers

Blue Fox

Natural disasters. All of these make for a super challenging fundraising environment. ” Our CEO, Chantal Sheehan recently wrote a guest feature article for Bloomerang addressing this exact question: 4 Finance Secrets to Help You Raise More Money. (1) Fundraisers certainly have their work cut out for them this year.

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Supercharge Your Intern Program: 18 Proven Assignment Ideas Across Marketing, Data, & More

Whole Whale

They should answer questions the staff has about performance, give a 30k foot view of what happened, and generate insights about what’s working in a report. Business challenge Challenge interns to create a 10 page presentation that researches an existing problem in the company and pitch practical solutions.