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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. We structured this conference based on feedback from.orgCommunity’s fall Solutions Day participants. ENA’s commitment to bring culture to life is even expressed in the organization’s physical environment.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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But is this the right question? Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. On its face, evaluation seems like a neutral activity, designed to help us understand what’s happened, and to change course where needed.

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Stay the Course Through Changing Weather—Strategic Advice From Association CEOs 

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We began this project because, as early adopters of digital solutions, we could see that technology was creating waves and that a rogue tsunami was not out of the question. Success belongs to organizations that adapt to a shifting environment. The Critical Questions will prompt you to evaluate your organization’s current status.

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Strengthening program evaluation in your nonprofit

ASU Lodestar Center

This call spurred the increasing demand for program evaluation. In your organization, this may look like negative attitudes toward evaluation, poor research designs and collecting data but not using the data. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity.

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3 Ways to Activate DEI in Your Nonprofit Organization

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Your team may be grappling with questions like, “How do we transform words on the page into reality?” With that, here are three starting points for activating DEI in your organization: Provide the tools Normalize feedback Evaluate and Reevaluate 1. One important thing to address is how to question without making others defensive.

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Mastering The Art Of Idea Generation And Sharing

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We’ll finish with 10 minutes to evaluate the brainstorming session, get clarity on points of agreement and disagreement, and discuss next steps. Ask if anyone has any questions. Taking a few minutes to establish these rules ensures a productive and respectful environment. Now… you’re ready to begin! Well, almost.

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Beyond the Basics: Elevating Volunteer Engagement for Nonprofit Success

The Modern Nonprofit

Identifying Your Needs Before designing a volunteer engagement program, you’ll want to evaluate your organization’s needs and determine the specific tasks volunteers can help with. Introduce them to staff members and other volunteers, and provide a comfortable environment for them to ask questions and engage in conversation.