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Preparing Your Nonprofit to Move Beyond the Founder

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Staff feel like they are supposed to be able to anticipate the founder’s thoughts, adapt to different working styles, and mimic the founder’s professional instincts. The Onset of Growing Pains As professional staff move in, become embedded in the organization, and commit to fulfilling its mission, other dynamics will emerge over time.

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Is a crisis management plan enough?

ASU Lodestar Center

Crises offer an opportunity for nonprofit professionals to step into leadership roles and requires those already in leadership to manage effectively to ensure that the board and the executive leadership teams are engaged. Organizations need to use the time now to regroup and learn from the unpredictability faced last year.

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3 Tips for Keeping Gift Officers Motivated

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Why are we called “fundraisers” or “gift officers” or “directors of development?” I think our titles should be “Director of Impacting Mission” or “Impact Officer.” Children and pets are coming in and out of view. Understand that everyone is navigating new waters. Packages are being delivered. Managers are seeing it all.

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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

So, to help these ideas come to life, our next phase will focus on working directly with farmers and those in the field to get their feedback, and shape a useful, scalable, sustainable solution. Senior Humanitarian Climate Crisis Advisor, Save the Children International. These ideas are just the start. Interested in getting involved?

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How to Start a Nonprofit: 12 Essential Steps for Success

Bloomerang

For example, perhaps your idea for creating a nonprofit focused on raising funds for children fighting cancer started with one family’s need for support in a challenging time. Having a clear corporate structure limits the individual liability of your nonprofit’s leaders, employees, and board of directors. The answer could be “both.”

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[VIDEO] Counting the Costs: Where Capital Campaigns Often Miss the Mark

Bloomerang

Hey, I’m Brian O’Neal executive director of Third Lens Ministries a nonprofit based in Atlanta. The second one that I commonly see organizations struggle with is rushing through or rushing out of the quiet phase. We always advocate that you hit that threshold right around 65% before you move out of that quiet phase.

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Building Strong Families + Powerful Communities with Illinois Action for Children + Salesforce

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Illinois Action for Children (IAFC) is committed to building strong families and powerful communities through the administration of programs and advocacy efforts focusing on children. Their director can’t stop talking about how valuable it’s been to the team; it’s been night and day.”. Written by Blake Becker.