ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 15, 2022

posted by Jade Gale Fall 2021 Alumnus, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management. Skilled talent and leadership are pivotal to growth, sustainability and success. If an organization is willing to invest in a positive and extensive support structure, it is likely leadership will follow. Illustration by Yuxin Qin.

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The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 4, 2023

This sounds so unbelievably obvious, but it makes sense. These are organizations that are not going back to their pre-pandemic structures and offerings. What do successful organizations all have in common? Here’s what we’ve learned so far: Successful organizations have chief executives that work cooperatively with their Board.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

And while that may sound low, it is double the rate of Facebook Pages. Content that focuses on thought leadership, rather than inspirational storytelling, best serves the tone of the LinkedIn community. If the content serves your mission and programs and contributes to thought leadership, then it’s a go for LinkedIn.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 15, 2017

Plus, in the grand scheme of your nonprofit’s structure, let’s just say the people you rely on most need to be rock-solid. At the forefront of your structure are the leaders of your organization. Strong leadership will have the personality and characteristics to invoke and ensure a lifelong pursuit of doing more good.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 1, 2021

Here at the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance, we’ve dedicated ourselves to professional development in the nonprofit sector. Online courses are professionally structured and guided opportunities that simultaneously provide flexibility and convenience for students. Some of the best options at your fingertips include: . Online courses.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Sounds simple, right? The Story of Self is your call to leadership. As you think about how to structure your story, consider these questions: What challenge did you face? They evoke a particular time, place, setting, mood, color, sound, texture, and/or taste. Story of Us: What connects you with the group?

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

If this sounds like your organization, you’re likely struggling with employee engagement. Fortunately, there are many formal and informal changes you can implement into your organization’s structure to keep your employees motivated. Leadership style. Lack of leadership support. Set clear expectations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2024

She serves on the Women’s Leadership Board at Harvard Kennedy School, and her speaking and DEI advisory client list includes Fortune 500 companies, international forums, government entities, and top academic institutions. This could be applied at networking events, speaking events, meetings, new team introductions, and more.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. A regular cadence of revenue and expenses meetings gives leadership insight into both current status and strategic plan projections through the end of the year. With these regular check-ins, the Parkinson’s Foundation leadership can efficiently respond and adapt to increased needs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

Last month, I was honored to present and facilitate an all-day workshop for nonprofit leaders at the Oregon Nonprofit Leadership Conference on how to activate a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace, based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. Sound proof the office.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2023

She serves on the Women’s Leadership Board at Harvard Kennedy School, and her speaking and DEI advisory client list includes Fortune 500 companies, international forums, government entities, and top academic institutions. This could be applied at networking events, speaking events, meetings, new team introductions, and more.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 2, 2021

posted by Marina Sandoval Fall 2020 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Experts are not sure when it will be safe to hold large gatherings again, which hinders nonprofits that rely on an events-based structure to generate donations. You may be thinking, “well this sounds great, but how do I start one?”

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The Leader : Rejects traditional structures, seeks inspirational role models, tests leadership ideas. Our e-book affords readers another option, a choose-your-own narrative structure, where you can click through a character’s Arc from Awakening to Scale, then go back and choose another type. Nourish it, trust it, build on it.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 13, 2023

If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. A regular cadence of revenue and expenses meetings gives leadership insight into both current status and strategic plan projections through the end of the year. With these regular check-ins, the Parkinson’s Foundation leadership can efficiently respond and adapt to increased needs.

Philanthropy 52

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Many website services promise quick and easy setup free of any long-term planning or custom coding, and—while that may sound alluring—it can cause certain roadblocks in the future that prevent you from scaling your online presence. In today’s ever-expanding online world, that’s important.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

For many it’s simply reading and writing, which is the way most of our schools are structured. You’ll find they’ll tell you a lot about your future directions in terms of vision, mission, brand, programs, leadership and support constituencies. Some learn best visually, through observation. For others it’s auditory, through listening.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 25, 2021

The Leader : Rejects traditional structures, seeks inspirational role models, tests leadership ideas. Our e-book affords readers another option, a choose-your-own narrative structure, where you can click through a character’s Arc from Awakening to Scale, then go back and choose another type. Nourish it, trust it, build on it.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The Leader : Rejects traditional structures, seeks inspirational role models, tests leadership ideas. Our e-book affords readers another option, a choose-your-own narrative structure, where you can click through a character’s Arc from Awakening to Scale, then go back and choose another type. Nourish it, trust it, build on it.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

6 internal factors The internal factors concern the organizational structure of your nonprofit: capacity, board support and engagement, strategy and planning, leadership issues, communication issues, and budget and finance. Are you “managing up” your CEO to guide executive leadership toward greater fundraising knowledge and action?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

What do you say to those who think it sounds more like a recipe for ‘perpetual discontent’? Do I thrive in ambiguity or structure? The best leaders demonstrate a rare mix of confidence and humility – the confidence to abandon their own bad ideas quickly and the humility to admit they were wrong in the first place.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2012

One core belief has driven the Organizational Effectiveness program for nearly 30 years: Organizations are more effective at meeting their goals when they have thoughtful strategy, strong leadership, and sound management. The OE program works with grantees around the world to build their capacity in these areas.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 26, 2017

An even loftier goal of ours was to establish a new vision and culture with 100% participation from all volunteer leadership boards and campus leadership, plus 100% participation from advancement staff in planning and personal giving. Teamwork: Teamwork makes the dream work ; it might sound cheesy, but it’s true! Be everywhere.

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sgEngage

JUNE 20, 2023

Of course, as you already know if you’re actively working to keep your organization compliant, this can be more complex than it sounds. More structured consent and preference management data helps you engage your constituents in line with their own preferences. Legislation grows increasingly rigorous each year.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 16, 2023

Nonprofit database segmentation allows you to structure your data to support reporting, personalization, and overall engagement. Operations & Leadership 5 Donor Database Best Practices for Nonprofits 6 min read Read Now 4. Many of today’s nonprofits have a lot of data on constituents but few strategies for what to do with it.

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Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

Is that interaction encouraged to be a free and open dialogue, or are employees' voices knowingly drawn to a hush as leadership walks past? Like leadership expert Jamie Notter says, when the pandemic hit and we allowed our employees to work from anywhere they wanted, we put an enormous amount of power in their hands. Work-life balance.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

This includes characters that look and sound like the coworkers, volunteers, and constituents learners will encounter— if your entire team isn’t blonde-haired and blue-eyed, your characters shouldn’t be. Here are a few tips to keep in mind when doing so: Use background scenery and visuals that are reflective of your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

It also sounds less costly and complicated than evaluation. With that in mind, I wanted to set out six queries that might help foundations orient, anchor, and structure their learning, and better use its fruits. These typically translate into leadership, passion and culture, and analytical capacity and systems.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

This connects very nicely to the leadership development for emerging leaders that I’ve been working on lately. Planning is about using structure and rituals to keep organized. It is important for your team to have the right amount of structure in their workflow. Sound familiar? This blog post shares some thoughts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

How about leadership? I'm fascinated by the ways social media is changing how organizations structure themselves -- and in particular, how social media is redefining job titles in our sector. Doesn't it sort of sound like you're hiring someone to goof off online all day? Sound familiar? How to Frak it all up. My favorite?

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Museum 2.0

JULY 10, 2018

Here are my three big takeaways from The Art of Gathering : Hosting is an exercise in courageous leadership. The end of an event is one of those moments when the host has to actively practice leadership (and often abdicates). Sounds like great participation to me. It takes courage to assume that power. To clear the plates.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

My group focused on how we can foster leadership and reduce cultural barriers to speed the implementation of open government (pretty easy right?). Recommendations for improving leadership and reducing cultural barriers to Open Government: 1. Make open government practices part of employees’ incentive plans and reward structures.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 13, 2022

Volunteer tasks can range from simple to complex depending on how you wish to engage volunteers and how your organization is structured. Complex volunteer roles may call for more leadership, networking, and organizational duties, such as serving as a committee member or event chair.

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NTEN

MAY 13, 2009

How about leadership? . I'm fascinated by the ways social media is changing how organizations structure themselves -- and in particular, how social media is redefining job titles in our sector. Doesn't it sort of sound like you're hiring someone to goof off online all day? Sound familiar? . How to Frak it all up.

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Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

Is that interaction encouraged to be a free and open dialogue, or are employees' voices knowingly drawn to a hush as leadership walks past? Like leadership expert Jamie Notter says, when the pandemic hit and we allowed our employees to work from anywhere they wanted, we put an enormous amount of power in their hands.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 15, 2015

Katie Bouton is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub and the founder and president of Koya Leadership Partners , a nationally recognized executive search firm committed to collaborating with nonprofit organizations to recruit and retain exceptionally talented and diverse professionals who can make a lasting impact.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Aaron: Sounds great. Aaron: Yeah, sounds good, Brian. And so it’s not uncommon that as you’re working through your gift tables and your commitments that your leadership or your donors will want to rush out and, you know, launch the social media campaign or start a new grassroots initiatives. Take it away my friends.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

At the same time, it sounded like something that wasn''t just for us. So we reconceptualized C3 as a creative leadership network for the community. We tried to develop the best leadership program we could imagine, rooted in our museum''s collaborative, creative approach.

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