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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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Leading with Reflection: New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofit Professionals

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Daily Walking Reflection I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions because they don’t offer an opportunity for reflection. For over thirty years, I have integrated “reflection rituals” in my professional work on a daily, weekly, quarterly, and annually basis. I call it my “To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.“

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Are Marketing and Membership at Opposite Poles? Take the Journey to Collaboration

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Is your marketing team hanging out at the North Pole while the membership group chills in Antarctica? To align your mission with your brand and reflect that symmetry through products and services, you need to bring membership and marketing to the Equator. When you want to give validity and structure to ideas, put them in writing.

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How Your Nonprofit Can Routinize Reflection

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Reflection is a critical step in assessing individual and team performance at your nonprofit. A reflective process, whether it is a structured process for individuals or groups, can give us insights about what worked and what could be improved. A structured process has a number of benefits.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

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Does your work at a nonprofit include facilitating meetings or trainings? Looking for new techniques to add to your facilitator’s toolbox? Brainstorming can be done as a solo activity or group or collaborative brainstorming. Osborn outlines the essential rules of a successful group brainstorming session.

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Are Marketing and Membership at Opposite Poles? Take the Journey to Collaboration

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Is your marketing team hanging out at the North Pole while the membership group chills in Antarctica? To align your mission with your brand and reflect that symmetry through products and services, you need to bring membership and marketing to the Equator. When you want to give validity and structure to ideas, put them in writing.

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Move DEI Beyond Words

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Many groups have adopted DEI as a strategic priority. Some groups are reluctant to divert attention from member engagement and attrition. An expert facilitator will introduce the level of introspection needed to encourage empathy and insight. Give the group some easy wins and some more visionary ambitions.