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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

sgEngage

All too frequently, the grantmaker alone is determining, leading, and benefiting from MEL processes with no input or collaboration from the people, organizations or community impacted. Consider: Who defines objectives and “success”? MEL, as it turns out, is not neutral, but yet another place where power differentials show up.

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BIPOC Leadership Challenges: 26 Tips To Increase Accessibility Across The Nonprofit Sector

Bloomerang

Structural barriers to success The nonprofit sector is highly competitive, with organizations often competing for the same limited resources. BIPOC leaders may face additional barriers to success, such as discrimination, bias, and lack of support from within the sector.

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How to Build an Effective Personal Fundraising Page

CauseVox

Ultimately, this collaborative approach not only drives financial success but also cultivates long-term relationships between the nonprofit and its supporters. Team Fundraising Peer-to-peer fundraisers can also be structured to include teams. This allows for a transparent and sustainable fundraising process.

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Live blogging from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit: The Generational Divide (Panel Discussion)

Amy Sample Ward

Suzy : I know many people think the boomers like structure in the work place, we are concerned with making money – but we were the age of Aquarius! When you take on a job in a nonprofit, you’re normally doing a lot more than you signed for without a lot of structure. Wendy : If nothing else, Millennials are collaborative.

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5 Keys for Achieving your Organization’s Goals

Connection Cafe

Given the often unstable or unanticipated environment social change organizations are operating in, it’s paramount to be clear and dedicated to the end goal, not the various processes or steps to getting there. That can make for a fun, team-based environment, but can also make lead to a lack of accountability and clarity around roles.

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Getting the Most out of your Social Learning Program

Gyrus

It is important to establish a clear direction as to what you want these new structures to accomplish. If you are hoping to encourage the use of a specific platform, focus solely on that platform and perform the necessary steps to ensure the success of that social entity over time. Migrate legacy information over to new platform.

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Four Models for Active User Engagement, by Nina Simon

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last year, Rick Bonney and a team of educators and science researchers at the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE) tackled this question in a project designed to define the structures and benefits of public participation in science research (download the full report as a PDF here.) Wiki users are often collaborators.

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