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Creating a Space for Nonprofits to Connect & Share Insights

Saleforce Nonprofit

Ultimately, we wanted to build a community of trust that CDOs can turn to for answers they can’t find anywhere else, on issues related to innovation, impact, fundraising trends, and change management. Sterrin does a great job organizing speakers and facilitating discussion.”

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

sgEngage

Practitioners are tasked with understanding how their assumptions or mindsets about objectivity, rigor and evidence; resources; roles; definitions, perceptions, and decisions; relationships; and productivity and accountability all may bias their MEL approaches.

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Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work Is Core to Equitable Change

sgEngage

We discussed what we wanted to be “up to” together in our inquiry. Everything that we did together afterward evolved from that discussion. These examples illustrate that there is no definitive checklist to show that knowledge is happening, only continual reflection on how it is happening.

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September #4Change Chat Topic: Change Failure

Amy Sample Ward

Leaders often blame change managers or teams who do not control the source or circumstances which cause the “failure.” The workers on the front lines of the change are often the first to see signs of trouble yet, in most org structures, they have the least interaction with upper management. lack of success.

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

sgEngage

They most definitely don’t want other competing organizations in their community to learn about their issues, as it would show weakness and could impact their competitive advantage.

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Member Round Up: Research galore, a handy handbook, and sandcastles as therapy

NTEN

They managed to pump out reports and research, organize webinars and conferences, and even play around with the definition of volunteering. Speaking of volunteers, Wild Apricot ''s post, The Mission Driven Volunteer, discusses a new definition and new models of volunteering.

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Member Round Up: Research galore, a handy handbook, and a sandcastles as therapy

NTEN

They managed to pump out reports and research, organize webinars and conferences, and even play around with the definition of volunteering. Speaking of volunteers, Wild Apricot ''s post, The Mission Driven Volunteer, discusses a new definition and new models of volunteering.