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Raise the Board’s Financial IQ

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And, in the current volatile environment, you need the best governance you can get. Provide Education Financial development is an excellent opportunity to promote your organization’s culture of learning. Be creative and include a variety of options, such as: Providing financial education promotes a culture of learning.

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Weave a Safety Net—Find the Right Strategic Partners

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I’ve told these stories before, but I’m referring to them again because they highlight advice that can help associations find stability when chaos threatens. Nancy’s Story “Working with public institutions was especially important during the early days,” Nancy recalled. “We More likely to be successful in advocacy and public policy.

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Move DEI Beyond Words

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If one or more of your directors is involved in diversity planning in their professional life, ask them to present to the group; Or invite a CEO and/or staff members from another association to tell their story. Review our hiring and onboarding policies to ensure that they are equitable and fair for all applicants.

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Challenging Conversations—Tackling Risk

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These are internal challenges that might be related to culture, human resources, or operations. They are activities that are frequently governed and controlled by policies and procedures, such as: Evaluating where the blind spots lie in your organization is one way to begin conversations about risk. So, limiting exposure is critical.

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How and Why Stories Can Bust Nonprofit Silos

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How and Why Stories Can Bust Nonprofit Silos – Guest Post by Miriam Brosseau and Stephanie Corleto . Stories are for people. Artificial barriers among program areas and staff can breed reactionary environments that are frustrating at best and debilitating at worst. Miriam Brosseau and Stephanie Corleto share why.

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How To Embrace And Learn From Failing

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Errors (synonymous with mistakes) are unintended deviations from prespecified standards, such as procedures, rules, or policies. Her work explores teaming – the dynamic forms of collaboration needed in environments characterized by uncertainty and ambiguity. Failure is different, explains Edmondson, from errors and violations.

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Does Your Nonprofit Organization’s Culture Eat French Fries for Breakfast?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Organizations must support staffs’ self-care efforts through clearly articulate values, policies, and programs. Even better is to have self-care so finely embedded in the nonprofit’s culture that there is not a need for a separate program, it is simply part of the way the organization works.

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