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Improvisation Over Strategy: What Nonprofit Managers Can Learn from Theater

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Ahmad Odeh on Unsplash In this interview, the CEO of a California-based CDFI offers her observations on what her work as a theater director has taught her about nonprofit management. SD: At a National Community Reinvestment Coalition Conference last year, you mentioned you majored in sociology and theater.

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Digital Friendships

The Agitator

Here, from Stephen Baker at Business Week, is a superb article on the psychology, sociology and anthropology of "digital friendships" — you know, all those online relationships you have on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, etc, etc. I liked this passage: "Now we’re swimming in information. Even comes with a video.

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How to make sure the experience you deliver to donors makes their giving feel worthwhile

iMarketSmart

1] Many small nonprofit managers dream of the million-dollar donation. The Sociological Review, 35 (1), 150-169. [3] Donations come because the donor’s experience is worth the gift. Getting big gifts means delivering big value to the donor. It means delivering a compelling donor experience.[1] NBER Working Paper No. 2] Cheal, D.