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Build a Mission-Worthy Team

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Then you need an environment that maximizes individual talents while allowing groups to work successfully together. It’s not difficult to evaluate when someone has the right background and experience to do a job. Hiring employees who are the right fit for this positive environment is a top priority. Hiring for skill is easy.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. On its face, evaluation seems like a neutral activity, designed to help us understand what’s happened, and to change course where needed. Who decides what is measured?

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Drones, Robots, and Farmers—Prepare Your Association to Meet Fast-Moving Technology Trends

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Keeping pace with this environment is a constant process of understanding what works, refining those strategies, and abandoning anything that does not add value. It opens services and activities to ongoing evaluation and adjustment. They are also good facilitators. Everyone on your team will not become a believer overnight.

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Funders: Considering Collaboration? Start With a Light Touch and See Where It Leads

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When smaller, place-based foundations collaborate and align their work, they provide unique value to local communities and nonprofits. Funder collaboration need not be burdensome, nor does it require perfect alignment. These informal collaborations usually consist of two to six foundations but can encompass a dozen or more.

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Don’t Get Too Comfortable at the Top–AI Puts a Twist on Leadership

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Collaborative relationships are the future currency. Collaborative relationships are the future’s currency. And, in an environment where every aspect of operations depends on digital capacity, leaders can’t remain isolated from these tools. Strategists are visionaries, facilitators, and problem-solvers who inspire curiosity.

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Are Associations Losing Their Members’ Trust?—The Leadership ColLAB Explores This Critical Question

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ENA Culture Statements Staff The Emergency Nurses Association will seek at all times to foster and maintain a culture of excellence, commitment, empowerment, collaboration, inclusivity, and accountability. ENA’s commitment to bring culture to life is even expressed in the organization’s physical environment.

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Mastering The Art Of Idea Generation And Sharing

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Strategies for effective and collaborative idea generation How can you ensure that your ideas not only get heard, but also gain traction within a brainstorming group? Today, Claire will be the facilitator. Taking a few minutes to establish these rules ensures a productive and respectful environment. Create a judgment-free zone.