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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? You are ready to add new categories of membership, sell products to a different audience, expand programs, or even revise the business model. You can do it.

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Beyond Bronze, Silver, and Gold—Grow Success With Purpose

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Government, healthcare, educational, and financial institutions are being viewed with skeptical eyes. In my way of thinking, this is the wrong business model. The tiered structure is a trap I’d stay clear of. Although the transition from the bronze, silver, and gold membership model is hard to make.

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Navigating the Conundrum of Auxiliaries

VQ Strategies

Designed to assist and support an organization (and most commonly hospitals, museums, libraries, and arts organizations), these groups historically focus on raising funds, sometimes manage the volunteer corps, and nearly always maintain their own governance system. But there are also many that are, well, less so. Lessons from the Field.

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Weave a Safety Net—Find the Right Strategic Partners

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Civic and government partners played pivotal roles in their ability to provide that support. Sponsorships are the model that we’re all most familiar with. Look to the corporate sector, government, civic, or other associations or non-profit organizations to find collaborators who will add value.

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Digital Priorities the Mission-Driven Sector Must Address in 2024

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Here’s what we’re seeing as the biggest priorities for our partners across the nonprofit and government space to address this year. At this sea-change moment, we’re working with organizations to set holistic AI strategies and governance as part of their core organizational strategies, not just digital strategy.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Charity and government support remain crucial but are insufficient to address the magnitude of the task at hand. Solving basic social problems requires a level of sustainable investment that donors and government cannot provide alone. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer.

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

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We structured this conference based on feedback from.orgCommunity’s fall Solutions Day participants. Membership with Kevin Ordonez , President and Managing Director Digital Strategy,orgSource New Business Models with Michelle Czosek , Consultant,orgSource The Leadership ColLAB lived up to its name.