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When Culture is a Skill Set Leaders Reap Rewards—PCI Lives Their Values

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I’m glad to see more organizations approaching group dynamics as an essential component of outstanding performance. Associations that treat culture as a skill set are reaping rewards from their investment. Helping the group become skilled culture builders is one of the most rewarding experiences I’ve been privileged to support.

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Applying The 10 Stages of Group Development To Grants

The NonProfit Times

By Shauna O’Toole, CFRE, GPC You encountered inefficiency, frustration, or even conflict when working with a group to develop a grant proposal. The Stages of Group Development framework, developed by Bruce Tuckman (1965), describes how a group coalesces around an objective. This stage is characterized by growing cohesion.

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Ask yourself these four questions to figure out if you are fulfilling your full potential

Fast Company Tech

In any area of competence, measuring the collective output of a team or group of individuals will identify a Pareto-like distribution whereby 20% or so of individuals account for 80% or so of results, output, or productivity. Ask direct, uncomfortable questions like: Based on my skills and progress, would you hire me? If not, why? ;

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Nonprofits get $10 million grant from Google to expand AI

Mashable Tech

"Organizations across the Fund spent the first year creating, vetting, and piloting new, tailored AI curricula to provide practical skills to the communities they serve," Maggie Johnson, vice president and global head of Google.org told Mashable.

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A Nonprofit Partnership: How One Board Member Connected Two Organizations and Boosted Both

Blue Avocado

In that role, Natasha discovered that an organization that goes beyond the money and provides comprehensive support to its members was work that really made an impact. Mary’s Pence funds women-led organizations and groups working for social change in the U.S., Central America, and Mexico.

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Nonprofit Volunteer Management: Three Tips to Increase and Maintain Engagement

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Once you have a core group of volunteers, word-of-mouth can be one of your best channels for finding new volunteers. Process Volunteers: Now that you have individuals or groups interested in volunteering with your organization, it’s time to get to know them. The best way to do this is to require volunteers to fill out an application.

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Build a Mission-Worthy Team

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Bell’s work will play a large role in their success. In our models, we assume that astronauts are intelligent, that they’re experts in their technical areas, and that they have at least some teamwork skills. Hire for Fit Don’t rely on games, group lunches, or happy hours to turn incompatibility into excellence.

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