.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

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. Nancy MacRae, MS, CAE, ENA, describes the relationship between trust and culture. Nancy MacRae, MS, CAE, ENA, describes the relationship between trust and culture. “As

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Introducing coaching into your culture is a good way to begin. Winton also notes that this skill-based, collaborative model is the way millennials prefer to work. While Judy acknowledges that customer satisfaction drives success, he notes that employees are the people who have the greatest impact on that equation. “If

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.orgSource

MARCH 28, 2023

We were living in the midst of cultural, technological, and economic instability long before the pandemic. What factors are driving uncertainty and how impactful could they be? What are the potential short, mid, and long-term impacts? CEOs must be role models for their teams. What are the possible scenarios we are facing?

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Milwaukee Wisconsin Associations Lesson 221

.orgSource

JANUARY 9, 2023

Once you know who is needed, you must explain exactly what the organization expects from their service both in terms of activities and culture. That’s why there is no substitute for the impact of personal conversations. Enlist your marketing department to craft audience-specific messaging for maximum impact. Set Expectations.

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Mentoring Director Associations Professional 221

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

Last month, I was honored to present and facilitate an all-day workshop for nonprofit leaders at the Oregon Nonprofit Leadership Conference on how to activate a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace, based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout.

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.orgSource

MAY 1, 2023

This is a tall order—however, to maximize the impact of your investment these fundamental changes are necessary. To become a digital business everyone in the organization must use their IT tools to collaborate. Integrating IT into the organization’s strategy and culture should be the new reality. It’s a choice.”

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.orgSource

JUNE 25, 2023

Make time to audit the impact working from home is having on your organization. Your audit might explore any, or all of, these seven areas: Technology systems Policies and procedures Security Productivity Communication Culture Professional development How you present this initiative to your employees is critical.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Joan Garry and I had the joy of collaborating on this article together based on a conversation we had recently. Empathy is contagious and influences and shapes a work culture of caring. As leaders, we have a responsibility to model this behavior, demonstrating an authentic interest in our people as humans.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

People impacted by the grants typically have no say in who gets the funding, for what, how much, and for how long. In recent years, that model is being challenged. What matters most in this model are values–and one in particular: equity. Those at the top decide. Lots of grantmakers are intrigued by participatory grantmaking.

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Candid

APRIL 11, 2024

Skeptical because Candid is a nonprofit that describes its work ethic and culture as similar to that of the tech sector, which could mean either mission-driven with an innovative mindset, or appropriating the rhetoric of social movements while engaging in extractive practices.

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sgEngage

APRIL 1, 2024

Inspired by more than 40 years of collaboration with private school leaders, Blackbaud has created a track of sessions for ATLIS 2024 , the Association of Technology Leaders in Independent Schools’ annual conference. Can we spread this work beyond our departments and be catalysts for vibrant cultures of belonging?

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Blackbaud API Empowerment Nevada 83

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Being stuck in chronic performance can have a devastating impact on your skills, confidence, job, and personal life. When leaders are not deliberate about building shared mental models, people end up having different ideas of what things mean—such as feedback, imperfection, or mistakes—what is valued, and how to behave at work.

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Candid

JANUARY 6, 2023

Kellogg Foundation This resource helps answer a key question on many leaders’ minds: How can leaders and companies create a culture that embodies a feeling of inclusion and a sense of belonging for all employees? Kellogg Foundation’s investments in reproductive health strategies impacted maternal-child health in New Mexico.

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.orgSource

MARCH 20, 2023

Unfortunately, despite the hefty price tag, the mechanics are meaningless without the philosophy, strategy, and culture that maximizes those tools. However, their meanings are poles apart in terms of scale and impact. It wasn’t going to happen without purchasing those big-ticket items. It’s confusing that the two words are so similar.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 25, 2022

This can be devastating to nonprofits and ultimately affect the ability to achieve impact. Leadership must recognize this impact on their staff and adapt to strengthen and build a more resilient workplace to achieve sustainability. Create a culture dedicated to employee well-being. Create a feedback culture.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 28, 2010

This morning I had the great pleasure and honor to present at Amplified Leicester about Community-Driven Social Impact, and run a short strategy-building workshop. To provide practical examples of how collaborative technologies can be exploited in a city context. Community-Driven Social Impact for Amplified Leicester.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

In July 2019, The Opportunity of Collaborative Benchmarking whitepaper was released in partnership between Blackbaud, NetHope, and NTEN. It focused on answering the question, “How do we as a sector improve by collaboratively sharing our data?”. Insights into the Collaborative Benchmarking Survey Results. What can I do now?

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Qgiv

JULY 17, 2023

or, “What are the actual actions we can take to realize our vision of a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion?” The objective here is to pinpoint, through feedback, the impact of a certain behavior so that the person practicing that behavior is made aware of the consequences of their actions.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

Today’s nonprofit marketers must be experts in learning how to shift their organizational culture towards a culture of philanthropy. This gets to the heart of the best practices that are needed to create a culture of philanthropy within anonprofit organization. Shifting the organization’s culture is a process, and it takes time.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 7, 2023

Organizations that treat culture like an impromptu party will see their “guests” leave early. Culture revolves around personalities and a positive environment depends on understanding the needs of individual players and their interaction as a team. This initiative has impacted the organization in numerous ways.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It begins with learning, habituation, and cultural shifts to fully harness AI benefits responsibly. He described how volunteers, previously spending hours on research for culturally resonant welcome baskets, turned to Copilot for quicker insights. The path may seem daunting, but the key is to start with your people.

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Adopt People Nonprofit Skills 79

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 22, 2018

A Culture of Wellbeing as a New Nonprofit Strength: Building Capacity During a Time of Disruption – guest post by Heather McLeod Grant, Adene Sacks, & Kate Wilkinson. Social change leaders are tasked with doing what they have always done and collaborating more readily, while under threat, and at the current speed of change.

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Build Culture Time Environment 80

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

Despite its long history, few researchers studied the use and impact of citizen science until the 1980s. After a broad survey, Rick’s team defined three broad categories of public participation in scientific research: contribution, collaboration, and co-creation. Wiki users are often collaborators.

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Candid

MARCH 6, 2023

When it comes to raising visibility on a given issue, nonprofits often strive to achieve broader impact—the kind of change that comes through collective action. And, their impacts last. The champions transform local attitudes and behaviors related to nutrition, help foster collaboration, and engage decision-makers.

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Association Analytics

JUNE 21, 2023

Older models tended to be AMS-centric, leading to siloed data, static reports, and that trapped feeling. For example, include any details on how that KPI may impact other projects or results. In this scenario, the data is there, it’s more likely a matter of internal culture and possibly budget. Set up your KPI and metrics!

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Associations Challenge Data Taxonomy 319

ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 1, 2021

For a sector that provides pivotal services to the public, the impact is difficult to comprehend. Last year also brought with it civil unrest, a rise in the call for social justice, and decentering of white supremacy culture. Many organizations are now finding that a crisis management plan is not the whole story.

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

To prevent burnout from taking over your nonprofit’s culture, passion, and productivity, you have to understand it. We’re bringing that honest conversation right to you with some new voices with a passion for nonprofit culture and employee wellness. . How do you build a culture of resilience with mental health resources for nonprofits?

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Culture Nonprofit Attitude Awareness 105

ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 15, 2021

For most nonprofit organizations, volunteers serve in capacities that are vitally important to the organization’s impact. Well-managed volunteers provide incredible value, giving organizations the ability to strategically position themselves for continual growth and impact. The importance of volunteers cannot be underestimated.

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Retention Team Volunteer Strategy 98

NonProfit Hub

MARCH 2, 2021

Through speaking, training, and consulting, she shows social purpose organizations how to use social media and storytelling to build communities, showcase impact, and advance their causes. Peter has defined the vision, strategy, and culture of 829 Studios since its founding in 2007. ” BILL MCKENDRY : Doing More with Less.

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Causes Consultant Empowerment Storytelling 92

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 9, 2014

I had the opportunity to speak with both Gallucci and Roy about this unique funder collaborative and more specifically about how the Partnership to Strengthen Innovation and Practice in Secondary Education would measure the impact of their investments. Educating girls especially makes for long-term positive impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2017

In the Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout , my co-author Aliza Sherman and I share a framework to think more broadly about creating a culture of wellbeing in the workplace. Such spaces offer great benefits for collaboration, transparency, knowledge sharing, learning, creativity, and team building.

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Open Work Global Collaboration 107

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

I had a really wonderful time, and the Community-Driven Social Impact session was terrific! Let’s start at the beginning: what is “community-driven social impact” anyway? The approach is focused on organic collaboration and growth for the entire community. Community-Driven Social Impact – 11NTC. Presentation.

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Case Study Community Impact Studies 117

Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Our customers are the most amazing and collaborative people I have ever worked with. There are many examples where our most innovative features have come out of client collaborations, like Nimble AMS Member Lapse prediction, or One Payment, etc. . The culture! What is your favorite thing about Nimble AMS? Ajay’s background.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

All Parent Centers have the same mission: to help families of children with disabilities succeed in life, find tools and resources, and develop advocacy strategies despite the many barriers including segregated classrooms, inaccessible communities, and old cultural belief systems about disability.

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Case Study Culture National Network 69

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Eugene Eric Kim is an expert in online culture and collaboration, particularly with new tools. The intent of the exercise (besides getting us to move around) was to help reflect and learn about self-organizing group collaboration. The instructions for the exercise are: Get in a circle. Debrief: What happened?

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Collaboration Learning Exercise Online 93

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 11, 2022

Answering that question is what three authors set out to explore in the new book, Arrive And Thrive: 7 Impactful Practices for Women Navigating Leadership , written by Susan MacKenty Brady , Janet Foutty and Lynn Perry Wooten. Create a healthy team environment that personifies your organization’s values and is supportive and collaborative.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2014

The site features innovative and high impact nonprofits with responsible track records in six key areas: Education, Health, Economic Development, Arts & Culture, Environment, and Human Rights, selected using this criteria. They wanted to build something small and simple that could have a big impact. this month.

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