Volunteer Hub

MAY 5, 2021

Managing event volunteers can be challenging! Here are 4 of the most common volunteer management problems and how your organization can avoid them. But experienced planners also know that a group of eager volunteers often comes with its own challenges and barriers. What’s better than qualified help for your event?

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Sandy Marsico, Founder and CEO of Sandstorm Design, described the challenge of balancing risk with growth like this: “You need the courage to take chances and the stomach to handle anxiety. The average pharmacist, librarian, or dentist has limited experience with the challenges that are involved in running an association.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 31, 2023

We’ll send our audience back to work with new insights and answers to challenging questions like these: How can our organization prepare to manage disruptive events like the pandemic? Kevin Ordonez,orgSource Managing Director of Business Strategy and I are going to explain why that’s a question everyone should be asking.

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.orgSource

APRIL 1, 2024

Of the four bullets listed above, the last two seem to be the most challenging. But that is also probably the most challenging solution. The audience’s ability to ask questions and provide immediate feedback is a bridge to the member-centricity that we are all seeking so fervently. You can build more collaborative teams.

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.orgSource

JULY 10, 2023

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. But I am struck by how often our contributors’ insights are the recommendations we needed to survive that challenge. Embrace a challenge. For your staff?

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The Storytelling Non-profit

DECEMBER 1, 2021

When you are able to talk to someone directly about a story, you can ask questions the help you gather key facts, details, and emotions to tell a compelling story. To get information that helps you tell a great non-profit story, you’ll need great storytelling interview questions. What was the biggest challenge you were facing?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Impact Challenge ” is based on Google’s belief that artificial intelligence can provide new solutions to old problems and improve people’s lives. I recently interviewed Brigitte Hoyer Gosselink, Head of Product Impact, who designed the challenged to learn more. Agency for International Development and for an international NGO.

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Google Challenge Interview Impact 84

NonProfit Hub

MARCH 4, 2021

Here is a nonprofit’s guide to problem-solving. They aren’t positioning themselves as a solution to a burning problem. So, while they get support in good times, they’re not seen as essential in more challenging seasons. Candy is out of the question. Nonprofits can spend less while getting more. A vitamin won’t help.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 5, 2024

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., — Opportunity about to be missed Dear Opportunity about to be missed, You’ve actually named the problem in the way you’ve framed your question. That’s your problem, and it appears you’ve already solved it. What should I do?

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

If these two drivers of engagement are a world apart, it will be challenging to deliver the seamless experience customers expect from their favorite brands. They are charged with posing and answering significant questions like these: Why was our organization founded? Confront problems quickly and openly using objective information.

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.orgSource

JUNE 25, 2023

Now that remote work makes a casual stroll through the cubicles challenging, I suggest an intentional approach. If performance issues have been a problem, keep an open mind. Then, as you learn more about their challenges and opportunities, you can narrow the scope. Fortunately, subpar technology is a problem that can be fixed.

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2024

This short paragraph should answer questions such as: Why is this project worth doing? Problem/Opportunity Statement Your problem or opportunity statement is an objective description of the challenges associated with the gap between the current-state and desired future-state. When and where do problems occur?

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The process can be long and filled with challenges. Additionally, outline your annual conference and how you handle event registration and planning with your current software. Clearly documenting your organizational processes can help create a more accurate pricing quote and will identify any challenges prior to a software purchase.

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Tips Associations Registration Software 121

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Today’s business leaders are faced with many challenges: intense competition, increased regulation, and the need for constant innovation. It takes a confident leader to invest a larger chunk of time exploring the right question to frame the challenge. Horwath : I define strategic as possessing insight that leads to advantage.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

“Very few of us ever learned how to be present with another person, to ignore internal and external noise and distractions, and to connect and converse with others in useful or collaborative ways,” affirm the authors of the new book, Bridge The Gap: Breakthrough Communication Tools To Transform Work Relationships From Challenging To Collaborative.

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.orgSource

MARCH 28, 2023

A new threat is building in the wake of every previous challenge. Learn Through Challenge Resilience goes beyond successfully recovering from a setback. Learn Through Challenge Resilience goes beyond successfully recovering from a setback. Yes, it involves assessing the situation and addressing problems.

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Milwaukee Wisconsin Associations Lesson 221

.orgSource

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Most groups navigated the unusual challenges and got work done. And, most importantly, we discovered new strategies for adaptation and problem solving. While listeners are responsible for hearing what is said before formulating a response and asking follow-up questions that ensure they have correctly understood.

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.orgSource

MARCH 18, 2024

There are endless unanswered questions about where technology, and particularly AI, will take us, our lifestyles, and our careers. Back on earth, our discussion centered on this question: How is the role of associations in society changing and is it expanding, contracting, or being completely reshaped? Yes, he worked on space lasers!

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Nimble AMS

JUNE 29, 2023

Often, the road is wi nding, filled with challenges and opportunities for your organization to grow. Your consultant might help you identify the answers to these questions: What does your organization hope to achieve with a new AMS? What problems are you hoping to solve with new technology? Help ask AMS vendors tough questions.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

While technology for nonprofits is a win for nonprofits, a question exists about what shapes this technology’s development. The post The Problem of Nonprofit Data and Equity appeared first on NTEN. Is it actually nonprofit customer needs, or is it other factors in the market?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

"The challenge for the organizational architect is to systematically create the blueprint for an organization that consciously connects everything to purpose ," explains author Clive Wilson , in his book, Designing the Purposeful Organization. The product of doing this are measurable results and, importantly, a felt sense of success.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Discoveries are the “sharpening your ax” mode smart nonprofits invest in before taking a swing at technology challenges, and avoiding them can result in a big miss. Your people can help answer critical questions: Are we solving the right problem? In the end, it’s not enough to just solve the technology challenges of today.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

New Year's Resolutions for leaders : Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

I selected this book to be this year’s winner because it is full of specific examples of challenges and solutions from fields as diverse as nonprofits, school boards, healthcare, and the corporate world. Leadership is mobilizing others to make progress on the most important challenges. Leadership comes in moments.

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.orgSource

MAY 15, 2023

If these two drivers of engagement are a world apart, it will be challenging to deliver the seamless experience customers expect from their favorite brands. They are charged with posing and answering significant questions like these: Why was our organization founded? Confront problems quickly and openly using objective information.

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Collaboration Marketing Team Integration 221

Forum One

MARCH 12, 2024

We’d love to hear what questions you have about integrating AI into your social media practice, whether you raise your hand at NTC or send us a message later. We’ll share more after the session and dive into some of the questions we’ll tackle here: Everything’s changing so fast, is everyone already using AI? Template creation.

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Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

It can be a challenge obtaining executive buy-in for new association management software (AMS). Not only do consultants offer industry insights into the best technology, but they also have relationships with all leading AMS vendors to help you ask tough questions about how an AMS can best support your organization.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice how to create an effective year-end fundraising appeal: Dear Charity Clairity, I’m planning ahead to prepare this year’s annual fundraising appeal, and could use a little help getting started.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Use technology to help you stay productive When you work from home, it can be a little more challenging to stay on task and avoid distractions. Come prepared with questions like how they got the job, what types of training they’ve done, and advice for someone looking to follow in their footsteps. And don’t be afraid to ask questions!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 17, 2021

The challenges of designing and deploying robust, efficient and cost-effective systems and processes, configured to your unique needs with strong governance, adoption and lifecycle management are daunting even for the largest organizations. And if you get it wrong, your tech will create more problems than it solves.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Today’s business leaders are faced with many challenges: intense competition, increased regulation, and the need for constant innovation. It takes a confident leader to invest a larger chunk of time exploring the right question to frame the challenge. Horwath : I define strategic as possessing insight that leads to advantage.

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Leadership Evaluation Brain Business 58

Candid

MARCH 11, 2024

BIPOC staff are more likely to aspire to lead than white staff When we began surveying the nonprofit sector about issues of race and leadership in 2016, our primary question was: “Why are there so few leaders of color in the nonprofit sector?” Those staff are being pushed to lead by challenges and lack of supports.

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Blue Avocado

MARCH 5, 2024

In short, the founder problem isn’t really a problem, if you understand it correctly. As the founder, you may find yourself in conflict with others who seem too cautious, who want to stick with a plan that to you feels outdated or inadequate to the problem you confront. It is a stage of development in the nonprofit life cycle.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Bjorn Billhardt Nathan Kracklauer Today, the authors answer these questions for us: Question : How will readers benefit from making the book part of a book club experience as you recommend readers do? I found this concept difficult -- does the problem lie with me?" Model cooperative behavior.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

If we had known the full consequences of Steve Jobs showing us that first iPhone on stage in 2007 and its impacts on our lives, attention, interactions, children, environment, physical and mental health, what hard questions would we have asked? We didn’t ask. Generative AIs have the power to transform education.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 28, 2024

If you want to learn how to more effectively embrace change, read Build For Tomorrow , by Jason Feifer , Editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine and host of the podcasts Build For Tomorrow and Problem Solvers. “My Question : Change is one of the most difficult things for people. And, will that learning carry forward? But it's not.

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