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Grow the Human Skills: Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration, and Communication

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The 4Cs or critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication complement technology and will serve any organization well in competitive markets. A culture of learning, where curiosity is valued and debate encouraged, creates fertile ground for critical thinking. Welcome every proposal. Don’t be a team in name only.

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Improving Your Nonprofit’s Internal Culture: A Mini Guide

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What workplace culture would you want to be immersed in every day? Workplace A’s Culture: Each day starts on a positive note at this workplace, because everyone feels welcome and valued. Workplace B’s Culture : Employees feel disconnected from the organization’s goals. Imagine you’re an entry-level nonprofit employee.

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Improving Your Nonprofit’s Internal Culture

Greater Giving

Improving Your Nonprofit’s Internal Culture: A Mini Guide Imagine you’re an entry-level nonprofit employee. What workplace culture would you want to be immersed in every day? Workplace A’s Culture: Each day starts on a positive note at this workplace, because everyone feels welcome and valued.

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Prioritizing authentic connections through trust-based philanthropy 

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Our grantmaking is informed by TBP in the following ways: Annual open calls for proposals : We offer equitable access to funding opportunities that don’t depend on personal relationships. We only ask for the information we need to understand the proposal and then dive deeper via phone calls.

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3 Ways to Activate DEI in Your Nonprofit Organization

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or, “What are the actual actions we can take to realize our vision of a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion?” With that, here are three starting points for activating DEI in your organization: Provide the tools Normalize feedback Evaluate and Reevaluate 1. Your team may be thinking, “equity work is hard.

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Mastering The Art Of Idea Generation And Sharing

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Strategies for effective and collaborative idea generation How can you ensure that your ideas not only get heard, but also gain traction within a brainstorming group? We’ll finish with 10 minutes to evaluate the brainstorming session, get clarity on points of agreement and disagreement, and discuss next steps. Well, almost.

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Four Critical Elements of Managing Development Officers

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Set criteria for contacts, proposals, planning, and forecasting. Successful organizations create a quantifiable performance evaluation using fundraising software to identify the top 3–4 metrics. Encourage collaboration by allowing for joint credit for solicitations and visits. Clarify roles and responsibilities.

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