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Beyond Survival: Post-Disruption Nonprofit Culture Strategy

Bloomerang

This nonprofit culture strategy post is part 3 in a 3-part series. Let’s move now to the third and final pillar: nonprofit culture strategy. . Pillar #3—No More Othering: Your Nonprofit Culture Strategy in 2021 and Beyond. Your culture will make or break fundraising success, especially over the long term.

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Recap: Nonprofits & AI – A Conversation with Devi Thomas

Beth Kanter

I was thrilled to have a conversation with Devi Thomas from Microsoft Philanthropies. Reflecting on Devi’s comment, I do believe that AI is a learning opportunity for everyone, but it is important to create psychological safety where people can ask questions and make it okay to experiment.

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The Three Characteristics That Distinguish the Best Advancement Practitioners

iMarketSmart

It entails being honest and adhering to ethical principles. People of integrity don’t exploit, mislead, manipulate or tiptoe around ethical issues. Psychological insight. Find these in your colleagues and you will build a stronger culture of philanthropy. Of the three, integrity is the most important.

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Fundraising Success: Leveraging Your Value Propositions

iMarketSmart

Philanthropy correlates primarily with four different value propositions. Providing valuable services: This includes directly – to students, patients, patrons of cultural institutions, beneficiaries of social services, and others – and indirectly to the general betterment of community and society.

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The Seven Principles of Advancement Leadership

iMarketSmart

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.

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Fundraising Requires A Great Deal of Courage – Not Just the Courage to Ask

iMarketSmart

Langley Innovations provides a range of services to its clients to help them understand the cultural underpinnings of philanthropy and the psychology of donors and, with that knowledge, to develop the most effective strategies and tactics to build broader and more lasting communities of support.

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Comfort Zones: The Places That Foster the Fullest Expressions of Philanthropy

iMarketSmart

Philanthropic facilitators work from precepts, principles, instincts, and ethics; they don’t work from a script. What so much more of it should focus on is how to find and work from your own comfort zone when seeking to facilitate philanthropy. Describe the dos and don’ts you would have us follow when interacting with you.