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Flat, Tall, or In Between—Is It Time to Evaluate Your Organizational Structure?

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We all understand that technology has changed business. The organization may still be boxed into a structure that’s been the same for 20 years or more. How do you know that your organizational structure might need retooling? These are telltale signs: Your strategy has changed. Every change doesn’t need to happen at once.

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

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She was talking about how unprepared we were for the dramatic changes we experienced. Both are steeped in the world of associations and are avid students of strategy, business, and culture beyond this industry. Change Without Changing “AAHA has been around for 90 years,” Garth notes. That’s a major change.

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

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We structured this conference based on feedback from.orgCommunity’s fall Solutions Day participants. Trust and Culture Trust and culture are deeply intertwined. From the beginning of her tenure at ENA, Nancy has made building a positive culture a priority. Working on culture isn’t a finite activity.

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3 Ways Grantmakers Can Jumpstart a Culture of Well-Being for Employees and Grantees

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You also worry about the well-being of your team and grantees but aren’t sure where to start with making a permanent shift from a burnout culture to a culture of well-being. Over the course of my career in the government and nonprofit sectors, I experienced my fair share of burnout and overwhelm in the name of saving the world.

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

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Knowledge work is growing because it sits at an important intersection between grantmaking and equitable change. Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. Fast forward to today….

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Navigating the Conundrum of Auxiliaries

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Designed to assist and support an organization (and most commonly hospitals, museums, libraries, and arts organizations), these groups historically focus on raising funds, sometimes manage the volunteer corps, and nearly always maintain their own governance system. A Path to Change. Mapping the Change. Lessons from the Field.

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Weave a Safety Net—Find the Right Strategic Partners

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Civic and government partners played pivotal roles in their ability to provide that support. The pandemic will not be the last catastrophic disruption or paradigm-changing event. I can’t remember a time when the cultural, political, and economic environment was fraught with so much uncertainty.

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