Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

One study found that 86 percent of respondents believed that having a strategic plan positively impacted revenue generation through grants, donors, events, and other avenues. Nonprofit strategic planning is the process of creating a blueprint that guides an organization for a specified time period and helps accomplish its goals.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

One goal was to identify how the pandemic impacted their business models. Although 73% of participants agreed that accelerating trends would require fundamental changes in the roles of associations. Yet, the organization was able to grow that narrow cause into the larger role of supporting maternal and infant health.

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Voice Associations Culture Environment 221

.orgSource

JANUARY 14, 2024

In her previous role, Sue had limited interaction with other teams in the organization. You can have the best governance model, but with the wrong people on the team, you won’t be successful.” He loves helping employees bring their best selves to a workplace that strives to support their most ambitious goals.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Today, we’re announcing our third Salesforce.org Impact Labs cohort, which will focus on climate justice. Recognizing that the effects of climate change aren’t equal, this lab aims to co-design a technology solution to support low-income communities of color that are most impacted by the climate crisis. Why Climate Justice?

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.orgSource

JUNE 25, 2023

Make time to audit the impact working from home is having on your organization. Set Goals Determining what you want to accomplish is the first step. Policing remote workers should not be included in your goals. Policing remote workers should not be one of your goals. IT specialists will also play a significant role.

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Team Evaluation Attitude Interview 221

.orgSource

AUGUST 21, 2023

Our goal was to help association professionals navigate a new technological era or Industry 4.0. Marc Benioff, Co-Founder and CEO of SalesForce, describes the goal like this, “A digital ecology is a network of interconnected digital systems that work together to create value. Innovators are rule-breakers and disruptors.

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Leadership Associations Skills Digital 170

.orgSource

MARCH 28, 2023

The goal is to develop short, mid, and long-range strategies with flexibility baked into the design. What factors are driving uncertainty and how impactful could they be? What are the potential short, mid, and long-term impacts? CEOs must be role models for their teams. But COVID reinforced that lesson.

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Milwaukee Wisconsin Associations Lesson 221

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

New Year's Resolutions for leaders : Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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Mentoring Policy Review Technique 96

Bloomerang

MARCH 27, 2024

Change organizational culture to impact the bottom line Know thyself. Acknowledging that our society is built upon patriarchy, where does that leave the perspectives of traditional gender roles in your organization and on your team? Start where you are and be realistic about the mindsets of those in leadership across your organization.

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Philanthropy Strategy Fundraising Indiana 84

Association Analytics

JUNE 17, 2021

Similarly, analyzing your event data from many angles can lead to a major impact on revenue. If particular role types are not attending, take a look at your content and determine if it makes sense to create sessions or a learning track that addresses their needs. Year over year, is it increasing or decreasing?

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Associations Data Registration Analytics 318

Candid

AUGUST 8, 2022

To see an impact in our communities, Black nonprofit leaders focus on community care and often do the work ourselves with limited resources. My goal was for students at one middle school in Atlanta to believe that it was possible for them to pursue STEM careers through culturally relevant STEM programming.

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Voice Philanthropy Atlanta Student 128

.orgSource

JULY 10, 2023

Set clear expectations and roles from the beginning. Does your governance structure help or hinder your progress towards goals? Resist the temptation to model the competition. Prioritize two to three large goals and use everyone’s support in executing them. Be the disruption. CEOs: Run your board right.

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Advice Course Associations Change 170

ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Technology can be used for a variety of tasks across organizations to help them increase their impact in the sector and the communities that they serve. Nonprofits should be highly encouraged to facilitate the use of new platforms of service delivery to increase their impact.”.

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Impact Technology Arizona Channel 52

sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

You’ve read about participatory grantmaking—and maybe even heard about other organizations using this model to distribute control of their funding strategy and grants decisions to the communities they serve. Perhaps you’ll start by reading about other models , watching webinars, or developing ideas. Is this you?

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Participatory Model Leadership Application 113

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

Mentoring 80

Mentoring Policy Technique News 80

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The board governance model is one of four primary nonprofit governance models. Start-up organizations often adopt a “working board” model due to limited funds or the desire to generate community buy-in with a 100% volunteer-led mission. An organization transitions into a “governing board” model when an ED is hired.

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Director Management Government Model 90

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2021

By Korrin Bishop , writer at Classy – a social enterprise that creates world-class online fundraising software for nonprofits, modernizing the giving experience to accelerate social impact around the world. Help your teammates understand the tools available to them so they can maximize their roles within your organization.

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Action Fundraising Nonprofit Gift 299

sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

Our review discussions became more interesting, and the impact of the entire program was strengthened. Questions can have a significant impact on the relationship funders have with their grantee partners. Your goal should be to efficiently collect the exact information you need to make a funding decision.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 6, 2021

But many Advisory Boards sit idle, with members not knowing their role and organizations not knowing what to do with the Board they created. Advisory members serve mainly in an advisory capacity though there are other roles they can assume. Involving members of the affected community in Advisory Boards is becoming more and more common.

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Roles Nonprofit Government Advice 111

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Many organizations take a step back at the end of the year to set their strategic goals, define their annual budget and inspire their team with a vision for the future year. February is the perfect time to reinforce, reestablish, and recommit to those big goals you dreamed about as the ball was dropping on New Year’s Eve.

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Goal Headline Environment Collaboration 27

DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

This is why data warehouses can have such a significant impact on nonprofits. It’s important to note that every nonprofit’s data warehousing needs and use cases will vary depending on everything from their cause to supporter base size to strategic goals and more. Monitor program impact.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

They can help the organization set and achieve goals. They’re responsible for planning, organizing, and directing a group so that goals are reached in a timely fashion. Factions can emerge and infighting among the team can get ugly because there’s no one to be the referee or remind everyone of their role. Recruiting help.

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Skills Leadership Director Nonprofit 119

Connection Cafe

APRIL 27, 2020

All of us have an important role to play even if it is primarily staying at home to flatten the curve. Disruption to the normal business model, for many, impacts cash flow and reduces revenue. The Foundation’s Role in the Crisis . This is truly an unprecedented time.

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Roles Philanthropy Foundation Articulate 44

sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. Professionals tasked with a knowledge role often organize what feels like chaos—to create structure and focus attention on the most important information.

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Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 68

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Jerry and I had a great conversation about open sourcing of agricultural scientific models, such as those used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in their climate change reports. As it turns out, these models were originally developed decades ago and many are written in Fortran !

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Open Source Open Illinois Model 174

Connection Cafe

APRIL 17, 2018

Over the years, my experience in a variety of financial leadership roles has led me to the following hypothesis: nonprofit finance is critical to mission success. This is undoubtedly important to your nonprofit and to the societal impact of your mission. Completing the Circle. Inside the heart, mind, and soul of the nonprofit CFO.

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Roles Culture Nonprofit Stream 35

ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 16, 2012

and the Rockefeller Foundation, titled: " A New Tool for Scaling Impact: How Social Impact Bonds Can Mobilize Private Capital to Advance Social Good." The emergence of microfinance and social entrepreneurship has given rise to new ideas about the role of venture capital in the social sector. The Role of Evaluation.

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Impact Research Tools Social 80

Greater Giving

AUGUST 21, 2023

To effectively advance your cause and push your fundraising goals forward, your nonprofit needs a strong internal infrastructure and team. They just need to feel engaged in your organization’s mission and be given the necessary tools and support to maximize their impact.

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Facilitation Consultant Relationship Roles 52

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

I had a really wonderful time, and the Community-Driven Social Impact session was terrific! Let’s start at the beginning: what is “community-driven social impact” anyway? The needs and goals of the larger community are listened to by someone or a group of people and they create opportunities for action, service, and change.

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Case Study Community Impact Studies 117

Volunteer Hub

APRIL 3, 2023

What is your role with WHAM? My role as a volunteer manager is to oversee all three programs, in terms of volunteers. Matthew: Our clients come to use in crisis, our goal is to get them to self-sufficiency. We have had extreme success with VolunteerHub, allowing us to increase our impact and better support the community.

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Houston ROI Audio Volunteer 75

The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes Celebrate, Educate, and Fundraise: Planning Winning AAPI Heritage Month Events As the vibrant tapestry of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month unfolds, the opportunity to celebrate, educate, and inspire through impactful events is immense.

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Celebrate Education Fundraising Culture 59

Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Among other things, it requires new models of collaboration, which is why several leading organizations recently came together to rethink core assumptions about how to address global hunger, with the audacious goal of ending chronic hunger in our lifetimes. The approach just might serve as a model for other issues, as well.

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Collaboration Challenge Hunger Kenya 76

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Many band together, such as those in the PEAK Grantmaking community , which centers on advocating and empowering grants management as a role and function. In our world, many funders view their most significant role at work as guarding the treasure by avoiding perceived peril. Risk models were not designed for our sector.

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Grant Philanthropy Model Roles 57

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 25, 2022

There is no doubt that nonprofits are driven by core values, mission and social goals. This can be devastating to nonprofits and ultimately affect the ability to achieve impact. Leadership must recognize this impact on their staff and adapt to strengthen and build a more resilient workplace to achieve sustainability.

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Results New Jersey Leadership Nonprofit 98

ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 26, 2011

I love the idea of "collective impact." We spend a lot of time and energy focusing on the impact of individual organizations, but how does that translate to the bigger picture? How might things be different if we start thinking about our collective impact? Laurie Mook join us to discuss social accounting.

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Measure Research Impact Organization 103

Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Gail Gallie , co-founder of Project Everyone , works towards making the Global Goals or Sustainable Development Goals famous around the world. Through multiple examples of how individual initiatives can have impact, Gail reminds us that everyone of us can contribute to achieving these goals.

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Afghanistan Headline Syria International 59

.orgSource

MAY 1, 2023

It involves reinventing work processes, improving channels of communication, and asking your staff to imagine their roles and responsibilities differently. This is a tall order—however, to maximize the impact of your investment these fundamental changes are necessary. Here are several suggestions to help accomplish that goal.

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Collaboration Digital Build Organization 44