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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? How do you know that your organizational structure might need retooling? It’s a structure that preserves accountability. You can do it. Know the Signs.

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Run a Productive, Fun Nonprofit Board Meeting

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Take Your Nonprofit Board Meeting Back to the Basics Before we get to the meeting itself, let’s back-track to some basic foundational pieces that will make everyone’s lives easier. Board Meeting Doesn’t Have to Mean “Bored Meeting” A happy Board of Directors is a productive Board of Directors! Why is this important?

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Connecting the dots: Fighting for equity through a data partnership 

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They sought diverse perspectives in focus groups and made structural changes to address outdated language, power dynamics, and privacy concerns. They made Foundation Directory more accessible by removing the paywall for small nonprofits when they earn a Gold Seal of Transparency.

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Empowering Community Voices: The Strategic Advantage of Nonprofit Advisory Committees

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1 While all of these are useful tools for program development and planning, there is another strategy that provides consistent access to community input while also routinely building a supportive foundation from diverse, innovative ideas: the creation of strong advisory committees. Create structure. What are advisory committees?

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5 Steps to Prepare for a Successful Nonprofit Website Redesign

Nonprofit Tech for Good

You’ll need to understand both elements and how they work together, for a successful end product. Together, the data from analytics and user feedback can help inform improvements, structure, and enhancements to your redesigned website. Here’s an example of how to structure your scoping document outline: About the Organization.

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Centering the user perspective

Candid

Input from current and potential users of Candid’s tools is crucial to building products for a more efficient and effective social sector. The goal is to come as close as possible to co-creating products with the people who do or could use them, increasing our likelihood of success in creating built-in value and usability.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Rituals can boost our personal productivity because they allow us to focus and reach our goals without distraction. My New Year’s Reflection Rituals Review the Year: I use a tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead.