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What We Can Learn From the COVID-19 Philanthropy Commons

Stanford Social Innovation Review

We attribute this failure, largely, to sociological hurdles. Without existing rapport among users, the technology platform alone could not compel coordination of funding. What’s more, during a crisis or onset of a collaboration, people tend to think they are able (and willing) to do more than they are. Encouraging Signs.

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Improvisation Over Strategy: What Nonprofit Managers Can Learn from Theater

NonProfit Quarterly

SD: At a National Community Reinvestment Coalition Conference last year, you mentioned you majored in sociology and theater. I thought I was appeasing my family by tagging on sociology. But I find I draw on it quite a bit because theater is such a collaborative art, and I am talking more about the collaborative nature of theater.

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Recapping & Reflecting: How to Learn from Nonprofit Mistakes

Fundraising Coach

Encourage staff members to share roadblocks and collaborate on potential solutions in team-wide meetings. 86% of employees and executives cite a lack of communication and effective collaboration as the main drivers of workplace mistakes. Surveys have shown that adults in the U.S. overwhelmingly prefer playing it safe to taking risks.

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How To Get The Most Out of Your Case Management Software

GiveGab

They do the admirable and time-intensive work that makes our communities a better place to live, and technology plays an undeniable role in that. Your strategies can only be as effective as the technology that backs them, so start with a solution that’s equipped with the features your team needs.

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A Planet to Win—Where Do We Start?

NonProfit Quarterly

Cohen, assistant professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, coauthor of A Planet to Win , and founding codirector of the progressive climate policy think tank Climate and Community Project, stressed the pragmatic tenor of climate demands today. isn’t a democracy.”.