NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Staying afloat in this environment depends on your ability to make full use of the resources and variables under your direct control. While no one can predict what the markets will do, here's how your nonprofit can build financial resiliency using what you have at hand.

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.orgSource

MARCH 18, 2025

By committing to full transparencywhether sharing successes, setbacks, or tough decisionshe created an environment where candid dialogue thrived. This cultural evolution helped APICS remain competitive in an environment where digital disruptors could engage their audiences just as effectively as traditional associations.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 21, 2025

Assess Current Capabilities and Identify Gaps To build a roadmap, you first need to understand where you are today. These initiatives should address challenges, build on strengths, and enhance the member experience. Together, well build a roadmap to drive resilience, innovation, and impact in the year ahead.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 28, 2025

Associations handle sensitive member data, making robust security essential to building trust. The Pathway to Sustained Excellence Associations that embrace digital transformation are positioning themselves to thrive in a fast-changing environment. Stronger Security: Protect member data and build trust.

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.orgSource

MARCH 11, 2024

Although you’re probably not recruiting a team for an extreme experience, it can be helpful to begin thinking about team building from Bell’s perspective. “A Building a great team starts with hiring the right people. Then you need an environment that maximizes individual talents while allowing groups to work successfully together.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 14, 2024

If her supervisor had recognized Sue’s weaknesses, she could have been coached to build the strengths she needed to succeed. Along with years of corporate and nonprofit team building, Kevin is also a certified Myers-Briggs practitioner. Improve communication and relationship-building among colleagues for better collaboration.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 14, 2025

Stating, Thanks for building on my idea from earlier, signals ownership without confrontation. It builds a culture of mutual respect. Thats similar to what I shared earliermaybe we can build on that. But also, reflect on the environments youre in. This isnt just annoyingits a visibility issue.

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.orgSource

JULY 25, 2023

Industry reports can provide you with insights into your industry, such as the latest trends, the competitive landscape, and the regulatory environment. Eventually I believe that organizations will be building their own AI tools. “I The post Build a Marketing Dream Team—Welcome AI appeared first on.orgSource. Industry reports.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

20 , offers a chance to reflect on what truly defines leadership not just strategy or decision-making, but the ability to build trust. Ive conducted some myself, including work on how trust is essential for leaders in cross-cultural business environments. Empowerment is a key strategy in building trust. Promote collaboration.

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.orgSource

APRIL 1, 2025

Case Study Example: 340B Health shifted from a static governance model to scenario-based strategic planning , allowing it to pivot effectively in a rapidly changing regulatory environment. Create New Revenue Streams Beyond Membership Dues What We Learned Relying solely on membership dues is risky.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A board needs to be continuously sensing and receiving the signals about what’s going on in the environment. The post Build a Board for the Digital Future appeared first on.orgSource. During a recent Association 4.0 The board should be scanning the horizon. “A They have just become more urgent.

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The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 9, 2025

With competition for skilled professionals rising and work environments shifting, finding and keeping great talent takes more than just passion. Consider building personalized benefit packages that reflect the unique needs of your team. Encourage team-building activities that foster understanding and collaboration.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

Leaders in such environments are left juggling contradictory priorities, often at the expense of the very innovation they are supposed to champion. Leaders operating in such environments face an uphill battle in creating accountability. Build performance reviews and reward systems that recognize behaviors aligned with cultural goals.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 12, 2022

These actions will prepare you to build a strong culture of giving and amplify your development program as we continue to navigate a dynamic environment. Here are five strategies to redefine philanthropy for the New Year.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

When more than a dozen of its buildings were destroyed in the fire, the chance arose to rebuild the camp for the unique needs of the people who have been using it for decades. During the early design stages, Perkins & Will created a large tabletop 3D model of the camp’s 311-acre site and 50-plus buildings and cabins.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 19, 2022

But if you make random acts of kindness a habit, you build credit for times when being too much yourself is inevitable. Create a Comfortable Environment. The concepts can range from technology tools to work environment and process improvement, but the request must be specific. No one is perfect. Offer an unexpected compliment.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

Think about the employees who mentor others, uplift their teammates, or create an environment where all voices are heard. If you want to build an inclusive culture, make a point to acknowledge the ways employees support and collaborate with each other, not just their individual accomplishments.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 19, 2025

When a leader listens and genuinely makes an effort to understand their teams perspective, it builds trust and fosters collaboration. Knowing that this kind of supportive, understanding environment exists beyond the weekend can go a long way toward quelling the Sunday scaries.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Texas A&M University has brought AR/VR production into its celebrated Visualization program , letting students learn to build state-of-the-art virtual productions before they leave college. The businesses in Fast Company s Most Innovative Companies in AR/VR reflect that trend.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

What if we recognized that sometimes walking away from harmful environments is the most powerful form of self-care? Build your peer support network Fundraisers often carry the weight of advocacy alone, facing high expectations, limited support, and a lack of understanding from colleagues. Remember that rest is a form of resistance.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Architecture is, at its core, about problem-solving: balancing aesthetics, functional needs, and technical constraints to create effective buildings and environments. The most innovative firms in the industry expand this notion, solving pressing issues in new ways that build on or scale up existing techniques and technologies.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 18, 2025

In a business environment where innovation dictates success, curiosity serves as the catalyst for breakthroughs and industry reinvention. Encourage iterative brainstorming and test small ideas before scaling them, creating a low-risk environment for experimentation. Treat curiosity like a skill to be honed.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

” “We think of agents as systems that can complete tasks and act in a range of digital and physical environments on behalf of the user,” Amazon wrote in a blog post on Monday. It can also handle more nuanced instructions like “dont accept the insurance upsell.”

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Candid

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Those responsibilities range from ensuring the safety and well-being of foundation and grantee staff working in difficult environments, protecting the privacy of grantees and program participants, and creating a culture of safeguarding within an organization to prevent harm from occurring in the first place.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Anysphere, a startup building what it describes as an “AI-native” software development environment, called Cursor, today announced that it raised $8 million in seed funding led by OpenAI’s Startup Fund with participation from former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman, Dropbox co-founder Arash Ferdowsi and other angel investors.

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NVIDIA AI Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

By advancing our understanding of these fundamental building blocks of life, we can pursue solutions in healthcare and environmental science that are unimaginable today. Evo 2 is available to global developers on the NVIDIA BioNeMo platform , including as an NVIDIA NIM microservice for easy, secure AI deployment.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

And while Gen Z is demanding more fairness, structure, and transparency from their workplaces, the truth is: building better leadership isnt just a job for managers. Know the difference between bad leadership and imperfect leadership Theres a big difference between a truly toxic work environment and a flawed or frustrating one.

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Wired

MARCH 29, 2025

After a string of discouraging rulings for other cities, a court upheld NYCs efforts to decarbonize its buildings.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 12, 2025

Determined to get ahead of them the next time, I prepped meticulously, loaded the lesson with skill-building drills, and checked all the traditional boxes. If not, ask yourself: what kind of environment am I creating? So, I did what any experienced leader (or overwhelmed swim teacher) would doI scrapped the plan and went with the flow.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Connections increase engagement and build emotional attachment , which reduces the risk of employees leaving. When employees feel unappreciated, resentment builds. Leaders must create environments where feedback is welcomed , mistakes are viewed as learning opportunities and employees feel empowered to express their perspectives.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 18, 2025

Managers need to create environments where employees thrive because they feel that they are enough, exactly as they are. They encourage employees to blend in, conform, and play the game rather than create environments where people feel safe enough to be real. How can leaders create environments of care in the workplace?

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 12, 2024

As a manager, I have hired full teams, helped lead the build out of new development departments, skilled up new team members, and dealt directly with turnover of a younger team. As Gen Z gains more opportunities to participate in professional environments, they willlike all of us didcontinue to learn and grow. Actionable now.

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 29, 2024

By facilitating greater information exchange and joint training initiatives, it promises to enable humanitarian, aid, and development organizations and the ecosystem of stakeholders they engage with to operate more securely in complex environments. Training and building capacity among nonprofit staff for digital threat response.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

Building stronger teams happens when leaders and teammates share their struggles. Positive team environments end up saving the leader time in the long run, because what’s supposed to be happening is functioning more smoothly, and leaders are not constantly putting out fires, says Sawyer. People are looking for authenticity.

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TechSpot

MARCH 8, 2024

The Bay View campus in Mountain View has been promoted by Google as featuring the latest in cutting-edge tech and design, boasting "an environment where everyone has the tools they need to be successful," writes Reuters. But it appears those tools don't include good Wi-Fi. Read Entire Article

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VQ Strategies

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Adapt and Overcome: How 2020 Brings Innovation and Flexibility for Volunteer-Led Programs For the US Marines, the concept of “Adapt and Overcome” is central to their philosophy of innovation and problem solving to address all challenges, unexpected situations, and chaotic environments. VQ: What is next for your Peer Support Group?

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

Google's investments join a mass effort to build an AI-skilled American labor force, with programs like the AI Opportunity Force honing in on demand among understaffed, underfunded nonprofits, rural and underserved workers, educators, and the public sector.

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