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Investigating and Improving the Questions You Ask Grantees

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Over the years, we noticed that excellence in the sector was evolving, but our questions felt like they were behind the curve. The winning organizations were consistently exhibiting interesting characteristics, but we weren’t asking questions targeted at those characteristics. We needed to change up our questions.

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Are Associations Losing Their Members’ Trust?—The Leadership ColLAB Explores This Critical Question

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The Leadership ColLAB conference was an opportunity to bring professionals together around what we believe is a critical question. This metric is created by asking your constituents one simple question: “On a scale from 0 to 10, how likely are you to recommend this product/company to a friend or colleague?”

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Salesforce.org CEO Rob Acker’s Year-End Reflections

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We all navigated the effects of the pandemic on ourselves, our work, and our society in different ways. At the end of last year, I reflected on the idea of resilience. What we share in common far outweighs our differences. When I remember to focus on people with that intention, it makes such a difference.

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How Your Nonprofit Can Routinize Reflection

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Reflection is a critical step in assessing individual and team performance at your nonprofit. A reflective process, whether it is a structured process for individuals or groups, can give us insights about what worked and what could be improved. Reflection requires hitting the pause button and asking and answering questions.

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What Are You Really Asking? A Checklist for Grantmakers

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As a grantmaker, questions are your tools. But are you asking the right questions? We will also give you seven questions to ask yourself about your questions, to make sure they are relevant, clear, respectful, and useful. Why Change Up Your Questions? Does this question reflect the mission of my organization?

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5 Common Questions About Calculating Your Nonprofit’s Indirect Cost Rates

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Nonprofits are often justified in their confusion about indirect costs because government agencies and foundations have different policies and rules around indirect costs, so there is more than one way to calculate a cost. Not sure if your organization’s stakeholders are ready to incorporate indirect costs into your planning?

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Build a Board for the Digital Future

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Nobody seems to notice that the same initiatives dressed in different costumes are masquerading as something new. Most of the answers to today’s business questions involve technology. A different perspective is needed. Leaders and decision-makers should reflect those changes. It’s not just a question of demographics.

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