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International Leadership, Women’s Issues, and Branding—A Conversation With Allison K. Summers, CAE

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Zonta International, where Allison served as Executive Director* and Chief Staff Executive, was honored with the 2021 ASAE Summit Award for the UNFPA-UNICEFF Global Program to End Child Marriage. An expert on branding startups, executive leadership, governance, and more, Allison has deep roots in the association community.

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The End of Expertise and How Associations Must Adapt

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Many association execs expressed the belief that declining trust is affecting their industry, including execs from higher education, medicine, public health, foreign affairs, media, real estate, government, technology, science, veterinary medicine, and libraries. Track trends in your industry.

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Is your organization ready to innovate? Three strategies for accelerating social innovation within nonprofits

ASU Lodestar Center

Individual training sessions are not sufficient, and leaders should ensure that the three types of organizational learning are addressed: Internally Focused Learning centers around the needs of an organization’s clients or customers. Bring in subject matter experts quarterly to train staff and inform them of emerging trends and patterns.

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What I Learned About Online Donor Engagement from Fundraisers in Brasil

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My co-presenter for the plenary was the amazing Marcelo Iniarra , who is a digital mobilization pioneer and fantastic presenter/facilitator. The last time I shared a plenary stage with Marcelo Iniarra was in 2014 at the International Fundraising Congress where he rode a bicycle on stage! It makes content creation more effective.

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Evaluating Your Board Meeting Agenda to Boost Productivity

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Maintaining a good pace and energy requires proactive facilitation by the board chair. As part of the onboarding process, you probably give your new board members a crash course on governance rules, fundraising best practices. , Include time durations for each agenda item. Hit on industry and organizational news.

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The Nonprofit Book We’ve Been Waiting Four Years To Read Is Finally Here: New Power

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The article caught fire – not only in nonprofit and philanthropy circles – but also business, government, and beyond. Connectivity helps facilitate highly distributed groups of people to work on a campaign, project, or share ideas that spread with unprecedented velocity and reach. How do you blend?

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9 Nonprofit Leadership Skills Every Founder & Director Must Master

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Facilitator. Whether it’s volunteers , interns, subcontractors, or paid staff, having others around you will help you get more done. The upside is that they know how everything in their organization works and can provide backup for most, if not all, staff positions. The old saying “many hands make light work” is true.

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