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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

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. Organizational change is what we will focus on today. Change Management 101.

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Change Management = Changing Mindset

sgEngage

I saw a situation where very few people took on—or attempted to take on—a very heavy workload. My organizational leadership mind had alarm bells ringing so loudly that I thought people could hear them. Yes, there was support for change, but the most challenging part of this entire project would be the change management component.

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Developing staff technology skills in your nonprofit

NTEN

How do you go about developing the technology skills of your staff? In this post, I will briefly explain how to pinpoint which technology skills folks need, assess current skill levels, provide training that doesn’t stink, and nurture a technology-positive culture where tech skills are a priority.

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Is It Time for Your Nonprofit or School to Make a CRM Change?

sgEngage

Training: What is the current skillset of your team and what is their capacity for adding new skills? Do you need to invest in your people as well as in software for a new tool to be successful? Change management: How does your team respond to change ?

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How Grantmakers Can Turn Uncertainty into Growth and Innovation

sgEngage

I wrote a book called, No More Status Quo: A Proven Framework to Change the Way We Change the World , which is essentially a field guide for how to navigate uncertainty, most efficiently and effectively. A main element that I notice when I read these themes is that people feel stuck.

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Discussing a Change in Leadership with Your Donors

sgEngage

Listen with Empathy During times of change, listening with empathy becomes a crucial skill. Apply the same skills when youre discussing a change in leadership and your donors will feel seen and heard. Bring Donors Along in the Change When theres a turnover, transparency is key.