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Soft Skills Support Hard Leadership Challenges

.orgSource

Providing personal support, fosters a culture of collaboration, inclusivity, and transparency.” I was eager to hear Sue’s ideas about the importance of focusing the board on qualities like empathy, self-knowledge, and strong social skills to build a productive environment. The value of a practical outlook can’t be overstated.”

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Embracing partnership: A promising paradigm for nonprofit governance 

Candid

Traditionally, nonprofit governance has been perceived through a hierarchical lens, with board members primarily overseeing and guiding the organization’s direction while staff execute the operational tasks. The nonprofit governance orthodoxy Nonprofit governance operates within a framework of three legal duties.

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Advocacy for everyone: 6 ways to help your supporters take action

EveryAction

That’s why we often say that advocacy is for everyone: when decisions are being made that affect your organization’s work, mission, and vision, it just makes sense to get involved, unite your supporters, and move them to take action with you in pursuit of a specific mission-oriented goal. This means their voices hold power in a range of ways.

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Government of Canada announces recipients of Canada’s Volunteer Awards

Charity Village

The Government of Canada announced the recipients of Canada’s Volunteer Awards which recognize volunteers who have made significant contributions to support their communities. The awards recognize community leaders, not-for-profit organizations, social enterprises and businesses that are highly engaged in their communities.

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Artificial Intelligence for Government

Forum One

There are a myriad of AI tools that exist now that can help to make government more efficient. Decision Support Systems – As the name implies, decision support systems can also help analyze and process large volumes of information and generate findings. More tools are being launched constantly. Department of the Interior.

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Taking a Deeper Look at the “Social” Piece of ESG (Environmental Social Governance)

sgEngage

In our most recent white paper, “ Exploring Environmental Social Governance ” we include a section that picks apart the pieces of ESG, including a list of some of the items under the “social” category. Different countries face different challenges when it comes to social justice.

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Government of Canada launches call for proposals for national funders to support charities and not-for-profits

Charity Village

The Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Karina Gould, launched a call for proposals to select national funders who will distribute funding to help diverse charitable and not-for-profit organizations adapt and modernize, so they can support economic recovery in communities across Canada.