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

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You can take baby steps and evaluate which strategies are successful and which are not. Updating roles is a good place to begin promoting the flow of knowledge, ideas, and information across your association. Instead of being taskmasters they become coaches who help their teammates realize greater professional potential.

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

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Today, knowledge work is coming into fashion in foundations and the nonprofit sector. Knowledge work is growing because it sits at an important intersection between grantmaking and equitable change. How the sector understands and engages in knowledge work is crucial to the success of philanthropic efforts.

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Thought Leaders Blaze Trails of Discovery and Engagement

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Passion plus knowledge is a powerful hook, making people who were about to swipe stay for a while. After all, we are the home of professional experts. And our most ardent volunteers are typically people who love sharing knowledge. Why dive into subjects that are off my beaten path of discovery? For one compelling reason.

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Make Space—Lighten the Load for Your Heavy Lifters

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When you give employees the capacity to do their jobs and to grow as professionals, that positive energy reflects throughout the organization. Because they have an intimate knowledge of products and services. When you give people time for reflection, evaluation, and creativity you develop a new crop of leaders.

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Rule Your Market—Blue Ocean Strategy Sidesteps the Sharks

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This methodology was used to evaluate expanding the American Board of Medical Specialties, ABMS CertLink®, platform into new markets. Companies, like Udemy , Online MedED , and Health Stream are encroaching on the professional development arena, and they are eager to attract your audience. That idea might seem a little miraculous.

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Build a Mission-Worthy Team

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It’s not difficult to evaluate when someone has the right background and experience to do a job. If you’re interviewing prospective employees, be as clear about the company’s expectations for behavior and attitude as you are about the professional skills required. Hiring for skill is easy. The MBTI can illuminate group dynamics.

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Why Ongoing Professional Development Is Essential For The Nonprofit Community

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Nonprofit professionals and the organizations that depend on them understand the importance of investing in ongoing professional development. That’s where ongoing professional development for fundraisers and nonprofit leaders comes in. I constantly do professional development programs. Keep up with technology.