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Rule Your Market—Blue Ocean Strategy Sidesteps the Sharks

.orgSource

The Ann Arbor, Michigan-based team was motivated by the desire to find solutions for struggling businesses like the Detroit automobile producers. Before their book was published in 2005, the authors “studied over 150 strategic moves spanning more than 30 industries over 100 years.”

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Member Round Up: Corn Dogs! Interactive Maps!

NTEN

GOOD Maker, in a partnership with NTEN, announced Detroit's Green Economy Leadership Training (Solidarity) winner of their Use Technology for Good challenge. Solidarity 's winning idea, 'Off Grid Solar System for an Urban Farm', will use the grant to install a solar energy system at Food Field, a four-acre organic, urban farm in Detroit.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

National LGBTQ Task Force / Detroit, MI / $500. The National LGBTQ Task Force’s 2019 Creating Change Conference convenes in Detroit, Michigan January 23-27, 2019. Each year, the Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) is the nonprofit industry's signature technology event, and 2019 will be no different. Finance / @nysscpa.

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Instead of Selling Objects, Build Public Trust

Museum 2.0

When Detroit was going bankrupt in 2013, the city's emergency manager fought to sell off some of the prized artworks in the Detroit Institute of Art. Two years ago, the Detroit Institute of Art won the battle to keep their treasured artwork in the museum. Other nonprofit industries have done this.

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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

Classy

This honorary board of industry experts, which represents the larger spectrum of the social sector, collectively determines the annual Classy Awards Winners, and today we’re proud to announce the 2021 Leadership Council that will be hand-selecting this year’s award recipients. Has more than 35 years of experience in the publishing industry .

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

Each winter hundreds of peer-to-peer fundraising professionals and industry experts gather to share new ideas, hear about industry trends and learn what’s happening in peer-to-peer fundraising. Each year, the Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) is the nonprofit industry's signature technology event, and 2016 will be no different.

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A Message from Your Donors: Wish You Were Here

Connection Cafe

When he’s not working with nonprofits or being a hapless Detroit sports fan, he’s busy watching reruns of Downton Abbey and Parenthood. Industry statistics have shown over the last five years that organizations generally retain 45-55% of their one time annual donors versus 70-80% of monthly recurring givers.

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