sgEngage

MAY 28, 2024

The role of the nonprofit CFO has undergone a profound evolution. No longer confined to the more traditional, narrow lane of strictly managing an organization’s revenue and expense sheets, today’s nonprofit CFOs are increasingly asked to design a multifaceted approach that encompasses strategic vision, collaboration, and innovation.

Roles 84

Roles Culture Nonprofit Structure 84

sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

If our ultimate aim is to support real-world impact and transformative change through M&E, then the participation of affected communities is a precondition. Other participatory grantmakers have developed new MEL tools to better reflect a power shift to grantee perspective on impact. Identify and challenge usual power relationships.

Participatory 93

Participatory Evaluation Empowerment Grant 93

VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 7, 2022

This is precisely why some hospitals retain an auxiliary to run the gift shop, while also maintaining an entirely separate volunteer corps, managed by staff, to fill patient care roles. Using data from their own assessments and from the field, they are making the case for change to staff and to volunteers. Mapping the Change.

Structure 98

Structure Volunteer Leadership Model 98

sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

We can learn through reflection and come to deeper understandings. Professionals tasked with a knowledge role often organize what feels like chaos—to create structure and focus attention on the most important information. However, the questions that make change possible are those that invite people into reflection and shared action.

Knowledge 76

Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 76

sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

Ensure your marketing, website, and social media appeal to a broad audience and reflect an ever-changing student population. Check out HubSpot’s 2023 Marketing Strategy & Trends Report for ideas on how to pivot and focus on what will have the most impact. What makes you stand out? Focus on differentiation.

Education 87

Education Student Award University 87

sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

The Funder’s Role in Risk Funders—by which I mean donors, foundations, impact investors, and government agencies that grant financial support—disincentivize risk in a few ways. In this excerpt from No More Status Quo , Heather digs into the problematic assumptions of long-held “best practices” in the grantmaking space.

Problem 84

Problem Skills Proposal Grant 84

Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2018

Jason Mogus has long advocated that hybrid teams, in which digital roles are distributed across departments with a central team still driving strategy and leading some key functions, are better. Intentionally separate teams that share power well are a welcome new trend. The Structures of Effective Digital Teams.

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Team Digital Structure United Kingdom 26