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The Art of Communications Collaborations

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

It made it clear how vital a focus on collaboration is, especially when we’re all trying to do a lot with a little in the nonprofit world. Getting on the Same Page In the nonprofit realm, communicators often juggle the tricky task of keeping everyone on the same page. True collaboration is imperative for achieving our goals.

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Communicating With Confidence: 5 Tips to Communicate With Groups Effectively

NonProfit Leadership Center

According to research from the Project Management Institute, the biggest predictor of a project’s success — or failure — is communication. Their report found that project managers should spend 90% of their time on communications to ensure a project’s success, and up to 56% of revenue could be lost due to poor communication.

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Collaboration Across Social Boundaries: A Practical Guide

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Crucially, this “boundary spanning” activity (to use the term coined by organizational theorist Michael Tushman in 1977) is not just for innovators who have the resources and inclination to approach things differently. Simply put, social change requires social collaboration. Sometimes these social boundaries are academic disciplines.

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2023 Nonprofit Communications Trends – Highlights from Our Report

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

It’s here – our most popular download of the year highlighting the year’s nonprofit communications trends! The 2023 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report marks our 13th edition and this might be my favorite. As the author of most of our #NPCOMMLIFE posts, the well-being of our community is very important to me.

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Start Getting REAL About DEI and Communications

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Now for the first time in my storied nonprofit career, I’ve had the honor of working with a team, including my cohort Nicki Faircloth, that not only centers on equity but also works actively to uproot systems of oppression internal and external. Looked around who wasn’t at the table or represented in our communications and hired “experts”.

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Bridging Generational Divides in Nonprofit Staff: 7 Steps

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

With multi-generational staff and varying levels of experience, nonprofits must navigate these divides to foster collaboration, innovation, and shared success. Encouraging open dialogue and fostering a culture of curiosity and continuous learning are also key to promoting knowledge-sharing and collaboration.

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Reimagining grantmaking with data collaboration at scale 

Candid

PEAK Grantmaking’s “Reimagining Philanthropy” conference in March exploring these themes was a fitting setting for a session Candid organized about advancing systems change via data collaboration at scale. As a grantmaking public charity, United Way of Massachusetts Bay is both a fundraiser and a grantmaker with a place-based focus.