BoardAssist

OCTOBER 7, 2020

A good leader proactively offers his/her board members a chance to impact those exact interest areas. A key role great board members can play is helping nonprofit staff think about how best to communicate to the outside world, in an objective way, all the terrific ways their nonprofit is helping. Give/Get or Get off.

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.orgSource

APRIL 1, 2024

Align Strategy and Marketing Align strategic goals with marketing initiatives , and ensure that all teams understand their role and responsibility to deliver results.orgSource Vice President Marketing Communications, Jane Pearson, offers this advice: “The marketing department is not just an external brand ambassador. Take a lesson from QVC.

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.orgSource

MAY 29, 2023

Revelio Labs’ 2023 report on the state of DEI and the impact of last year’s layoffs, found that DEI-focused roles “experienced a nearly 40% churn rate at companies engaged in layoffs, as compared to about 24% for non-DEI roles.” Three years later, the space between opinion and action seems to be getting wider.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2020

Putting this off may impact, and potentially prevent, your organization from implementing its mission and providing critical services. Many nonprofits were caught off guard by the GFC’s impact on charitable giving. We have to apply lessons learned from the GFC. We have to look at the financial markets. and México.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Philanthropy plays a crucial role in helping communities prepare for and respond to global disasters and supports the long-term recovery that individuals and communities face after disasters. CDP has several recommendations to help funders maximize their philanthropic impact.

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sgEngage

JULY 15, 2022

In this episode, Melissa Hackmeier, global head of employee & community engagement at MilliporeSigma, joins the podcast to discuss how she launched the company’s first ever global volunteer program and the best practices and lessons she’s learned along the way. How Melissa secured buy-in for their program.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

In a culture that supports innovation, everyone feels encouraged and confident to brainstorm, introduce new ideas, ask questions, and start conversations in order to identify opportunities for enhanced impact. Ultimately, you will be able to strengthen the impact your mission has on the people and communities you serve.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Keep in mind that we’re not suggesting that the best CEOs excel in every aspect of the role—in fact, we’ve yet to meet one who does. CEO Excellence is a fascinating, inspiring, revealing, lesson-packed read for any leader who wants to hone their skills to achieve leadership excellence.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Event Committee Chair Role: The Captain of Your Fundraising Ship Behind every successful fundraising event is a dedicated committee, and at the helm is the Event Committee Chair. Our third fundraising blog post focuses on the pivotal role this individual plays in orchestrating a seamless and prosperous fundraiser.

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Candid

AUGUST 10, 2023

While the tech sector pours in tens of billions in a race for dominance and future profits, how should nonprofits and philanthropists be thinking about our role? Rather than stumbling through all the same expensive lessons, you’ll likely reap far greater benefit for far less cost as a fast follower.

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Candid

AUGUST 6, 2021

The Ford , Skoll , and Compton foundations have announced the launch of a donor collaborative to help strengthen the impact of moving image storytelling. Cultural change is needed to achieve long-term advances in justice and equity, making the role of transformational storytellers all the more important," said Mertes.

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Candid

JANUARY 6, 2023

This guide illustrates how philanthropy support organizations (PSOs)—in partnership with funders, individuals, and nonprofits—can come together to better build global philanthropic support ecosystems that increase the social sector’s collective impact.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 28, 2010

This morning I had the great pleasure and honor to present at Amplified Leicester about Community-Driven Social Impact, and run a short strategy-building workshop. Community-Driven Social Impact for Amplified Leicester. Roles cards. What lessons can you share? Be sure to watch their space for more! Presentation.

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VQ Strategies

DECEMBER 14, 2020

We thought it would be helpful to look at what the successful organizations all shared so that we might be able to apply those lessons more broadly to our sector’s work in 2021 and to our personal work plans. As we move into 2021, how can you embrace these lessons into your work? Here are a few thoughts to guide your response.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 14, 2022

Keep in mind that we’re not suggesting that the best CEOs excel in every aspect of the role—in fact, we’ve yet to meet one who does. CEO Excellence is a fascinating, inspiring, revealing, lesson-packed read for any leader who wants to hone their skills to achieve leadership excellence.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

Good leadership helps everyone understand what the impact goal is, makes sure they have what they need to do their job, provides encouragement, and monitors progress as the team moves forward. 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.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

If we had known the full consequences of Steve Jobs showing us that first iPhone on stage in 2007 and its impacts on our lives, attention, interactions, children, environment, physical and mental health, what hard questions would we have asked? We didn’t ask. Undoubtedly, the tools we use to shape the world end up shaping us.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

Keep in mind that we’re not suggesting that the best CEOs excel in every aspect of the role—in fact, we’ve yet to meet one who does. CEO Excellence is a fascinating, inspiring, revealing, lesson-packed read for any leader who wants to hone their skills to achieve leadership excellence.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

You’ll learn how to make the leap, and will gain practical strategies and tactics for building a loyal following, moving up quickly to broaden your impact, and making the subtle but crucial mindset shifts that are required to lead others effectively. Bryant : So many lessons and insights, so it is very difficult to pick just one.

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Cloud 4 Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Hosted by Salesforce.org Chief Customer Officer Rob Acker, Cloud for Good Founder & CEO Tal Frankfurt and CARE Head of Corporate Partnerships Chris Noble discussed the strategies and technologies that help them be nimble enough to respond to emergency campaigns, create change regularly, and the lessons they have learned along the way.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 1, 2021

For a sector that provides pivotal services to the public, the impact is difficult to comprehend. The expectations of our employees are shifting, which then impacts the way in which nonprofit leaders need to manage through a crisis. Many organizations are now finding that a crisis management plan is not the whole story.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us that a crisis can come in all different shapes and sizes, and it can impact just about anyone and everyone. When creating a crisis management plan, the board needs to be part of it , and their role should be defined. Evaluate all the programs to see if they are needed and have the impact desired.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 23, 2021

The book (co-authored by Dick Weiss ) chronicles Michael’s story of going from an underdog athlete to a turnaround CEO, and how he took his student-athlete experience and translated those learned lessons to successes in his career. But if you set goals, strive to reach them, you will ultimately learn invaluable lessons.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Transparency plays a big role in nonprofit compliance and gaining donor trust, but it’s also a cornerstone of the Christian faith. Nonprofit decisions: Your role as a leader requires you to make decisions on behalf of the nonprofit, which will inevitably be influenced by the core values of the organization.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 5, 2021

You may have to get up every morning and repeat that mantra when you get dressed for your job—a job that has a positive impact on the world—and that’s OK! They had a role in shaping you into who you are today. Consider how your struggles have taught you life lessons that could benefit someone else if they hear them.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

Keep in mind that we’re not suggesting that the best CEOs excel in every aspect of the role—in fact, we’ve yet to meet one who does. CEO Excellence is a fascinating, inspiring, revealing, lesson-packed read for any leader who wants to hone their skills to achieve leadership excellence.

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Kindful

MAY 1, 2021

This Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re proud to highlight the innovative and impactful work of these Kindful customers. Impacting: Mental health. Impacting: Mental health. Impacting: Mental health. Mission: Next Rung exists to make an impact in the lives of firefighters and first responders. Porter’s Call.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2021

Arizona State University (ASU), for instance, needed an easier way for its students, faculty, and staff to communicate, share lesson plans, and gather feedback. Every few minutes a volunteer would share a story about an impactful experience with a voter,” explains Brooke Adams, Movement Politics Director at People’s Action Institute.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

One of the most important lessons a nonprofit practitioner can learn in their career is that budgets are moral documents. By identifying the additional revenue needed, you can begin to prioritize which programs you’re currently considering that will be in the best position to drive profitability and impact. What does that mean?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

Our review discussions became more interesting, and the impact of the entire program was strengthened. Here are a few lessons we learned along the way. Questions can have a significant impact on the relationship funders have with their grantee partners. Implement your changes, monitor the impact, and adjust as needed.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 17, 2019

John Fisher of CHARISM learned a lesson in restricted funding when he accepted a grant for new computers. This can lead to skewed budgets, falsified accounting practices and loss of stakeholder trust. Restricted funds can be a result of grants, donor requests or specific fundraising campaigns.

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Candid

MARCH 1, 2023

The seismic impact of data in moments of global racial reckoning underscores its value and illustrates how it can help all of us create a more equitable environment for all. He emphasized why it is vital that technology providers find ways to support this movement to advance equity in the social sector.

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Candid

OCTOBER 13, 2022

But, if you have trouble getting to it, it can severely limit the impact of the content. In this post, Candid shares the mistakes it, too, has made along the way, the things that keep our team up at night, the fixes, and our hard-won lessons learned. The information can be highly relevant and compelling. Grantmakers, not so fast!

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2023

Thank your mentors and share their impact on your life with your family and friends. Since 1996, Boys to Men Mentoring has worked to provide fatherless and at-risk young men with positive male role models and influential mentoring relationships. Spread awareness on social media. Boys to Men Mentoring (San Diego, CA).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 9, 2014

I had the opportunity to speak with both Gallucci and Roy about this unique funder collaborative and more specifically about how the Partnership to Strengthen Innovation and Practice in Secondary Education would measure the impact of their investments. Educating girls especially makes for long-term positive impact.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Why Impact-Per-Dollar is a terrible, harmful way to measure nonprofit effectiveness. Lessons Learned from Two Decades in Philanthropy. Going Upstream: Philanthropy’s Role in Advancing Justice. I always have more lessons to learn! On Not Being Constrained by the System You’re In. Choosing to be a Liberated Gatekeeper.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 7, 2012

Your board has to know the mission, and keep it in mind in their role forming the strategic vision of the organization. Fundraising should have a clear role in helping you meet that mission. Please share in the comments below either what your current struggle is or your latest lesson learned with fundraising for your organization.

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