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Overcoming Barriers to influence: Leading without Formal Authority

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

As social change leaders, you are responsible for fostering a culture of growth and development within the organization, ensuring that employees have the necessary skills to drive the organization forward. How could you implement a cross-organizational initiative knowing that everyone is focused on their own priorities?

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23 Leaders Selected for 2024 Advancing Racial Equity on Nonprofit Boards Fellowship

NonProfit Leadership Center

” Andre Dawkins, Financial Center Manager, Fifth Third Bank “Growing up without certain resources that are now available today motivates me to give back to communities that I am part of. ” Rolanda McDuffie, Managing Partner, Rolanda S. I wear this badge of responsibility proudly.”

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Leading to Local

Stanford Social Innovation Review

It can mean supporting networking and collaboration across local entities rather than competitive funding mechanisms. Moreover, by replacing an application-based process with a nominations process, and by funding a cohort of recipients, they are able to replace a competitive experience with a collaborative one.

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Who’s Responsible for A Nonprofit’s Culture of Philanthropy?

Bloomerang

Fund development is, first, organizational development…. It’s a big job, serving as a development officer. Bigger than far too many development officers (or their bosses and boards) think. You — and the entire social benefit sector — need organizational-development-grounded philanthropic facilitators.

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Better Climate Funding Means Centering Local and Indigenous Communities

Stanford Social Innovation Review

At least 50 percent of the earth’s land area is owned, used, or managed by Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs), with 36 percent of all intact forests on recognized Indigenous lands. Funders will need to marshal their creativity in changing funding practices, as well as invest in their own internal management capacity.

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2022 Nonprofit Leadership Conference Breakout Speakers & Sessions

NonProfit Leadership Center

Three major career shifts due to reorganizations and layoffs gave rise to her more than 30 years of management and training experience in both the corporate and nonprofit sectors. As an award-winning leader, her P.R.A.I.S.E. Culture and P.R.A.I.S.E. Strategy frameworks align culture with strategy to achieve measurable results.

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When Does Interim Nonprofit Leadership Make Sense?

Blue Avocado

It was immediately apparent that there was the need for the board to conduct a thorough, investigative audit of the organization, so they hired a firm specializing in financial malfeasance and organizational development. While the board was informed of the changes, it did not manage the details of this process.