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Social content takes time, resources and planning. Sometimes the window from planning to execution is short to capitalize on a news cycle, an event or a digital trend. I want to recognize my frequent content collaborators for always exceeding my expectations to tell Williams story. Susan Wright Simpson, Kelly Cook, Sarah Gilpin, Dawson Smith and Jonathan Ainley. I will include a few of my recent favorites in the comments below. https://lnkd.in/gSbJzeU8

In yesterday's newsletter, 'The Mission Memo,' our new President and CEO, Meagan Flippin, shares her vision for CNM. "I envision CNM as a center for nonprofit excellence and as an organization that champions, advises, and partners with nonprofits to ensure that inclusion, diversity, equity, and access are the foundation for addressing community issues, responding to change, and elevating collective potential." Subscribe to our newsletter to learn more. https://bit.ly/3OkJ06J Meagan Flippin Charles Sueing Kara Duke

Great to see you Jennifer Wei and William and Flora Hewlett Foundation supporting The Chronicle of Philanthropy to put on this series of webinars about building a thriving nonprofit culture! I am registered and hoping to participate as much as possible -- encouraging others to sign-up as well! This is a critically important conversation at this time b/c research from Center for Effective Philanthropy shows that burnout is only increasing in the nonprofit sector. And decades of research from Christina Maslach at University of California, Berkeley show that burnout is an organizational culture issue more than an issue of individual behavior. Here at Fund the People, we believe #nonprofits needs #funders to engage in #TalentInvesting -- to provide proactive AND responsive #FundingThatWorks for the people who do the work. This means responding to specific grantee needs by deploying primary grant dollars to pay for things like: >> H.R. and people-focused staff positions; >> progressive personnel policies, >> decent wages and benefits; >> enough staff positions to share the workload and execute ambitious programs; >> conflict resolution and management practices; and >> intentional organizational culture planning and development. When funders step up In this way, nonprofits will have the financial resources and political incentives they need to build their team, and the #PeopleSystems they need to support the team. (You can learn more about our ideas through our Funding that Works Academy, featuring our self-paced online course, The Fundamentals of Talent-Investing for Foundation Professionals. To learn more, fundingthatworks.org.)

Our 2023 Annual Report is now live. Last year, MCR celebrated it's 25th year of serving community-based organizations. Read our report to learn about the five ways that we've changed the nonprofit landscape to create greater access to funding and resources, center community voices, and further systemic equity. Read it here: https://hubs.li/Q02TG-Gk0

The new Nonprofit Consultant Landscape Analysis from Consultants for Good is out, and I'm honored to be highlighted, along with Kate L. Edwards, as a top thought leader in the report! It's packed with valuable insights about the nonprofit industry.

We surveyed nonprofit leaders to identify the priorities for their organizations in 2024 and got answers as diverse as their missions, but with several common threads. Check out what they told us in the blog below.

Want to build an inclusive culture at your nonprofit? Attract and retain top talent? Foster a culture of well-being? Check out this free Hewlett-sponsored webinar series from The Chronicle of Philanthropy designed to help create a positive work environment from the inside out.

Join our webinar as we discuss sustainability in the context of nonprofit mission alignment, fundraising, financial health, program delivery, operational efficiency, and community engagement. Register today. https://hubs.li/Q02Q-zbF0

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