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

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Nancy MacRae, MS, CAE, ENA, describes the relationship between trust and culture. “As Images of the association’s founders, history, and current activities are displayed throughout the facility, and spaces were created to accommodate a variety of work styles. As you create a strong culture, you also gain trust,” Nancy advised.

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Grantmaking: What’s Participation Got to Do with It?

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In recent years, that model is being challenged. What matters most in this model are values–and one in particular: equity. People at the heart of issues know the histories, the networks, the actors, the previous failures, and more. Those at the top decide. Lots of grantmakers are intrigued by participatory grantmaking.

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Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work Is Core to Equitable Change

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Whether knowledge is spoken or not, it is public. When we momentarily set aside the many foundation models or toolkits for addressing a particular task, we start to remember that the essence of knowledge is shared meaning making—how we, together, come to understand and engage in community, in the world around us, and in change itself.

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Two years later: how our fundraising strategy changed overnight 

Candid

We were overwhelmed by these questions combined with the work it took to maintain a herd of horses, with no events or public programs. . We started out with the premise that if we could find the people who care about the kind of work we do, and have a history of funding it, we could make a compelling case to give. .

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How an Effective Partner Ecosystem Strives for Collaboration Over Competition

Saleforce Nonprofit

OFM: A Model for Partner Participation in Open Source Community Projects. They impact our homes, schools, businesses, relationships, and sanity. Lorenzo has over ten years of experience in public policy, government, talent pipeline development, diversity, and inclusion. Don’t Configure Technology, Configure Its Users.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Is An Investment In Wealth Screening Useful Before A Capital Campaign?

Bloomerang

To do so, apply predictive modeling, wealth screening, or wealth appending, as necessary, as tools to narrow down your portfolio and perhaps develop target ask amounts. . Wealth screening tools may also look at past charitable and political giving available in public databases.

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How to Use Data to Improve Prospect Identification

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Although fundraising is undoubtedly an art form in part—there’s a critical human element to building the requisite long-term relationship central to major giving—it is also a science. They rely on regular wealth screening and predictive modeling. You only have so many of these relationships; maximize the value of each one.

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