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The Unrecognized Risk of Status Quo Problem-Solving Skills for Grantmakers

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The Funder’s Role in Risk Funders—by which I mean donors, foundations, impact investors, and government agencies that grant financial support—disincentivize risk in a few ways. Nonprofits show and share what worked, usually with tidy stories and charts. First, funders love and expect to see fully explained “giant triangles of waste.”

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How to Form and Use an Advisory Board for Your Nonprofit

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But many Advisory Boards sit idle, with members not knowing their role and organizations not knowing what to do with the Board they created. Advisory members serve mainly in an advisory capacity though there are other roles they can assume. Writing a story for their company newsletter about the organization.

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

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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. Whether knowledge is spoken or not, it is public.

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The AI Writing Prompt Formula and Prompt Ideas

Whole Whale

Assuming that staff can just wander on to general AI models and create content is like when nonprofits thought it was a good idea to give their social comms to interns a decade ago. These models are presently built on snapshots of internet data and aren’t designed to be research assistants. What’s more, tools like GPTzero.me

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Mastering Employee Engagement: Best Practices + 13 Ideas

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Each role has specific responsibilities, and training helps set a foundation for each worker’s confidence. Peer-to-peer mentorship can help new team members acclimate to the organization faster and have a role model in a similar role to them. Lack of leadership support. Mentorship programs. Impact storytelling.

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Guest Post on Online Community Report: Sustainable Community Building

Amy Sample Ward

Whether I’m talking about my role at NetSquared , my blog , or my network of friends, I am inspired every day and find value in, and rewards for, my participation. Messages shouldn’t just be about you, stories shouldn’t just be about you. Messages shouldn’t just be about you, stories shouldn’t just be about you. Lead by example.

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Busting the Overhead Myth: How can nonprofits convince stakeholders to invest in capacity building?

ASU Lodestar Center

Each organization is so unique in its own way that if it simply told a better story, the minute details of how it spends its money would be overshadowed. This is an outdated model that limits the impact and diversity of the work in the nonprofit sector. Be upfront about the funds it will take to implement or run a program.

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