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Onboarding the Board—Your Opportunity to Promote Peak Performance

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My colleague Joanna Pineda, Founder, CEO, and Chief Troublemaker at Matrix Group International, Inc. Once you know who is needed, you must explain exactly what the organization expects from their service both in terms of activities and culture. An organizational chart. The matrix allows you to explore creative options.

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Your Unrestricted Funds Need Stewardship, Too

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Transparency is as important for internal decision-making as it is for external trust-building. Creating a culture of transparency starts with clear tracking by individual program, fund, or project. It also simplifies your account string, making your chart of accounts more streamlined and easier to understand.

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Association 4.0—A Playbook for Success

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Joanna Pineda, founder, CEO, and Chief Troublemaker at Matrix Group International, Inc. Value Talent Put people on the team who contribute to the culture. Many of our contributors have extensive vetting processes to ensure that they put people on the team who contribute to their culture and values.

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Statement of Activities: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

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How to Avoid: Organizations should consider adopting the Unified Chart of Accounts for Nonprofits (UCOA). Encouraging a culture of regular financial review within the team will also help you catch discrepancies and address them promptly. Use financial management software with analytical tools.

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Launching the Latest Nonprofit Trends Report: How We Designed a Global Study

Saleforce Nonprofit

The dozens of charts, tables, and nonprofit CEO quotes — that we struggled to squeeze into its more than 50 pages — provide a thought-provoking overview of the state of the nonprofit sector. But what about organizational culture? more likely to say their organization had a healthy workplace culture 1.3x

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Data as Decision in Grantmaking

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Be internally and publicly transparent about the processes for data collection. The following image conveys what this looked like in practice for the same cultural intermediary that used the matrix tool above. For datamaking, visuals like charts, diagrams, or maps are important for more than data collection.

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Staying Relevant In A Fast-Changing World

Eric Jacobsen Blog

For example, you’ll discover the lessons learned by Kodak, Xerox, BlackBerry, Delta, Barnes & Noble, Marriott International, FedEx, New York University, Greenwich Public Library and dozens more. And, how uncovering those lessons, success and sometimes struggles help chart the course for other businesses.

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