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

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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? You are ready to add new categories of membership, sell products to a different audience, expand programs, or even revise the business model. You can do it.

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How Grantmakers Can Improve Collaboration Through Empathy and Experimentation

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Years ago, I worked on a project where I was hired to interview about 75 different foundations in one state. Or maybe they would use a slight spin, such as, “our grantmaking strategies are unique”, or “we do things differently here. Also, most of the foundations I talked to found it difficult to collaborate with other foundations.

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Weave a Safety Net—Find the Right Strategic Partners

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When the Public Health Department was looking at how to reopen safely, they had a sounding board, and we were able to collaborate to develop successful solutions. On the other hand, in Madison, where we didn’t have a Kitchen Cabinet, collaboration on reopening was much more challenging. You already have plenty of acquaintances.

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Collaborative Grantmaking: Rethinking How to Assess Impact

sgEngage

These rigid structures also mean that we wait for results (even if it’s in 6-to-12-month pilot studies), or we copy and paste best practices from other communities based on the assumption that what works in one place will work in another. What if there was a different and better way to break free of the constraints of traditional “impact”?

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Why Cross-functional Collaboration is Key to a Successful Digital Strategy

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This is why cross-functional collaboration is key to a successful digital strategy. . It wasn’t that long ago that different organizational functions could be siloed when it came to their outward-facing presence without consequence. A digital strategy is only as strong as the perspectives that are brought in to create it.

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Leadership’s Biggest Perk—Giving Others a Boost

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Pairing people of different backgrounds and experience, or “bridge mentoring,” requires more intentionality and effort than casual arrangements. To change that, we came up with a structure that allows for on-demand project work in blended, cross-functional teams. Appreciation for the value that our differences bring to the table.

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Tech Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace: Tips for Avoiding Collaborative Overload

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The session is designed to answer three questions: Why does collaborative technology overload lead to loss of nonprofit workplace productivity and what are the best practices to avoid it? What is Collaborative Overload? While there are many positive aspects to increased collaboration, there is also downside.