article thumbnail

The End of Expertise and How Associations Must Adapt

The MatrixFiles

These insights came from Melanie and Tara, along with the nearly 100 people who attended and lit up the chat: From Melanie: How declining trust is affecting higher education 2023 Gallup data shows that public trust in higher education has dropped 20 points over the last 8 years to a historic low of only 36% having confidence in higher education.

article thumbnail

How Public Speaking Skills Can Help You Run Your Nonprofit

Achieve

Public speaking and presentation skills can help you craft better written and verbal communications, whether you’re engaging with your team internally or connecting with an external audience. . Take the time to craft better public speaking skills, so you can connect with each of these internal audiences on a deeper level. According to.

Skills 96
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Experts Weigh In: Applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) for Government

Forum One

I find the rapid developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) thrilling, with endless applications for our Forum One partners, but I know from discussions with my counterparts in government agencies that AI and ML can also be mystifying, and even scary. Jay has advised U.S.

article thumbnail

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

.orgSource

Government, healthcare, educational, and financial institutions are being viewed with skeptical eyes. But what we see emerging now because of the digital world that we live in is that public engagement is more accessible than ever. They’re doing outreach to inform the public that accounting is still a great career choice.

article thumbnail

Closing racial wealth gaps with community land trusts 

Candid

Increasing homeownership rates to close the racial wealth gap One of the biggest drivers of family wealth is homeownership. Yet, the Black homeownership rate is about 30 percentage points lower than the white homeownership rate, a gap that has not narrowed substantially in the last 20 years.

article thumbnail

Jury Is Out On Philanthropy And Medical Debt

The NonProfit Times

Medical debt relief has become a growing public policy priority for philanthropists and lawmakers worried about the toll on Americans’ financial, mental, and physical health. Yet, the low recovery rates suggest that “the financial impacts on households may be a small fraction of the face value of the debt relieved.”

article thumbnail

4 Financial Metrics to Increase Transparency for Your Nonprofit

sgEngage

And nonprofits that just upgraded their Guidestar rating one unit by being just a little bit more transparent still raised 26% more the following year. Transparent organizations tend to be stronger organizations across a range of governance, financial, and operational dimensions. Why Aren’t Nonprofits More Transparent?

Metrics 104