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Weave a Safety Net—Find the Right Strategic Partners

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I am still evaluating the lessons learned. Nancy MacRae, CEO at the Emergency Nurses Association and Kristine Hillmer, President and CEO of the Wisconsin Restaurant Association , steered their members through the challenge. We advocated fiercely for our members to get protective resources. The pandemic was a wormhole.

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Resilience Rides the Waves of Disruption

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We were living in the midst of cultural, technological, and economic instability long before the pandemic. Although the firm that I worked for was one of the leading providers of association software, when the company saw the investment in resources and time that was needed to switch to the new technology, they decided to stop production. “On

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Inspiring Loyalty: Donor Stewardship in Arts and Culture

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Sara Woldt is an MBA candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Bolz Center for Arts Administration with career interests in marketing and development. Stewardship is often discussed as it relates to university advancement and is more rarely discussed in terms of arts and cultural organizations.

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“Getting Real” with Donors: Creating a Culture of Philanthropy for Securing Unrestricted Gifts

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Sara Woldt is an MBA candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Bolz Center for Arts Administration with career interests in marketing and development. New education programs require trial and error, curriculum and evaluation, and staff expertise. With limited resources, efficiency and lean operations are key.

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How Can Nonprofits Retain High-Performing Staff?

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For nonprofit organizations to effectively serve their missions and be sustainable, they must invest in some of their most vital resources: their staff. However, when comparing costs associated with staff turnover, versus costs of investing resources into staff, studies show that turnover is a greater expense for organizations.

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From Year 1 to Year 2: The Importance of Retaining First Gifts

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Sara Woldt is an MBA candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Bolz Center for Arts Administration with career interests in marketing and development. How can we develop stronger relationships with these new donors when resources are so limited? Retention arts and cultural Donor Acquisition Donor Attrition donor retention'

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