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9 Nonprofit Leadership Skills Every Founder & Director Must Master

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It’s like a band with no director – everyone is playing their own song and together it’s just noise instead of beautiful chords of music. What nonprofit leadership skills does a Founder or Executive Director need to steer the ship? Without good leadership, everything falls apart. Leaders can see the path forward for the organization.

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Google and Yahoo’s 2024 Email Policy Updates: What You Need to Know

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Sometimes this is done innocently, but can have a big impact for your org. Talk to your IT Director or Managed Services Provider about DMARC, DKIM and SPF. The new one-click header policy should help with this. TELL your members to unsubscribe and NOT to mark emails as spam. Let them know that!

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5 Best Practices for Increasing Major Giving To Your Org

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Make the letter as personal as possible, specifying how the donor’s gift will impact your organization, and make sure to have someone from your nonprofit (such as a board member or your executive director) sign it. Host appreciation events. Try hosting events where all you do is celebrate your major donors.

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Are AI and EI an Odd Couple? Nope, Pairing Bytes With Behavior Is a Perfect Match

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podcast Sharon Rice,org Source Director of Business Strategy , and I talked about these shifting dynamics. Thousands of dollars are spent on equipment and hours are devoted to strategizing how to grow those connections. That process is becoming more complicated. In a recent Association 4.0

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350.org Is Greening the Planet with Lean, Green IT

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org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis and push for policies that will put the world on track to reduce our planetary CO2 to safe levels - 350 parts per million. org, a Networked Nonprofit. org person is Bill McKibbon , who is president, co-founder, and primary messenger for the organization.

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Confessions of a Former Nonprofit IT Director: Dos and Don'ts

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As always, no executive directors or board members were harmed in the writing of this article. And hat-tip to Allan Benamer and the "Confessions of a Former Non-Profit Executive Director" blog for inspiration for this series). Think about yourself and your organization, and if you’re doing any of the DOs, please stop!

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Tech Across Your Org: Technology Leadership at a Small Organization

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By Judi Sohn, Outgoing VP of Operations, Fight Colorectal Cancer Fight Colorectal Cancer: > 6 year-old Org > 6 Full-time Staff > $1.1 Million Budget In small organizations like mine, more often than not, the Executive Director or senior leadership of the organization also wears the technology leader hat, accidental or not.

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