Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

At their core, advisory committees are groups of individuals who are stakeholders in your nonprofit’s work and who want to play a role in ensuring you achieve maximum impact. Perhaps you want a committee comprised solely of people with lived experience related to your nonprofit’s mission—i.e. What are advisory committees?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Do you have one in place? As soon as people become interested in an issue, their creativity is instantly engaged. Let’s begin with some practical strategies, including ground rules, defined roles, supplies, and tools. Define roles for each participant. In this role she will… Today, Cynthia will be the recorder.

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Candid

AUGUST 8, 2022

Organizations hosted “listening” sessions, in which the Black community shared their experiences with leaders in the sector, mostly non-Black people of color and white people. Black youth face barriers such as historical exclusion, structural racism in schools and resources in Black communities.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 6, 2021

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. They could advise the organization based on their personal experiences.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

Lindsay Simonds will decode the top five most impactful ways people contribute to communities. If you’re watching the recording, hope you’re having a good day because we are here to talk about some creative ways that people are contributing to the community. Full Transcript: – [Lindsay] Okay. . I’m Steven.

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Candid

JANUARY 10, 2023

The nature of capital campaign committee structures. If people enjoy participating in meetings and find them to be productive, they may want to become even more invested in and give generously to your capital campaign. This builds a standard structure into the process from the start.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 4, 2014

A nonprofit board is comprised of highly successful and influential people in the community you serve. While this sounds fundamental, clearly defined roles on a board is all too often overlooked. Structures and information. There is no one ‘secret sauce’ here for what makes an effective board structure.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 14, 2023

This role fosters collaboration and open communication within the team so that the group achieves project alignment and coordination of all members. Their role helps the whole group stay organized, informed, and empowered to do their best.

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sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

As a grantmaking organization focused on the success of your grantees, it is essential to have a process in place to manage personnel changes—for both you and your grantees—so everyone stays informed and on schedule. Here is a document that outlines the different security roles available in the system. Blackbaud Grantmaking user?

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

More people working in or with grantmaking organizations now have some term related to knowledge work in their titles or job descriptions. Knowledge, however, is socially constructed and located specifically in place and time. We can learn through reflection and come to deeper understandings. Fast forward to today….

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

When you’re starting an association, it’s usually in the service of a simple but powerful goal: bringing people together to advocate for their shared interests. If you don’t have plans in place for member engagement and retention, all those new members you brought in are going to churn right back out again. Don’t stop there!

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

Without a handbook, volunteers may feel disconnected and unsure of their role and responsibilities because once training is over, there are no materials for them to reference later. Your Volunteer Program philosophy can include the scope of volunteer roles and a volunteer’s right to refuse tasks they are not comfortable performing.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 26, 2022

Slootman, Snowflake CEO, declares that most leaders have significant room to improve their organization's performance without making expensive changes to their talent, structure, or fundamental business model—and they don’t need to bring in an army of consultants to do it. Your company organization should run on influence, not rank and title.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Most people who join nonprofit boards do so with the best of intentions and are generous in giving their time and talent, yet most of the boards with whom I have worked have experienced some level of dysfunction (see sidebar “The Table of Board Dysfunction” ). Reality 3: The board is not a reward.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 31, 2022

I grew up in a place where all kinds of expressions are suppressed, where marginalized communities are encouraged but denied any real authority, where pop cultural depictions of transgender people involve a glaring cisgender, heteronormative-ness. How do I explain ‘trans’ to the people around me? Most importantly, why should I?

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 16, 2023

And they probably don’t know what their role is in leading the nonprofit. Job Descriptions Every Board member should have a job description that they read, sign, and agree to before taking a Board position, outlining their basic roles and responsibilities. People-problems are harder to fix. Or the ones who never stop talking.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

All too frequently, the grantmaker alone is determining, leading, and benefiting from MEL processes with no input or collaboration from the people, organizations or community impacted. MEL, as it turns out, is not neutral, but yet another place where power differentials show up. Consider: Who defines objectives and “success”?

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Classy

AUGUST 4, 2021

There are many nonprofit roles that are responsible for fundraising. We’ll outline the role each area of a nonprofit’s organizational structure plays in a successful fundraising strategy and the value that each user from different areas of your nonprofit can gain by getting involved. Development and Fundraising.

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Candid

MARCH 9, 2022

Candid : What would you like people to know about your services and how you view your role in the community? I have long said that the library is a great place to start because if we don’t have the answer, we can connect you to the person or agency that does.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

We are here to talk about the board’s role in fundraising and resource development, one of my favorite topics, and we got one of my favorite people also here to talk about it. So, again, it’s board roles and fundraising and resource development. People ask me all the time, “Why do you include that in there?”

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Roles Resource Develop Video 121

Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

Many times, communication is something people don’t feel is their strong suit. Step 1: Understand story structure. Effective stories are told in a three-act structure. All well-crafted stories fit a three-act story structure. Since childhood, we have been taught to expect a certain structure for stories to follow.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 14, 2021

In no other industry do people of every walk of life offer their time, experience, and labor for free like they do for nonprofits. Too often volunteers become people offered the menial jobs. Too often volunteers become people offered the menial jobs. It’s a blessing—yet it’s often a poorly managed one. .

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Forum One

APRIL 13, 2021

To do this effectively, content strategy for digital collections is a necessary piece that is able to streamline the approach of how these institutions shape and expand their roles as modern resources. They have been produced by people putting energy into telling their stories. Enter content strategist as digital curator.

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fusionSpan

MAY 19, 2024

This conversation should go beyond the immediate technological needs and address long-term organizational goals, the shifting business and technology landscape, the plans in place to meet them, and any barriers, both tech-centric and not, that may be standing in your way. Let’s unpack what those look like and how to navigate them.

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

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. As they wait, organizations, ideas, and potential progress suffer, and the riskier and newer a proposal feels, the more it is placed in the wait-and-see category.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 16, 2021

The lack of structure can be challenging. You’ll hear this advice over and over again from successful people with diverse backgrounds, from the likes of Oprah Winfrey to Steve Jobs. Similarly, Cendana’s advice to those interested in pursuing executive leadership roles is to find an executive director who is willing to mentor you.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 10, 2022

When making a technology change, change management is a process of applying a structured approach to transition from the old system to the new system. With technology changes especially, people may start to worry that the new technology will threaten their jobs. Can keep people accountable for their roles in the project.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As founder and chief leadership development officer at the Kansas Leadership Center, respectively, O’Malley and Fabris McBride have led thousands of people through programs to help them engage in the act of leadership. A movement that inspires more people to practice leadership where they can and when they can. It is not a role.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 21, 2022

Approximately 80% of all nonprofits have zero employees and almost 40% who do have paid staff, employ less than 10 people. The organizational structure of small nonprofits also produces unique challenges. CauseIQ identified that small organizations make up a majority of the nonprofit sector.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 20, 2021

The same historical and cultural structures that have held back diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in so many aspects of our lives are also mirrored in much of the nonprofit sector. True inclusion and equal representation of all people requires overhauling both systems and ways of thinking. By: Yolanda F.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Feed people? If you want to increase capacity, open another shelter so more people in need of shelter will be able to find a bed, work closely with existing shelters to understand demand. Or is it for people who are not accepted by current shelters, such as mothers with teen boys? How will yours make a difference?

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sgEngage

JULY 20, 2022

In a recent webinar, Blackbaud’s VP of Global Social Responsibility Rachel Hutchisson talked with Chantal Forster, the executive director of the Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG), about how the role of technology in today’s charitable organizations no longer hides behind a door marked “IT.”

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sgEngage

AUGUST 9, 2022

That includes us, “the good ones”, those who are intent on making the world a better place. This is where collaboration can break down because people and organizations do not feel seen, heard, or empowered to fully contribute. Creating a Connection Through Empathy. We have an empathy deficit as a nation.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Within Forum One, and among the mission-driven organizations we work with, I sense that more people understand that accessibility isn’t a box to check, but rather an integrated part of project design and delivery. Maybe that made a whole new set of people more empathetic to the idea of accessibility. We can’t connect. Focus on content.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 4, 2021

The mass vaccination effort taking place across the United States isn’t only integral to saving lives, it’s essential for resuming pre-COVID life: hugging family members, attending sporting events, returning to the office or in-person classes. Technology played a crucial role in enabling the homebound vaccination program.

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Qgiv

MAY 31, 2023

Start with one that you’re already using, and then you can look at building other places. But if you always do the same thing over and over people keep scrolling and begin to ignore you. LinkedIn tends to be more professional and structured, while TikTok is more relaxed and focused on fun. But When and Why? Be personable.

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DipJar

JUNE 24, 2021

Similar in structure and purpose to library Friends groups, the Friends of Dallas Animal Services creates opportunities for the community to support an essential institution. This kind of support helps keep pets, their people, and the community safer and healthier. DipJar’s Role. Engaging the Community.

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