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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?

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A Historical Model for AI Regulation and Collaboration

Stanford Social Innovation Review

This may seem like an overly hopeful, impossible task, but not too long ago, humanity successfully accomplished such collaboration and advanced the benefits of another controversial technology: genetic sequencing. Governments agreed that all DNA sequence data be released in publicly accessible databases within 24 hours after generation.

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Embracing partnership: A promising paradigm for nonprofit governance 

Candid

Traditionally, nonprofit governance has been perceived through a hierarchical lens, with board members primarily overseeing and guiding the organization’s direction while staff execute the operational tasks. My experience with Candid reinforced the notion that the best work gets done when the board and staff collaborate closely.

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An Experimental Approach to Early-Stage Nonprofit Governance

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The foundation has also started a capacity-development program for nonprofits in collaboration with Root Impact , an intermediate support organization. The ultimate success of these young nonprofits—their ability to fulfill their missions—will depend on many things, but good governance is among the most important.

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Strategic Nonprofit Growth: Navigating the 7 Stages

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Reviewal of Values, Mission, and Beliefs Core values, mission, and beliefs serve as the foundation of every nonprofit organization. Established nonprofits periodically review and reaffirm their values, mission, and beliefs to ensure alignment with their evolving priorities, community needs, and societal trends.

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Nonprofit Board Management Software to Boost Success | Affnetz

Affnetz

From scheduling meetings and distributing board materials to tracking attendance and managing communication, board management software offers a solution that saves time, enhances efficiency, and improves collaboration. It should also support collaborative editing of meeting minutes and enable easy sharing of documents and presentations.

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How to Form Mission-Aligned Partnerships for Your Nonprofit

Ann Green

Partnerships with organizations that share your values can yield much-needed support for your nonprofit. By Casey Dorma n In 2022, 360MatchPro reports that companies donated $21 billion to nonprofits, and 88% of all public companies have Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.