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Move DEI Beyond Words

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People are fearful of change. An expert facilitator will introduce the level of introspection needed to encourage empathy and insight. However, activities that involve gaining people’s cooperation and changing their behavior require time and effort. Adopt a pay equity policy. Equity is good for business.

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Empowering grassroots organizations: building capacity, diversity, and relationships

Candid

We often talk about the role of philanthropy and the ways in which it must grow and innovate, how it has changed and evolved with the times, reacting to crises, wars, economic downturns, and more. I believe it is fostering the love of people and that pathway to change that is the role and mandate of philanthropic institutions and funders.

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Data as Decision in Grantmaking

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To learn more about knowledge work and its role in grantmaking, check out the post Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work is Core to Equitable Change. However, datamaking has added power because it can beused to deepen strategic social processes of foundation-funded change.

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Book Review: Connecting to Change the World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Peter and Madeleine were the among the pioneers in writing about, designing, facilitating, and evaluating networks in the social impact space. Almost tend years ago, they co-wrote “Net Gains,” one of the first practical handbooks on building and working in networks for social change. Generative Social-Impact Network.

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Navigating the Conundrum of Auxiliaries

VQ Strategies

A Path to Change. Using data from their own assessments and from the field, they are making the case for change to staff and to volunteers. Mapping the Change. Having an outside facilitator helps to ensure that all voices are heard and that the process keeps moving forward. Implementing the Change.

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Looking for long-term impact? Advocacy is a must

M+R

It’s a moment to boldly lean into advocacy, embracing it as a powerful tool for change and cultural disruption. And nonprofits simply cannot effectively do their work if the conditions in which they are fighting for change are fundamentally corrupted. But, now is not the time to retreat. After all, what’s the alternative?

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Embracing partnership: A promising paradigm for nonprofit governance 

Candid

However, in the dynamic landscape of contemporary social change, there is a growing recognition of the need to evolve from this conventional approach toward a more collaborative and inclusive model—one grounded in partnership. The nonprofit governance orthodoxy Nonprofit governance operates within a framework of three legal duties.