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From Risk-taker to Spacemaker: Reflections on Leading Change

Museum 2.0

As Beck once put it, risk-takers need "space-makers" to provide them with the support, the creative license, and the encouragement to try new things, fail, and get up again. I learned this terminology later, from Beck Tench , who studies, mentors, and leads institutional change in public space. I was proud to be seen as a maverick.

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Event Logistics to Check Off Your List

Greater Giving

Permits and licenses. Make sure you know exactly which permits and licenses you need to run your event. Go to your state liquor board to find out the rules and what you might need, such as a special occasion license, in order to serve alcohol at your event. Run through the event with your AV vendor a few hours before the event.

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How To Increase Brand Recognition And Fundraising With Set It And Forget It Approach: A Step-By-Step Guide To Creating And Selling Merchandise Online

Bloomerang

Define your mission, vision, and values: Your branding should always reflect the mission, vision, and values of your organization. Choose a color palette that reflects the personality of your organization. Choose a palette that reflects the tone and mood of your design. Be consistent: Consistency is key in branding.

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Nonprofits can become more resilient by spending more on fundraising and admin ? new research

Pamela Grow

What isn’t known In the future, we plan to collaborate with charity watchdogs to gain their insights on how our evaluation recommendations could be applied to reflect each organization’s specific capabilities and goals. This strategy makes financial distress less likely but interferes with transparency and can undermine budget discipline.

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How grant makers and nonprofit grant recipients can do great things together with data and evaluation

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

What you see here are a few notes that reflect my individual experience. As far as I can ascertain, this series was the first in which grant makers and nonprofit grant recipients came together in equal numbers and met as peers for reflective structured dialogue. Unported License. __. contact-form]. __. Some rights reserved.

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Finding the Best Consultant for Your Nonprofit: Taking a JEDI Approach

Bloomerang

Engaging the consultant search using a JEDI approach requires clarity of intent, a commitment to being uncomfortable, and a great deal of “cultural humility” (self-reflection, personal critique, and acknowledgment of existing biases), especially in white-lead and white-dominated organizations and institutions.

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Nonprofit Volunteer Management: Three Tips to Increase and Maintain Engagement

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For an organization like Habitat for Humanity, an application may reveal that one volunteer is a licensed electrician and another volunteer enjoys carpentry as a hobby. Once your volunteer completes their onboarding and training, be sure to reflect that in their volunteer profile.

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