NonProfit Leadership Alliance

OCTOBER 18, 2023

In the constantly evolving social sector, leadership is key to making a meaningful impact. The Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) program , offered by the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance, recognizes this need and is pleased to announce the 55 outstanding individuals joining its prestigious CNP September Cohort.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MARCH 8, 2023

Organizational Cultural Norms and Expectations Just about the same number of “people pleasers” pegged organizational cultural norms and expectations as the culprit. Our office culture places high emphasis on hierarchy, taking on work outside the scope of responsibilities, and always saying yes to our nonprofit’s leadership.” “I’ve

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NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 6, 2024

Melissa Morin Director, University of South Florida Foundation Melissa Morin, director at the University of South Florida Foundation, is one of 23 outstanding professionals of color selected to participate in the Nonprofit Leadership Center’s 2024 Advancing Racial Equity on Nonprofit Boards Fellowship. ” Harold Bryant Jr.,

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

But as nonprofits consider how to incorporate AI into their work, many look to expertise from tech sector, expecting tools and implementation advice as well as ethical guidance. When mission-driven nonprofits partner exclusively with tech firms, they risk prioritizing efficiency and data over impact, ethics, and the community's needs.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The post Ethical Storytelling for Nonprofits appeared first on Blue Avocado. When we embark upon what’s known in the nonprofit world as “donation season,” chances are that your organization thinks about putting together a fundraising video or other media that demonstrates the impact of your work.

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Fundraising Leadership

JANUARY 10, 2025

Leadership of inclusive teams leads to success. The mission of Take The Lead since its founding 10 years ago, by co-founder and president Gloria Feldt, has been to work towards and achieve gender and racial equity across all industries in leadership. Embracing differences in a leadership role engenders not only changes, but gains.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

DECEMBER 13, 2022

join the Nonprofit Leadership Center for a nonprofit training class or certificate program in the new year. Self-awareness is a critical component of effective leadership. What is the cost to your culture and performance when team members don’t understand each other’s perspectives or experiences? March 2023.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JULY 8, 2022

This week we have nonprofit office culture and leadership, some fundraising to-dos for the summer, Twitter Ads, Google Grants and more. NonProfit Pro talks about The Importance of Positive Nonprofit Office Culture. And Joan Garry asks Is Servant Leadership the Right Approach for Nonprofit Leaders?

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NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 25, 2023

In Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power , Robert K. Greenleaf asserts that prophetic voice—the voice that articulates what has yet to be said but is necessary for progress—is the highest form of leadership. 11 A person who has the ability to use parrhesia is called a parrhesiastes.

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The Charity CFO

JULY 30, 2024

The nonprofit supports a career that offers three things: A living and family sustaining wage Benefits A continued career trajectory and pathway The organization will literally work to help move people out of poverty and into the middle class through education and work ethic, creating true intergenerational change. But, how exactly?

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 1, 2024

In this blog post, I’ll explore the possibility of AI in social work, examine real-world applications and success stories, address challenges and ethical considerations, and envision the future of this exciting time. One exciting development area is the potential for AI to enhance community-based interventions.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

MARCH 6, 2023

Here at the Nonprofit Leadership Center, we believe spring is the perfect time to make plans for your personal and professional development. new training events and certificate programs to help you renew your commitment to growth and to nurture your organization’s learning culture. We’ve launched 17 (yes, 17!!!!)

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Bloomerang

APRIL 25, 2024

His extensive work on effective leadership and organizational success offers valuable lessons for structuring boards that not only meet but surpass organizational goals. The legendary management consultant Peter Drucker left us with a blueprint for excellence in organizational leadership that is especially relevant for nonprofit boards.

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Momentum Nonprofit Partners

MARCH 3, 2023

The Conference + Catalyst are presented by Momentum Nonprofit Partners in partnership with the Institute for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership, Department of Public and Nonprofit Administration. Creating a collaborative and uplifting workplace culture can help employees feel heard, acknowledged, and understood.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

” Here’s a summary of some of the best answers we received: Prioritizing Collaboration and Sustainable Funding Arts and Culture Alpine County (ACAC), a local arts agency, has obtained small grants from the Alpine County Board of Supervisors and Live Healthy, an organization under the Alpine County umbrella.

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Pam Moore

JULY 29, 2024

Need to finish or work on the brand culture program to align internal and external messaging. Strategic Leadership: 16. Hire a Fractional CMO : If you lack strategic leadership, consider hiring a contract fractional CMO to guide your marketing efforts and drive growth. Brand Culture and Brand Refresh: 17.

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Candid

OCTOBER 9, 2024

An inclusive approach actively engages staff across all departments, roles, and leadership levels to create an environment where diverse perspectives are valued, equitable access to AI tools and training is provided, and the unique needs of different user groups are considered.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MAY 18, 2024

Beyond Compliance: Transforming Company Culture with DEI Expertise In the modern corporate world, adhering to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) guidelines is no longer just a legal or ethical mandate—it’s a strategic imperative. DEI consultants are essential in diagnosing the current state of an organization’s culture.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 14, 2022

This means you’ve got (1) motivated leaders; (2) volunteers; (3) leadership; (4) a board, and (5) staff. Systems would include (1) analysis; (2) planning; (3) execution; (4) control; (5) evaluation; (6) professional stance, and (7) ethics. You need a leadership team committed to your mission and willing to give and get.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

DECEMBER 16, 2023

The Evolution of Leadership in the AI Era In the contemporary business landscape, the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in shaping leadership practices is becoming increasingly significant. Traditional leadership models emphasize traits like charisma, strategic vision, and direct communication.

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Affnetz

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Shared Leadership: CCF promotes shared leadership, allowing community members to take on leadership roles within the organization. 6) Cultural Competence: Recognizing and respecting diverse cultural practices and norms in fundraising approaches. This builds trust and shows your commitment to your mission.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2023

Today, we face racially redlined access to midwifery that reflects our nation’s deeply racist political, economic, and cultural history. Obstetrics is the dominant maternal health practice, while cultural narratives overshadow the Black herstory of midwifery with one that is white, wealthy, and/or alternative/“crunchy.”.

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Fundraising Leadership

AUGUST 23, 2024

In 10 years, Take The Lead has acted on the mission to reach gender parity in leadership across all sectors by 2025. All have the goal in mind of parity in leadership across all gender, racial, geographic, age, ideological, physical, and mental identities and communities by 2025. “I

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NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 25, 2023

That’s been the ethic in the arts and culture sector for generations. The result is a far less diverse workforce and leadership pipeline, high turnover, low morale, and ultimately, arts and cultural offerings that are less vital and fail to reflect the values and visions of our communities. Alas, it is just as mythical.

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Beth Kanter

JANUARY 25, 2024

No matter the organization’s size, it’s critical to have leadership at the executive director level deeply invested. Our conversation underscored AI’s transformative potential for the nonprofit sector, alongside the importance of navigating its ethical implications.

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iMarketSmart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Advancement leaders don’t run an office, they build a culture. I felt the second item that warranted further explanation is #7, building a culture, not just running an office. Advancement Leaders Don’t Run an Office, They Build a Culture. Here are 10 ways advancement leaders build a culture. I hope it helps you!

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 7, 2024

We both have worked across a variety of disciplines, including teaching, ethics, economics, architecture, and design. And although we belong to different generations, we share a culture and experiences as Mexican women. Our stories are different, but they have similarities. Here’s a look at four of them.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 12, 2024

However, it is alarmingly common for individuals to join nonprofit boards for self-serving reasons, rather than a genuine commitment to the cause, leading to a disengaged board and a pervasive culture of apathy. This lip service passion is not only unacceptable but detrimental to the missions of these organizations. Talk less and do more.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

It provides free information on nonprofits’ missions, visions, values, programs, leadership, and finances. For instance, I wrote a paper for my Ethics in Nonprofits class that explored whether nonprofit theatres should pay actors more or use their resources to prioritize their communities. Candid’s GuideStar platform includes over 2.7

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 5, 2024

It made me attuned as to what it was to feel like you don’t belong and how important it is to create social structures and a culture that is deeply welcoming and inclusive for everybody. That ethic of approaching philanthropy as an organizer is what foundations that I have seen at their best do.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 24, 2024

It sounds simple, but it’s a profound shift that is bigger—and we hope more enduring—than choosing the right fund structure, checking off a list of ethical criteria, or defying traditional lending. It’s also about changing policy and culture. It’s also about changing policy and culture. It’s about world building.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

There was no succession plan to fill the leadership gap, jeopardizing the organization’s mission to develop young leaders who can transform California’s foster care system. Youth wanted direct access to the organization’s management and the ability to hold those in leadership accountable. CYC shaped the hiring process in real time.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 4, 2023

13 The hope is that in doing so, we illustrate how it was gathered and the questionable ethics therein. Transform “competition, compartmentalization, and bureaucracy in [your] organizational culture and structures facilitated by white dominant culture.” 15 The Brooklyn Community Foundation adopted a racial justice lens in 2014.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 1, 2024

In the last two decades, SSIR has built a library of essential thinking on a variety of topics, and our series of “Essentials” volumes collect the best and most innovative thinking on subjects as diverse as design thinking, scaling, and leadership, with more to come. SSIR eBooks!

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Sea Change Strategies

JULY 23, 2013

Last week, I was honored to speak at MCON 2013 , a day of thought leadership and conversation about engaging the Millennial generation for good. The science of cultural cognition argues that people make decisions not based on facts, but on the value groups with which they most powerfully identify.

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Fundraising Leadership

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Longtime ally with Take The Lead and recipient of the 2022 Leading Woman award, Harris, who is a senior client advisor at Morgan Stanley, author, acclaimed singer and leadership icon, writes about the skills needed to rise in a career and life with advice on partnerships delivering outcomes. Read more on Anita Hill in Take The Lead.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JUNE 10, 2024

As a growing non-profit, you can work with agencies that provide disability employment services and connect the right people with the right employers, while they also provide training and support to make sure their candidates fit your culture. What Is the Role of Nonprofit Team Leadership in Achieving the Mission?

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