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Be the Voice of Relevance—Make Mission, Vision, and Values Fit the Moment

.orgSource

Values can, and should, change with shifts in scale, process, policies, or priorities. Hit the Right Notes Mission, vision, and values are your association’s voice. The post <strong>Be the Voice of Relevance—Make Mission, Vision, and Values Fit the Moment</strong> appeared first on.orgSource.

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Empowering Community Voices: The Strategic Advantage of Nonprofit Advisory Committees

Blue Avocado

As a nonprofit leader, you likely want to do your best to ensure that the voices and experiences of the communities you serve are represented in your work. In this case, you might look towards people who have experience either with the legislative process or with advancing public policy through coalition building, for example.

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Philanthropy must prioritize elevating and including Black voices

Candid

These donors had various motives for supporting abolition, however it rarely involved creating an equitable society that included Black people nor supported continual policy and societal change. Without the voices of the Black community, the sector engages in work that is done for the community instead of with the community.

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How can nonprofits implement a strategic public policy agenda to achieve greater impact?

ASU Lodestar Center

Public policy and the nonprofit sector. Public policy at all levels of government has the ability to threaten the work of all nonprofits (National Council of Nonprofits, 2019). At the federal level, we see this threat in tax, regulatory, and spending policies. Illustration by Yuxin Qin. Establish support.

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7 tips for preparing your nonprofit for a move to new software

EveryAction

Update your database policies. Update your database policies based on your new software platform (your new vendor or implementation partner should be able to provide some guidance here,) and set aside time for initial and ongoing training. Schedule a training session with them to go over policies and procedures.

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If Racial Equity is Our North Star, How Can We Navigate Racial Bias in AI/LLMs?

John Kenyon

An overreliance on majority culture data means other voices get diminished. The marketing copy generator could simply overlook authentic representation of minority audiences and voices in its outputs. Define clear “red line” policies. Or a grantee plans to use an AI for generating marketing copy.

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Connecting the dots: Fighting for equity through a data partnership 

Candid

They amplified the voices and perspectives of women of color leaders on this platform and in their webinars. Intersectional demographic data, vital to feminist philanthropy WFN is a deeply intersectional movement of funders fighting for policies and standards across lines of race, class, and gender.

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