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

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Applying reflection, reasoning, and individual experience to problem-solving is not part of the Summit supercomputer program, but it is an approach that is invaluable in making advantageous business decisions. A culture of learning, where curiosity is valued and debate encouraged, creates fertile ground for critical thinking.

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Reaching Gen Z on social media: Expert advice vs. Gen Z opinion

Candid

But other suggestions, like using pop culture slang and memes to catch Gen Z’s shorter attention span, feel a little off. As I dug into the advice, I couldn’t help but reflect on the way I engage with nonprofit social media: Is the use of humor and short-form video crucial for brands to grab my attention?

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Board diversity strategies to help nonprofits achieve success

ASU Lodestar Center

Yet, many nonprofit boards do not reflect the communities in which those same organizations are serving. Diversity and inclusion training will help board members recognize cultural language, understand the diversity of the communities served, and strengthen cultural competency.

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Reflections from Stanford Nonprofit Management Institute: New Skills for a Complex World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” This post shares my notes from that session along with a reflection about my session and some resources. I heard some many big picture connections to the work I do or rather improvise on the ground, that I know I’ll be mulling over and thinking about what they shared over the next few months. The New Social Economy.

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How to Keep Your Board Members Involved in Your Mission

Greater Giving

By keeping your mission on the top of their minds, you can utilize board members’ skills, enthusiasm and influence to improve your nonprofit as a whole. Your board will understand their roles in the “big picture” and how they can contribute to your nonprofit’s success over the long term. Let’s begin.

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Emerging Leaders Need More than Leadership Development

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The nature of today’s nonprofit workplace – fast paced and heavy workloads – makes it nearly impossible to find the reflective time to put together a learning plan and implement it. They need organizations with a culture that can help them thrive guest post by Kari Dunn Saratovsky, Third Plateau.

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Top 5 Nonprofit Branding Mistakes

Media Cause

Knowing your audience is about learning their rational and emotional needs, behaviors, mindsets, motivations, barriers, and external influences, all from a sociological, psychological, and cultural perspective. Or more detrimental—not consistently being able to articulate what the bigger picture even is. .