Bloomerang

AUGUST 3, 2023

It’s important for nonprofit leaders to learn how to incorporate fair and good fundraising best practices when connecting with diverse audiences. In this webinar follow-up, Kristal Frazier answers your pressing questions on DEI donor best practices. What other DEI-related questions do you have? Ask away in the comments below.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

While the practice seems to be on the rise, these statistics indicate that regular temperature checks are not the status quo. leadership soapbox here to say that a digital culture uses objective data to measure and evaluate all of its activities. Review templates from other groups to find the format that works best for you.

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sgEngage

JULY 17, 2023

You also worry about the well-being of your team and grantees but aren’t sure where to start with making a permanent shift from a burnout culture to a culture of well-being. To support your journey, here are three ways you can get started with cultivating a culture of well-being for your organization: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Empathy is contagious and influences and shapes a work culture of caring. Now, you might be wondering, “how do we practice empathy in our leadership styles?” It’s the counterproductive practice of sending after-hour emails or direct messages, causing unnecessary panic, or scheduling meetings during universal time off.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 23, 2023

It’s important to remember, though, that mastering these tools takes practice. By allowing team members to express their perspectives on AI use, you foster a culture where creative ideas can surface, potentially leading to groundbreaking applications of AI in your work.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

The specifics of your strategy are going to vary depending on your industry or your members’ interests or any one of a hundred other factors—but there are certain best practices that pretty much all successful nonprofit association strategies have in common. Want some help?

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

bbcon 2021 Virtual , happening October 13–15, will bring together thousands of arts & cultural professionals from zoos, museums, aquaria, performing arts organizations, gardens, and beyond for three days of cutting-edge thought leadership, virtual peer networking and unforgettable experiences.

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sgEngage

MARCH 4, 2022

Given this, your social good organization may be taking a fresh look at your cyber security practices to make sure you are well protected. Below, you can find a series of high-level tips and reminders that your organization can leverage to ensure you are keeping cyber security in the forefront of your organization’s practices.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

Ensuring compliance and accuracy in your financial reporting involves several key actions: Regularly review the latest guidelines and summaries provided by authoritative bodies on revenue recognition of grants and contracts. As the leader of a nonprofit, you must stay on top of updated standards or hire an accountant who does.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

I’ve summarized advice from our contributors to offer practical ideas for beginning to integrate the Association 4.0 Value Talent Put people on the team who contribute to the culture. Many of our contributors have extensive vetting processes to ensure that they put people on the team who contribute to their culture and values.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Multiple, practical action steps are presented below to advance your fundraising based on the survey results. General guidance for fundraisers Here is general guidance on actions fundraisers can take based on fundraising trends and best practices drawn from the report. Your own careful review of the report is encouraged.

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.orgSource

MAY 29, 2023

We strive to include diversity, equity, and inclusion practices at the center of our daily work. We commit to using these practices for our business and our communities. Review our hiring and onboarding policies to ensure that they are equitable and fair for all applicants. LIVE UNITED Approved by the United Way U.S.A.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2017

This comprehensive book covers the following: Part One addresses storytelling readiness, especially now to transform your nonprofit’s culture. Julia has some great practical advice here: Shield personal details. And, that’s where Julia’s book comes in. Make sure you are transparent when doing so.

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VQ Strategies

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

End-of-year performance reviews are just around the corner and this week’s Mind the Gap column from McKinsey features tips on how to navigate feedback with Gen Z workers , both from the employer and employee perspectives. Become a Coach, not a Reviewer. The right kind of feedback is also important.

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Classy

JUNE 17, 2021

Fortunately, over the past decade, more proactive, holistic practices have woven their way into how we approach health, revealing how it is multidimensional (consisting of seven dimensions, actually). For those who are newer to meditation, Headspace takes away the abstract intimidation that can come from a new practice. In the U.S.,

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 9, 2023

I can’t remember a time when the cultural, political, and economic environment was fraught with so much uncertainty. Review the strategic plan and explore where there are goals that could be advanced through relationship building. Inspire and support the improvement or innovation of products or business practices.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Here, we share recommendations on effective feedback practices, based on research we carried out with the Irritants for Change , a group of feedback experts and nonprofit rating and information-sharing platforms. Ask clients and staff to review proposed survey questions to make sure they’ll make sense to other clients.

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Candid

JANUARY 6, 2023

Kellogg Foundation This resource helps answer a key question on many leaders’ minds: How can leaders and companies create a culture that embodies a feeling of inclusion and a sense of belonging for all employees? Expanding Equity: Inclusion & Belonging Guidebook , by the W.K.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 17, 2022

If it has been a while since you reviewed or revised your mission statement, start here. With this clarity of purpose, the nonprofit can focus on its culture. This is where participatory practice comes in to play. Make sure you and your stakeholders agree on your nonprofit’s reason for being.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2024

Build a culture of extreme collaboration. Talent reviews (quality and quantity) need to be tightly integrated into the Operating rhythm of the company. Most companies pay lip service to this practice. If businesses review financial plans on a monthly basis, they should be reviewing the talent plans on a monthly basis as well.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

So, what does participatory grantmaking look like in practice? Committees tend to be smaller groups of selected representatives who review and decide on grants. Inclusive and accessible practices for equitable participation in activities. Ample time and support for review of materials as well as group discussion and debate.

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Qgiv

JULY 17, 2023

or, “What are the actual actions we can take to realize our vision of a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion?” The objective here is to pinpoint, through feedback, the impact of a certain behavior so that the person practicing that behavior is made aware of the consequences of their actions.

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Candid

APRIL 8, 2024

Together, we strive to deepen our understanding, strengthen our commitment, and align our policies, procedures, practices, programs, products, and services to ensure our employees and stakeholders thrive. We accomplished this by reviewing current DEI-related efforts and examining statements from other organizations.

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sgEngage

JUNE 15, 2023

The annual financial audit is a great time to review your statements through a risk lens and search the corners of your financial statements for long-forgotten issues that could contaminate an entire balance sheet. As part of your regular discussion with your auditor, preferably at the start of your fiscal year, review your internal controls.

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sgEngage

APRIL 11, 2023

More importantly, it creates a culture of security to safeguard their trust. This can be done internally or through external review by a consultant. Foster a Culture of Security Your digital ecosystem is made of up three parts: People, Systems, and Processes. Stay positive, rather than dwelling on past challenges.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

A Culture of Learning – Guest post by Teri Behrens. The opening plenary was both fun and informative – an improv company “performed” the results of GEO’s latest research on the relationship between grantmaking practices and grantee success. The GEO 2012 conference is off to a great start.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In this guide, we’ll provide four CRM training best practices. For instance, if you use Blackbaud as a CRM provider, you may review their partner network , define how your system will connect with various partners, and explore the data migration process. Encourage open discussions and problem-solving within the group.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 6, 2024

As we review these techniques, keep your nonprofit’s current recruitment approach in mind and consider how these strategies can help achieve your recruiting goals. Reflect your nonprofit’s company culture and commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) in your email content. Use automated personalization tools.

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.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Accountants Content moderators Legal Assistants Proofreaders Entry-level stock traders Transcribers Graphic designers, where creativity isn’t a priority Customer service representatives Soldiers Writers, where quantity is a greater concern than quality I reviewed several of these lists. The nominees varied depending on the publication.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

It comes down to organizational culture. The nonprofits that embrace measurement have a data-driven culture. Not all nonprofits are born with the spreadsheet gene. Whether it be a widely held belief that measurement practice is not worth investing resources. The Evolutionary Stages of A Data-Driven Culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Almost tend years ago, they co-wrote “Net Gains,” one of the first practical handbooks on building and working in networks for social change. Whether it is a network of organizations or individuals, the handbook provides a wealth of theory and practice on build, manage, and fine tune a network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

One of the things that I love at the Packard Foundation is the learning culture. After the presentation, we worked in small groups to review a couple of scenarios of nonprofit funding requests and whether or not a business plan should be requested and what to look for. Kathy Reich, Packard Foundation and Author David La Piana.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

One of the best ways to attract talent is by creating a culture that encourages retention from the get-go. Here are a few standard steps to follow: Pre-screen your candidates by reviewing resumes, performing brief phone calls, and checking references to quickly filter out remaining unqualified candidates.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

One of the best ways to attract talent is by creating a culture that encourages retention from the get-go. Here are a few standard steps to follow: Pre-screen your candidates by reviewing resumes, performing brief phone calls, and checking references to quickly filter out remaining unqualified candidates.

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Strategy Interview Skills Retention 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2017

In my book with Aliza Sherman, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact Without Burnout , we offer a framework for practicing self-care and creating a culture of well-being in the nonprofit workplace. These young leaders desperately want to change their organization’s culture and not have to leave.

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.orgSource

JULY 29, 2023

That’s why preparation, and even practice, is important. Review the instructions you wrote to yourself. But a culture characterized by competition and the drive to succeed makes it difficult for people to admit weakness, even when we are trained to know it’s the right thing to do. First and foremost, don’t panic. He was fired.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

1) Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. Year in Review. I’ve continued to do conference keynotes, workshops and facilitate staff retreats about activating a culture of wellbeing.

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