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Drones, Robots, and Farmers—Prepare Your Association to Meet Fast-Moving Technology Trends

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We selected this group because, as independent business owners, they were acutely aware of the challenges of digital markets and the attitudes needed for success. I use the word “change” frequently to describe shifts in the digital world. Change implies moving from one situation to another. But I think that’s the wrong word.

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How Nonprofits Can Benefit from Continued Marketing During Times of Change

Media Cause

Benchmarking, forecasting, and determining how your organization fares with its supporters is difficult when there is a data gap. While societal change or financial instability may make folks more cautious about where they’re investing their money, it isn’t making them less human. They are behind the curve.

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For Positive Outcomes, Hold a Mirror Up to Board Performance

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In fast-moving digital markets, regular updates on the status of governance can be a compass to help the group stay on the right path and adjust to unexpected challenges. You’ll want to enlist directors with influence to champion the idea. Set benchmarks for performance and accomplishments and highlight progress at each meeting.

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3 Grassroots advocacy milestones to meet this month

EveryAction

The change in congressional leadership and redistricting means you might no longer have highly-trained volunteers in the districts where you need them most. Pro tip: you might need to use a benchmark lower than four actions if your action opportunities were sparse over the past six months.

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Board diversity strategies to help nonprofits achieve success

ASU Lodestar Center

In high-performing, flexible organizations, this openness to productive change–inclusion–becomes the status quo,” write Scott Nielsen and Helena Huang in the National Civic Review. An assessment tool can help identify strengths, challenges and gaps and help the board hold themselves accountable to reaching benchmarks and goals.

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Decoding Nonprofit Research: Ensuring Authenticity Over Marketing Hype

Neon CRM

Nonprofit professionals are constantly being challenged to be more “data-driven” in their work. Being able to benchmark performance against what other nonprofits are doing is an important starting point to understanding your own data. But they often find it difficult to know where to begin.

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Top 10 bbcon Sessions for Nonprofit Fundraising and Communications Professionals

Connection Cafe

As we look toward next year, our panel of nonprofit leaders will discuss what has fundamentally changed. The Changing Identity of the Social Sector. 2020 has put a spotlight on the changing ways in which individuals are engaging in cause work. Derrick Feldmann – INFLUENCE|SG. Fundraising During Challenging Times.