Blue Avocado Recap: November 2024

Find how to include your people and culture into your strategic planning. Nonprofit leaders share the key skills they look for in board members. Is inequality about to become the next major crisis for nonprofits? Discover a guide for recruiting (and keeping) your nonprofit’s volunteers.


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Tending to Human Factors During Strategic Planning

Strategic planning and culture don’t need to be mutually exclusive: Your strategic planning has a far better chance of success when it includes your nonprofit’s people, values, and culture.

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Key Qualities and Skills to Look for in Potential Board Members

Nonprofit leaders answer the question, “What are the key qualities and skills you look for in potential board members?”

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Is There An Inequality Tipping Point for Nonprofits?

When ordinary folks can’t afford to be donors, nonprofits increasingly rely on a small pool of well-heeled funders — but what happens to those essential causes when/if the rich lose interest?

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A Guide to Finding (and Keeping) Your Nonprofit’s Volunteers

Providing your nonprofit’s volunteers with the same recruitment, training, mentoring, and appreciation as your employees can reduce turnover and create a better volunteer experience.

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