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Soft Skills Support Hard Leadership Challenges

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What can we do to ensure they have the skills to understand a challenging landscape and make the wise decisions needed for success? Providing personal support, fosters a culture of collaboration, inclusivity, and transparency.” Collegiality and teamwork among directors are critical to effective problem-solving.

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Top Ten Data Challenges (And Solutions) for Associations

Association Analytics

Here are the top 10 data challenges associations like yours are running into – and solutions on how to overcome them. 10: Your Data Volume and Complexity Challenge : If you’re overwhelmed by the sheer amount of data your association collects, you’re certainly not alone. Solution : Solve this challenge by creating a data capture policy.

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Be Prepared to Deliver Digital Value

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Embrace Change, But Respect Tradition Tom has figured out how to balance the equation that challenges many association leaders. The average executive director or CEO is afraid to challenge the board,” he says. We don’t invest in potential, we invest in known solutions to help with our members’ critical problems,” Tom advises.

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Why Our Definition Of Nonprofits Restricts Problem Solving

Bloomerang

Let’s take a look at six underlying reasons for the sector’s inability to build sustainable capacity to solve the world’s pressing problems. Huge instability in the development director role is just one symptom of a larger problem: lack of basic fundraising systems and inadequate attention to fund development across the board.

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Association 4.0—A Playbook for Success

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Sandy Marsico, Founder and CEO of Sandstorm Design, described the challenge of balancing risk with growth like this: “You need the courage to take chances and the stomach to handle anxiety. The average pharmacist, librarian, or dentist has limited experience with the challenges that are involved in running an association.

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EI Helps Teams Use Technology to Fly

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Chances are your problems stem from focusing too much on technology and not enough on behavior. They make the cultural shifts that enable thinking and problem-solving in ways that are compatible with rapid change. Lego is another company that has consistently expanded its business model. Here’s another important bit of wisdom.

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Citizen Philanthropy: Delivering Impactful Pro Bono Support From Anywhere

Saleforce Nonprofit

Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Venture2Impact (V2I) — a nonprofit organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada — had a business model that was entirely based on global travel. Clearly, the V2I team needed a quick pivot to a new way to achieve their mission.