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

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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? Each of these issues could signal that a more streamlined organizational structure is needed. Collaboration among business units is facilitated and encouraged.

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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? The most critical thing that distinguishes brainstorming from other types of facilitated group activity is the absence negative feedback. Basic Approaches. Before the Session.

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Leadership’s Biggest Perk—Giving Others a Boost

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Be Intentional What can we do to facilitate more deliberate mentoring relationships? To change that, we came up with a structure that allows for on-demand project work in blended, cross-functional teams. An expert facilitator will introduce the level of introspection needed to encourage empathy and insight among colleagues.

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Are Associations Losing Their Members’ Trust?—The Leadership ColLAB Explores This Critical Question

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The event, which was exclusive to.orgCommunity VIP members , took place on March 2 at the Rolling Green Country Club in Arlington Heights. We structured this conference based on feedback from.orgCommunity’s fall Solutions Day participants. Our goal was to provide a great forum for networking and meaningful conversations.

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Mastering The Art Of Idea Generation And Sharing

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Do you have one in place? As soon as people become interested in an issue, their creativity is instantly engaged. .” — Alex Osborn, How to Think Up , 1942 seminal book on concept off brainstorming The process of getting a group to generate and build on others’ ideas depends on how you facilitate openness in the group.

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Anatomy of a successful capital campaign committee meeting

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The nature of capital campaign committee structures. This builds a standard structure into the process from the start. Confirm that everyone is on the same page by restating the meeting’s purpose, expected outcomes, agenda items, and the roles that individuals will play (such as facilitator or note-taker).

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Empowering Community Voices: The Strategic Advantage of Nonprofit Advisory Committees

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Create structure. Structure is crucial to developing and sustaining an effective advisory committee. However, structure does not have to mean rigidity. In fact, your committee’s structure should be flexible enough to adapt to your nonprofit’s changing needs and dynamics. Time Commitment—How often will the committee meet?

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