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Are your systems hurting you?

Concord Leadership

The post Are your systems hurting you? When we arrived, we discovered Rob and Jon having a fun competition with push-ups. Loving to challenge myself, I naturally jumped in. Over the course of many attempts, I accumulated 50 pushups. I could usually only do 5 […]. appeared first on The Concord Leadership Group, LLC.

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The social sector has a negativity bias. Here’s what you can do about it.  

Candid

By necessity, the sector focuses on the negatives—the systems that are broken, the problems that need solving, the issues that are underfunded. This negativity bias is adaptive, as remembering what hurts us keeps us alive. It’s about reimagining systems, facilitating change, and co-creating a better future.

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Why Organizations That Institute the Greatest Demands for Accountability Perform So Poorly

iMarketSmart

Use the wrong ones, and your fundraising revenue will start trending the other way. The study found that using small-dollar metrics to hold major gifts fundraisers accountable hurt these charities – A LOT! In general, financial metrics like this hurt more than help, because major gifts fundraising doesn’t work on an assembly line.

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Nonprofit Accounting Cleanup: How to Deal with a Mess

The Charity CFO

The conversation today has a very simple focus, 5 red flags that your nonprofit accounting needs improvement, even when it may not be recognized. Once these have been transferred into the accounting system, QuickBooks for example, reconciliation is the next step. Consider it like an internal audit and a necessity. Shocking, isn’t it?

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5 Tips to Being Persistent in Outreach to Major Donors

iMarketSmart

And by the way, this is what MarketSmart’s Engagement Fundraising system delivers – outreach-ready prospects who have already been qualified using automation. Adding a new person to your life – even someone you like – takes some amount of time sacrifice. It’s quite possible they have missed some of your outreach attempts altogether.

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Get to Know Our Director of Advocacy and Research, Natalie Jones!

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

What is one of your favorite moments in your nonprofit career? What has your work in public policy taught you? Nothing can replace the importance of direct services and support, but building effective systems through policy is a way to address and ultimately prevent some of the hurts many in our sector are trying to overcome.

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This Is Not the End of the World (but You Can See It from Here)

NonProfit Quarterly

The ships and the Leaders and the people themselves tried to find ways to make it fair, who should be saved and who was doomed, but how do you make a just system of—of— (No, I’m okay, honey. My eyes just hurt.) My eyes hurt, and I’m so tired. Close your eyes and go to sleep.) (I love you, too, baby. Are you sure?”