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Soft Skills Support Hard Leadership Challenges

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In a digital market moving at the speed of a video game, recruiting the right staff is a make-or-break activity. Lately, I’ve been speaking and writing about the importance of emotional intelligence and how the softer skills add a critical dimension to digital initiatives. ASAPS had a leadership training program.

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Flat, Tall, or In Between—Is It Time to Evaluate Your Organizational Structure?

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That steep trajectory isn’t a good fit with the speed of innovation required to navigate digital markets. The organization may still be boxed into a structure that’s been the same for 20 years or more. How do you know that your organizational structure might need retooling? Happiness is at the core of Zappos culture.

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Build a Board for the Digital Future

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In the digital era, this repetitive thinking is even more toxic. We’ve incorporated the structure that many groups say they want. Generate Diverse Ideas and Opinions Trust is also foundational to a newer requirement for success in the digital era. Innovation is the protein of digital business. To me, that’s basic.

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

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The Leadership ColLAB conference was an opportunity to bring professionals together around what we believe is a critical question. We structured this conference based on feedback from.orgCommunity’s fall Solutions Day participants. Trust and Culture Trust and culture are deeply intertwined.

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Digital transformation for nonprofits

fusionSpan

While it’s not a new concept, digital transformation has become a hot topic for nonprofits in recent years. At this stage, embracing digital transformation is no longer optional. As McKinsey put in their 2024 report, the gap between the organizations leading digital transformations and their stationary counterparts is only widening.

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The Five Building Blocks of a Digital Advocacy Campaign, Part 1

Media Cause

Effective advocacy, which leads to systemic and cultural change, starts with the stories we tell—and believe—about our own experiences, community, and world. Digital advocacy allows us to tell our stories creatively and on a scale that wasn’t previously possible. Identify Your Own Story What ignites your passion for an issue?

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How Does Organization Structure Affect Online Success?

NTEN

For those of us who have responsibilities in online fundraising / marketing / technology, often our work doesn’t fit within the traditional department structure of most nonprofit organizations. Effective leadership can come from anywhere in an organization.