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How to Form and Use an Advisory Board for Your Nonprofit

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Unlike a Governing Board, often called a Board of Directors, an Advisory Board has no decision-making authority and does not issue directives or have fiduciary responsibility. This structured approach works well for busy members who want to make an impact but don’t have a lot of time and like to be plugged in exactly where they are needed.

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Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work Is Core to Equitable Change

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When we momentarily set aside the many foundation models or toolkits for addressing a particular task, we start to remember that the essence of knowledge is shared meaning making—how we, together, come to understand and engage in community, in the world around us, and in change itself. Whether knowledge is spoken or not, it is public.

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5 Things to Know Before Hiring a Nonprofit Web Consultant

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Internal management consultants help nonprofits develop their organizational structure. For your website design consultant, make sure to research each candidate’s services and business model. Once you’ve created your initial list, research the following for each candidate: Price model. Develop a request for proposal.

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Tell the Packard Foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness Program How You Think They Should Do Their Work!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What we’ve found has been really positive—for the most part, our work has been making a difference, and our existing program structure has served our Programs and grantees well. Over the next month, we’d welcome your input on our thoughts, what we are proposing to change or add, and what we plan to keep.

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3 Keys to Pitching Pro Bono Opportunities for Your Nonprofit

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At Common Impact, we’ve identified three keys that will help you confidently structure a pro bono project, identify organizational challenges your potential partner could help solve, and propose a skills-based volunteer engagement that meets your nonprofit’s needs and supports the interest of the volunteers.

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Busting the Overhead Myth: How can nonprofits convince stakeholders to invest in capacity building?

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Therefore, other factors such as program performance, governance structure, staff professionalism, fundraising efficiency, and other practices should be considered as part of the bigger picture. This is an outdated model that limits the impact and diversity of the work in the nonprofit sector. Recommendations for Implementation.

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Grassroots Campaigning: How to Use Online Channels to Build Offline Support

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There are two key roles in building your offline program – the digital director and the grassroots/field/volunteer director. We’ll call her a field director to keep it simple.) The digital director is responsible for identifying recruitment opportunities and executing them across all your digital platforms.

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