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How should nonprofits develop a high-performance culture?

ASU Lodestar Center

Marcia Mintz, the CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Phoenix (BGCMP), defined a high-performance culture as, “When everybody at every level understands where their role fits into the organization and the plan to get where they want to go.”. Nonprofit organizations are mission-driven businesses in an industry of service.

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Teenagers, Space-Makers, and Scaling Up to Change the World

Museum 2.0

This week, my colleague Emily Hope Dobkin has a beautiful guest post on the Incluseum blog about the Subjects to Change teen program that Emily runs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Subjects to Change is an unusual museum program in that it explicitly focuses on empowering teens as community leaders.

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Using Everyday Technology to Improve Your Services

NTEN

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of an article in the March 2012 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the complete article -- and the rest of the issue -- when you subscribe to the journal for free! ] One small organization, for example, is using text messages to communicate with teens who participate in a mentoring program.

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Pokemon Go and Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It became an overnight viral sensation and cultural phenomena. As a parent of two teens, I was curious if there were any potential safety issues to discuss with them or if they had downloaded or wanted to play. Perhaps its appeal is an escape from all the bad things that are happening the world right now. A Few Concerns.

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14+ Excellent Nonprofit Annual Reports

Whole Whale

In our data culture , we suggest your nonprofit takes the time to put one together as a means of showing your organization’s transparency — and bragging about your success in the past year. DREAM also hosts its annual report on Issu, a great third-party platform for a well-designed digital reading experience. ICA Fund Good Jobs.

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The Art of Relevance Sneak Peek: Part Ex-Con, Part Farmer, Part Queen

Museum 2.0

FoodWhat's staff and teens have taught me a lot about what it really means to be relevant to people who are often overlooked or ignored. I firmly believe that all people have something meaningful to contribute to our communities, cultural work, and society at large--including youth. Doron doesn’t work with A students or B students.

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4 Important Membership Trends Every Museum Needs to Consider

Connection Cafe

Traditional membership programs issue paper/plastic cards and use a combination of direct mail and email marketing to reach their constituents. It’s not too late for museums and cultural organizations, but the longer you wait to introduce digital offerings to your members, the more you stand to lose.

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