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Thought Leaders Blaze Trails of Discovery and Engagement

.orgSource

Passion plus knowledge is a powerful hook, making people who were about to swipe stay for a while. And our most ardent volunteers are typically people who love sharing knowledge. Influencers are not necessarily thought leaders. Review expense policies, conflict of interest, or any other relevant policies or ethical issues.

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LGBTQ+ advocacy strategies to generate advocates year-round

EveryAction

Often, the central issue is a specific policy or a cultural phenomenon that the organization seeks to promote or eliminate. For example, a local nonprofit working on educational issues may raise awareness about specific school board policies with the aim of making them more inclusive.

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Grow Or Stagnate?: Nurturing A Growth Mindset

The NonProfit Times

In the context of this column, growth is not about structured acquisition of new knowledge or skills but focused on learning to apply knowledge in unexpected ways and stretching boundaries of comfort. As a leader, you both set an example through your own actions and by influencing organizational culture and policies.

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Empowering grassroots organizations: building capacity, diversity, and relationships

Candid

It was a pivotal time when women began to exert more influence and demonstrate the different ways in which philanthropy could support the needs of all of humankind. Leaders of grassroots organizations have a depth of knowledge of their communities and creative ideas and solutions to complex problems.

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Empowering Community Voices: The Strategic Advantage of Nonprofit Advisory Committees

Blue Avocado

2 Say you’re a nonprofit working in the area of houselessness and want to put together an advisory committee of people with legislative and policy development experience to advance systemic changes in your community. Solicit their knowledge to help you identify gaps in the work you are doing and strategize how to fill them.

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Advancing Equity in Philanthropy with Resolve and Resilience: A Call to Action

sgEngage

This includes considering factors such as race, gender, socioeconomic status, and other intersecting identities that can influence access to resources and opportunities. This may involve conducting equity audits , adopting anti-racist policies and practices, and actively working to dismantle barriers to access and opportunity.

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Philanthropic collaboratives are finding ways to more effectively measure impact

Candid

Another collaborative may monitor the mission-aligned metrics, financial stability, implementation of evidence-based practices, and diversity, equity, and inclusion policies of grantees to assess whether it is supporting the organizations most likely to realize the impact it seeks.

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