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Empowering grassroots organizations: building capacity, diversity, and relationships

Candid

Building funder-grassroots relationships For smaller grassroots organizations, we know it can be hard for them to get on the radar of other larger funders. Photo credit: mixetto via Getty Images The post Empowering grassroots organizations: building capacity, diversity, and relationships appeared first on Candid Blog.

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Finding The Best Board Retreat Facilitator – 9 Things To Look For

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Have you ever sat through a board retreat and spent more time watching the clock, daydreaming, and checking texts than listening to the facilitator? Did your last facilitator stand behind a lectern and drone on like a record playing in slow motion? Facilitate and engage with confidence. Were they unengaging? Credibility.

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How to Facilitate the Discovery Step of the Donor-Centered Approach

Bloomerang

The goal of the first meeting is to open the relationship. With a donor-centered approach, it takes time to build relationships and get to know your donors. She has facilitated numerous workshops with hundreds of nonprofit professionals. It is important to plan a strategy for each meeting interaction.

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Basic Facilitation Techniques for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Over the last 25 years I’ve been doing training, I’ve learned different and applied different methods from either being a “student” in a training facilitated by someone using a method, being trained in the method, co-designing with others, and designing and facilitating my own sessions. Networked Facilitation.

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

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Highlight the Advantages There are plenty of incentives for these two teams to develop a symbiotic relationship. Set Common Goals to Inspire Performance When the teams have established a comfortable working relationship, setting common goals that advance the strategic plan can be a powerful incentive to take collaboration to a higher level.

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Leadership’s Biggest Perk—Giving Others a Boost

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Often, these relationships develop informally. Be Intentional What can we do to facilitate more deliberate mentoring relationships? Acknowledge Diversity In a heterogeneous workforce, a good way to support relationship building is to begin with diversity training. Most mentorships begin with bonding.

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For Positive Outcomes, Hold a Mirror Up to Board Performance

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In relationship building, trust is the place to start. Launch the Conversation Sometimes an outside facilitator can move the group forward more quickly. Sometimes an outside facilitator can move members forward more quickly. We also explored their relationship with the staff and how it might evolve.