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Key Qualities and Skills to Look for in Potential Board Members

Blue Avocado

We recently asked the Blue Avocado community, “What are the key qualities and skills you look for in potential board members?” Silvia Cooper from Prostate Cancer Research Institute The Combination of Passion, Skill, and Follow-Through We look at the intersection of passion and skill. Everything else can be taught.

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Navigate Change Management: Set Your Nonprofit Up For Success

Bloomerang

So, how can we strategically navigate change? It is one thing to adopt certain principles for how you will navigate change personally, but things get even more complicated and interesting when you are navigating change management as a unit, group, family, or organization. Unplanned change – responding to the unexpected.

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Change Management = Changing Mindset

sgEngage

Yes, there was support for change, but the most challenging part of this entire project would be the change management component. There needed to be some stakeholder buy-in to minimize any impact this change could have on the staff. Nothing dooms a project more than failed change management in an organization.

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Ensuring Continuity: Succession Planning Strategies for Nonprofit Finance Teams

sgEngage

While it’s difficult to imagine a stable workforce during a time of labor shortages, your organization can help to ensure uninterrupted processes and continued missional impact by developing a robust job succession planning strategy. Having a stable workforce can lead to significant efficiencies and cost reductions.

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Strategies for Building a Future-Ready Association in 2025 and Beyond 

.orgSource

Key Actions : Encourage Lifelong Learning : Invest in professional development opportunities for your staff, with a focus on digital skills and emerging technologies. Regular training keeps your team adaptable and prepared for change. Regularly assessing the external landscape keeps your organization agile and responsive to change.

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Preparing for the Inevitable: How Grantmakers Can Thrive Amid Climate Events

sgEngage

This flexibility ensures that operations can continue even if your physical office is impacted. If possible, establish these relationships beforehand so you can make an immediate impact. Extend Deadlines For programs currently in the application cycle, extend deadlines for potential grantees in impacted areas.

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How Grantmakers Can Turn Uncertainty into Growth and Innovation

sgEngage

With the coming of a new year, a new presidential administration, and new potential impacts on all our communities, many of us are feeling a large range and mixture of emotions from fear to hope. Social impact staff are overworked and under-compensated, expected to implement ambitious programs with inadequate resources.

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