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Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work Is Core to Equitable Change

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Today, knowledge work is coming into fashion in foundations and the nonprofit sector. Knowledge work is growing because it sits at an important intersection between grantmaking and equitable change. How the sector understands and engages in knowledge work is crucial to the success of philanthropic efforts.

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Boost Your Career by Leveling Up Your Analytics Skills

Association Analytics

In today’s data-driven world, having knowledge of analytics and data is a must. Having this knowledge not only makes you better in your current role, but it will also help significantly when advancement opportunities arise. You 100% need analytics knowledge when making decisions on where to invest your marketing dollars.

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Build a Successful Team, Know Where Your People Thrive

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Sue” was tapped to head the department because of her knowledge of the current AMS and her passion for, and scrupulous maintenance of, the data. She was so protective of “her” data that she had trouble inviting anyone who she deemed less knowledgeable into the conversation. It gives you the knowledge to help your team thrive.

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Culture, Community, and Technology—A Successful 2022 Convergence

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Great conversation, a little bubbly, and treats at the Innovation Summit. This format uses informal conversations to explore key questions and weave thoughts and ideas into a collective tapestry of knowledge. In case you still enjoy soaking up knowledge the old fashion way, we also added over 45 new posts to our blog library.

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Top 10 Reasons to Have a Strategic Marketing Plan

Byte Technology

In conversations with digital advertising agencies, they’ll admit that some clients simply throw money at them because they have a fluid budget. That makes it challenging for the agency to show adequate ROI or valuable conversions to their client when there is no strategy behind the advertising spend. To Confirm Who Your Customer Is.

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Blog Redesign: Focused on Conversation

Amy Sample Ward

Redesign topic #2: Focused on Conversations. I’m happy to take on the role of conversation starter, sharing news or case studies or ideas that are interesting and letting all of you run with it. Focus: Content that’s conversation worthy. Focus: Finding and following conversations. Seeing comments from others.

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Data as Decision in Grantmaking

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With one shift in our understanding about data, we can reclaim a sense of wonder, creative agency, and value in our data work: Recognizing that information does not equal data and data does not equal knowledge. More specifically, datamaking is an action whereby we transform information into data so that data can contribute to knowledge.

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