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Move DEI Beyond Words

.orgSource

Finding the bandwidth and funding to provide professional guidance for staff and volunteers may be a stumbling block. It’s an exercise that will provide the opportunity to explore lessons learned in training and reflect on how they impact real-life situations. Many groups have adopted DEI as a strategic priority. Lack of resources.

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Centering the user perspective

Candid

For example, one customer mentioned that they can review up to 500 funder profile pages in one day using Candid’s Foundation Directory , a time-consuming and tedious exercise! This raises the question of whether we may be able to help get the information they need more quickly and efficiently. The answer we got was “no!”

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Preparing Your Nonprofit to Move Beyond the Founder

Blue Avocado

For staff, working in a start-up nonprofit is often an exercise in mindreading. In a successful nonprofit, the board’s primary responsibilities include exercising fiduciary duties and supervising the Executive Director. In every organization, the fiscal structure changes as it grows, in ways that founders often fail to perceive.

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Building A Nonprofit Board That Understands Financial Stewardship

Kindful

It’s a snapshot of mission, organizational structure, new programs, revenue and expenses by program, overall financial status, and the health of any nonprofit. Use videos, assessments, group exercises, and role plays to educate and train them. This document is the outward face to the world. Teach them about fundraising.

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What you need to know BEFORE you start a nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

As you consider these questions, here are two important exercises that will help you clarify your vision and goals: 1. And also think about how you can fund those new programs because you may need some seed money before you can start. You also need to build a structure that will enable you to bring in the money you need to operate.

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Tips for Activating a Culture of Wellbeing in the Nonprofit Workplace

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of the workshop exercises was to teach leaders a process they can facilitate back in their organizations to begin the discussion about how to activate a culture of well being. As part of the set-up to the exercise, I share some examples from the Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout.

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9 Nonprofit Leadership Skills Every Founder & Director Must Master

Get Fully Funded

We all know we need to eat right, exercise, and get enough rest. I find that exercise not only helps my physical strength, but my mental strength, too. So why don’t we do it? Why do we have an epidemic of stressed out and exhausted people? I think because we take it for granted.

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