Blue Avocado Recap: October 2025

Tips to help you lead a team that someone else built. Strategies for better nonprofit collaboration. Why DEI is still important, even in 2025. How one nonprofit got familiar with AI.


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The New Sheriff in Town: Tips for Successfully Leading a Nonprofit Team (that Someone Else Built)

Taking over a team that was very comfortable with their previous leader is difficult for anybody. Discover five tips that can help you build a successful relationship with your new team.

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How can nonprofits better collaborate and share resources with each other?

Nonprofit leaders share practical strategies for nonprofit collaboration, including trust-building, shared goals, technology use, and resource pooling to maximize impact and reduce redundancy.

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Moving Beyond Performance: Making DEI Actionable

If you want to make your organization a healthy space for all and overcome biases and prejudices, you have to do the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion work. It’s that simple. Even in 2025.

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Why Human-Centered AI Adoption Matters for Nonprofits

Before nonprofits can develop AI-driven solutions to help others, it’s important that they get comfortable with it themselves. Here’s how one nonprofit did it.

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Essential Board Governance Documents

In this recorded webinar, an expert panel describes what documents are indispensable for defining the strategic direction that aligns with your nonprofit’s objectives, as well as best practices to follow.

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