.orgSource

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

One goal was to identify how the pandemic impacted their business models. A post-pandemic business environment, characterized by change and disruption, provides good reasons to open the windows and let fresh air revitalize, even fundamental concepts. is proactive about finding avenues to grow mission in a competitive environment.

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.orgSource

MARCH 11, 2024

In our models, we assume that astronauts are intelligent, that they’re experts in their technical areas, and that they have at least some teamwork skills. Then you need an environment that maximizes individual talents while allowing groups to work successfully together. What’s tricky is how well individuals combine.”

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Team Build Skills Interview 221

Nimble AMS

MARCH 24, 2024

For more than a decade , (or 37 major releases at the exact time of this blog), the Nimble AMS product team has mirrored Salesforce’s ideal product upgrade model. This was not included in the Salesforce release notes, but during testing, our team found flows on the Nimble AMS member portal, Community Hub, were failing.

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Free Product Instruction Instructional 162

Candid

APRIL 11, 2024

In an environment fraught with fear mongering and skeptical potential allies, Candid persisted in enhancing Demographics via Candid. This partnership meets a community need to apply an intersectional lens to data analysis and enables funders and nonprofits to gain insight into disparities masked by aggregated data.

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Data Demographics Aggregator Participatory 98

.orgSource

JULY 10, 2023

But, our community doesn’t get the credit it deserves for invention. Success belongs to organizations that adapt to a shifting environment. What activities would make your association better prepared to respond to changes in your members’ needs and the business environment? Resist the temptation to model the competition.

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Advice Course Associations Change 170

.orgSource

DECEMBER 4, 2023

values or a growth mindset, continuous feedback, and open communication, you will foster an environment that encourages employees to support one another. Winton also notes that this skill-based, collaborative model is the way millennials prefer to work. We launched a Women in Information subgroup to our community last year.

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Mentoring Giving Associations Leadership 251

Forum One

JANUARY 17, 2024

In an environment of heated rhetoric, civic and social organizations need to proactively think about strengthening relationships with audiences and collaborating from a place of trust. Sharing our learning—in white papers, guides, webinars, and conferences—is a key way we follow our own advice to build trust and community in our sector.

Digital 92

Digital Attitude Government Model 92

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In recent years, that model is being challenged. Deciding Together: Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking offers this definition: “Participatory grantmaking cedes decision-making power about funding–including the strategy and criteria behind those decisions–to the very communities that funders seek to serve.”.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Digital disruption : The rise of digital platforms and online advertising has disrupted traditional revenue models for local news, making it difficult for many outlets to adapt. Nonprofits are being asked to address these challenges and find sustainable models for local journalism.

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Journal Local News Fund 89

Candid

AUGUST 29, 2023

To this end, the Job-Demands-Resources model offers a simple equation: burnout = demands > resources. This model highlights three important things to understand about burnout: Burnout isn’t about too many demands but demands without enough resources. Burnout may be a result of the environment, but individuals aren’t powerless.

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Model Job Life Blended 98

Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Instead of just stating, “Using analytics, we can boost membership by 10%,” frame it as, “Imagine a world where 10% more people actively champion the environment, all because we understood their needs better. Let’s say you’re thinking of renovating a community park. That’s the power of analytics.”

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Analytics Analysis ROI Associations 169

.orgSource

MARCH 28, 2023

It gives you some control when the external environment is rapidly changing, and people are looking to you for leadership. CEOs must be role models for their teams. The goals were to talk about the great things that restaurants do in their communities. But, according to Sharon, leadership is the bottom line.

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Milwaukee Wisconsin Associations Lesson 221

.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

Is it possible that your community has doubts about the organization’s credibility? ENA’s commitment to bring culture to life is even expressed in the organization’s physical environment. It is still possible to create that community, but on a smaller scale. The event was what the association community does best.

Associations 221

Associations Leadership Question Wisconsin 221

Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 3, 2023

To inspire your staff in 2024, invest in these practices to boost engagement: Improve communication between employees and leaders Reward and recognize staff achievements Model behavior from the top down Develop and upskill employees Foster a positive work environment Gather and address staff feedback 5.

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Associations ROI Retention Software 130

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

As leaders, we have a responsibility to model this behavior, demonstrating an authentic interest in our people as humans. Model and Celebrate Well-being Practices Creating a robust work culture that incorporates well-being is fundamental. Leaders should also model work-life harmony , recognizing that work and life is never balanced.

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Leadership Organization Culture Skills 118

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. Should nonprofits become more aggressive in adopting new business models that can add needed revenue? What are the downsides and dangers in pursuing new models? These social enterprise efforts can add a business model by creating sustainable revenue.

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Model Fund Social United States 53

sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

You’ve read about participatory grantmaking—and maybe even heard about other organizations using this model to distribute control of their funding strategy and grants decisions to the communities they serve. Perhaps you’ll start by reading about other models , watching webinars, or developing ideas. Is this you?

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Participatory Model Leadership Application 114

Blue Fox

APRIL 13, 2022

But advancing equity and inclusion in ourselves and our community requires hard work and courage at the individual level. What started as a small group of committed, hopeful, and passionate individuals have evolved into a community movement spearheaded by some of the most influential folx on the Space Coast.

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Environment Professional Business Facilitation 78

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2021

The “Q&A with sgLEADERS” series on sgENGAGE aims to provide readers, including the next generation of social good leaders, with valuable insights from executives across the social good community. Today’s Q&A is with Alicia Dicks, President & CEO of The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties.

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Foundation Community Childhood Articulate 49

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Technology and Community: Strategic Options for Movement Building. How many people hear that word and think it is just as generic as the word community? To that end, siloed brands are replaced by unifying goals that rally more than select individuals but entire communities. The full keynote and presentation are below.

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Build Community Technology Action 220

Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 15, 2021

It represents people who are making measurable differences in communities and those whose lives are being changed. . As our customers are doing some of the most important work in the world to serve their communities, they need reliable and secure technology to protect their data and privacy.

Education 116

Education Data Management Help 116

Classy

APRIL 16, 2021

We’re acknowledging eight nonprofits leading the charge with dedicated fundraising campaigns as communities unite to support a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable planet. When our lives shifted around social distancing rules, our appreciation for the environment bloomed. Kick Start Your Movement With Peer-to-Peer Fundraising.

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San Diego San Francisco California Conservancy 126

sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

Our environment is telling us how important our data is by how hard we work to protect it. And looking forwards through data modeling allows you to make predictions about the future. Check out the Blackbaud Community to get started connecting with other data-focused friends. Data fuels most activities in a nonprofit.

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Chart Map Data Attention 78

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

When, on the other hand, amateurs had the opportunity to help design scientific questions or disseminate research results, they often felt more ownership of the project and greater interest in using scientific methods to address their own community needs. What do these categories look like outside of the science environment?

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Model Activities Active Activism 98

Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 24, 2022

By: Kate Ginn, Senior Communications Editor, Cambodian Children’s Fund. Their fate seems set from a young age: Children living in some of the most deprived communities in Cambodia are often denied the chance of an education, trapped in a cycle of poverty with no escape. Hong Kong, and Australia.

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Education Accessibility Cambodia Australia 104

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

At this year’s Council on Foundations conference in New Orleans, I had the honor of doing a mini-workshop for CEOs of Community Foundations as part of a half-day pre-conference session organized by the Knight Digital Media Center called “Digital Strategies for Community Foundations.” This takes patience.

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Digital Foundation Community Strategy 93

Candid

MAY 4, 2022

Some foundations that lacked experience in local giving began investing more in communities, while others engaged in cross-border giving to show European solidarity. A few ways funders have modelled this is by loosening deadlines, converting grant funds from restricted to unrestricted funding, and simplifying processes. .

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Europe Case Study Fund Practice 98

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The board governance model is one of four primary nonprofit governance models. Start-up organizations often adopt a “working board” model due to limited funds or the desire to generate community buy-in with a 100% volunteer-led mission. An organization transitions into a “governing board” model when an ED is hired.

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Director Management Government Model 90

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Perhaps my favorite, the partnership between Sweetgreen (a popular organic restaurant) and World Central Kitchen (an organization that provides meals in the wake of natural disasters) fed frontline medical personnel and vulnerable communities through COVID-19. 5) Remaining Nimble Is Now a Strategic Imperative .

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Trend Fundraising Virtual Haiti 261

Museum 2.0

MARCH 9, 2009

At one point, Mark commented that they have a "deliberately unsustainable" business model. This is the model that governs most businesses and artistic endeavors. As she puts it: My observation, after thirty years of working in the field, is that museums have an amazing ability to survive in the most adverse environments.

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Model Business Los Angeles Museum 55

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Although the most popular accounting software products- like QuickBooks and SAP- handle the needs of businesses in many industries, nonprofits have a unique business model and accounting standards and require different features and functionality from accounting software. So far, that sounds pretty familiar to how all companies operate.

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Software Guide Award Grant 312

Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

The unfolding crisis in Afghanistan is a stark reminder that many Salesforce.org nonprofit customers often work in fragile environments. In recent years, the international humanitarian community has responded with a number of data protection guidance documents, such as those from USAID , ICRC , OCHA , and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative.

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Practice Data Afghanistan Environment 120

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 19, 2021

Still, with cases on the rise, mutations popping up, and a post-holiday wave, organizations across sectors are preparing for at least several more months of quarantines, safety measures, and virtual work environments. We’ve seen many nonprofits be pushed to innovate in this environment.

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Environment Hunger Model Phase 49

Whole Whale

JANUARY 1, 2023

While in-person events are beginning to open up again, many have pivoted to a hybrid learning environment. Who attends : Nonprofit communications teams, techies, and some fundraisers. We LOVE the community around this conference. The community is very welcoming and it is clear why many people return year after year.

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Conference Nonprofit Americorp Fort Worth 122

Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 15, 2021

In the past, the climate crisis was mainly the concern of environment and conservation organisations. The nonprofit sector is at the heart of helping communities adapt to the effects of climate change and is working across sectors to innovate new ways to address it. Protect the Worst-Affected Communities.

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Help United Kingdom Conservancy Disaster 52

Candid

MARCH 1, 2023

The power of data for creating social change Data and analytics have long been used to improve the quality of products and services, optimize efficiency in production and distribution, and fundamentally shape business models. Candid is providing us with both the tool and an invitation to a community.

Demographics 98

Demographics Build Social Green 98

Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2021

Clubs offered, for many, the only safe places in their communities. But true to its 160-year legacy, Clubs remained a safe haven for local communities. Boys & Girls Clubs across America immediately sprang into action—quickly changing service delivery models to uniquely assist the needs of communities they serve during the pandemic.

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America Digital Houston Time 112