Remove Collaborations Remove Communication Remove Values
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Collaboration Across Social Boundaries: A Practical Guide

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The leaders of a nonprofit community garden want to help residents move up the value chain by selling food products from their homes, but state law restricts food production to commercial kitchens or farms. Simply put, social change requires social collaboration. What, then, can be done to encourage boundary spanning?

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

4 Steps to Work Through Collaboration Problems

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Under normal circumstances, communications directors need to collaborate with their coworkers and managers, and that’s even more true now. But collaboration is messy because people are messy! Don’t make the collaboration problem all about you and your needs. We’ll share advice on collaborating soon.

article thumbnail

Measure What You Value: Designing a Values-based Performance Appraisal System

Blue Avocado

If you would like to take your performance appraisal process to the next (and highest) level, it is necessary to incorporate your organization’s values into the system. It is only by identifying your organizational values, communicating them, and then holding employees accountable for them that you will truly achieve world-class performance.

Values 75
article thumbnail

A Modern Nonprofit Podcast: How Collaborative Funding Drives a Mission Forward

The Charity CFO

With a focus on the concept of collaborative funding, Tosha is joined today by the Executive Director of Young Futures , Katya Hancock. What is Collaborative Funding? Tosha kicks off the conversation by seeking to understand what collaborative funding means to Katya. This is collaborative funding.

article thumbnail

Four Models for Nonprofit Communications Teams

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

As the communications roles and responsibilities grow in nonprofits, both staff and managers will question the function of the communications team within the organization. We began researching nonprofit communications team models in 2017 and have continued investigating how they work and what is most effective since then.

article thumbnail

Start Getting REAL About DEI and Communications

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Offered training for board and staff based on shared organizational values. Looked around who wasn’t at the table or represented in our communications and hired “experts”. Presented a board with a reparations line item for communities that might have been harmed by our “well-meaning” intentions. Awkwardly be “that person.”