Blue Avocado Recap: July 2024

Learn how collaboration can lift up multiple nonprofits. Find out which tools and strategies nonprofits wish they’d used sooner. Discover how to measure if your team is upholding your mission and values. Explore how to present to donors how your mission benefits them, too.


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Link Arms to Elevate Your Nonprofit’s Impact

Working with like-minded people and organizations can create a deepened impact, more sustainable relationships, and a stronger funding pool for your mission.

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The One Tool/Strategy Nonprofits Wish They’d Used Sooner

Nonprofit leaders and Blue Avocado readers answer: “What is one tool or strategy you wish your nonprofit had implemented sooner?”

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Designing a Values-based Performance Appraisal System

Developing and sustaining a motivated, productive, and highly engaged workforce means your employees must be measured on how they demonstrate the organization’s values.

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The Best Route to Approaching Donors: Hand-Head-Heart

Learn how you can better engage potential donors by taking the time to consider and articulate how supporting the mission benefits them, too.

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