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Thursday Thoughts: engaging advocates all year round

EveryAction

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good. Advocacy is a long-term calling.  Check out our last installment here!

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January 2022 equity update to the community

NTEN

To ensure that NTEN continues to grow in our equitable operations, part of our process is to annually review efforts made to the practices outlined in our equity commitment and identify where we can push forward or expand on those efforts in the coming year. 2021 review highlights. 2021 review highlights. 2021 review highlights.

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The Quick Guide to Nonprofit Board Responsibilities

Qgiv

This involves attending meetings regularly, reviewing reports, and keeping your nonprofit on track. Obedience The duty of obedience requires your board members to adhere to your organization’s mission, bylaws, and policies. This model is suitable for organizations that benefit from specialized knowledge and external perspectives.

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Book Review: Connecting to Change the World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Networks can achieve more – they can advocate for changes in public policy, provide joint services, set up joint purchasing or branding and organize the use of public and private investments. Networks can achieve great impact. What patterns can social media use reveal that provide strategic insight for network?

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Nonprofit Board Member Onboarding: 12 Things to Cover

Qgiv

Yet the public will expect knowledge, and their decision-making ability is enhanced if they have a significant working knowledge of your mission’s discipline. That level of knowledge builds over time with ongoing training at board meetings, through tours, at events, and by other means. They don’t need to become experts.

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Need a copy editor? Look in the mirror

M+R

The problem lies in thinking of editing as a process of correction — where a better, more knowledgeable, or more experienced writer fixes the shortcomings in a draft. You are a person whose job is to carry passion and in-depth knowledge about your particular cause or organization. Does this sound or look like a policy briefing?

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What Mesh Businesses Should Support Philanthropy?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Obtaining expertise for peer review also comes to mind, though one could argue that that function has always been mesh-based in the sense that foundations tap experts that they don’t employ for short, just-in-time (on a good day) reviews. On-demand Advocacy. The Importance of Scarcity.