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Flat, Tall, or In Between—Is It Time to Evaluate Your Organizational Structure?

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Most groups have invested in improved systems and platforms, and some have adjusted their strategy to maximize the new equipment. The organization may still be boxed into a structure that’s been the same for 20 years or more. How do you know that your organizational structure might need retooling? You can do it. Know the Signs.

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The 10 roles and responsibilities of a nonprofit Board of Directors

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In other words, your Board should help you see problems before they occur, they should evaluate how well things are working, and they should help you find new and better solutions. Normally that seems like something they would do during the startup phase of the nonprofit, but missions can change over time.

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

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But it is not just a new buzzword, a box to be checked, or even a singular phase in the grant cycle. However, in the push towards impact, philanthropy has adopted a laundry list of activities—landscape scans, focus groups, case studies, logic models—to help in figuring out what is important to know to “do good” better.

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How to Succeed With Nonprofit Direct Mail Fundraising

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Allegiance Group makes achieving direct mail success simple. Evaluate peer organizations to identify your peers’ strengths and weaknesses, compare them to yours, and find opportunities to differentiate your organization. Let’s get started! Contact Us! Top Direct Mail Fundraising FAQs What is direct mail fundraising? Peer organizations.

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What you need to know BEFORE you start a nonprofit

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The needs assessment is a learning and listening phase. Foundation Group can be a huge help in forming your new nonprofit. How will you evaluate your results and measure impact? You also need to build a structure that will enable you to bring in the money you need to operate. Will your Board support this program?

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

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I use a simple structure to design: before, during, and after. ” ADDIE is an instructional design method that stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. You can use a “lean start up” approach for the development phase by doing a pilot or experiment and adjust. I do this all the time.

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The Art of Aligning Social Media Strategy With Communications Strategy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Over the summer, Holly Minch , who is an expert at helping nonprofits and philanthropies unlock the potential of strategic communications for social change, suggested that I facilitate a workshop on social media strategy with a group of nonprofit and philanthropy communications folks. . And where are the tensions?