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Build a Mission-Worthy Team

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Our interview process is rigorous. We do phone screening followed by three waves of interviews with teammates from different cross sections of the company. If you’re interviewing prospective employees, be as clear about the company’s expectations for behavior and attitude as you are about the professional skills required.

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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. Somewhere in the interview, they said, “We are unique.”. Also, most of the foundations I talked to found it difficult to collaborate with other foundations. Collaboration in a Crisis. Testing Your Assumptions.

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Seven solutions for nonprofits to effectively collaborate with stakeholders

ASU Lodestar Center

Collaboration is a loaded word. Why should a nonprofit collaborate with their community or stakeholders? Where does a nonprofit begin the process of collaboration? How can an organization collaborate with stakeholders successfully? Collaborate through field work and participatory practice.

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Collaborative Grantmaking: Rethinking How to Assess Impact

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Defining and assessing impact is rarely simple but taking a collaborative grantmaking approach can help you identify the real learnings and center the stakeholder to create a solution that actually drives results. Move Past Promises to Deliver Collaborative Impact. Redefine Learning by Focusing on the Greatest Benefit.

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

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I interviewed Hugh for, “Association 4.0 : An Entrepreneurial Approach to Risk, Courage, and Transformation,” a book I wrote with my business partner Kevin Ordonez. Arianna Rehak, Co-Founder and CEO of Matchbox Virtual Media, explains the power of collaboration like this. They felt that they had no professional home.

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Top Interview Questions For Hiring a Major Gifts Officer

Allegiance Group

But not all of these may be immediately on display when you’re interviewing someone – so you have to ask the right questions to find out! Can you describe a time when you had to work with a team to secure a major gift, and how did you manage the collaborative process? What questions should I ask when hiring a major gifts officer?

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Celebrating Women in Tech: An Interview with Qgiv’s Female Leaders

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Jess: Our core values at Qgiv foster an inclusive and highly collaborative environment, specifically our values of respect and openness. The redesign was a product of so much feedback, research, data, collaboration, love, and sweat. The next best idea for your company may come from you!