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Thank you Sophia Eichner and Burnham Center for Community Advancement for co-hosting Cause San Diego's 2nd Business Leaders Focus Group on July 12. Collaboration and a bias for action is key to tackling our region's biggest challenges. I see both of these qualities in both our organizations and am excited to partner with more social impact-focused organizations as we expand our Cause San Diego programs into 2024. #collaborationiskey #biasforaction #causesandiego #socialimpact #consciouscapitalism #businessforgood #corporatesocialresponsibility #nonprofitsocialresponsibility

Join us on Saturday, May 18 at 10:15am in Beech AB. Our very own Co-founder, Tania Luna, will be speaking at AVA, along with Animal Defense Partnership's Executive Director, Jaclyn Leeds, and Founder of Aneeha Patwardhan Consulting, Aneeha Patwardhan. They will be discussing three sample case studies of nonprofits facing significant, yet common challenges from the legal, finance, and people ops perspectives. Learn to: -Proactive measures to void costly and disruptive organizational issues. -Strategies to increase employee satisfaction and reduce turnover. -Remove barriers to development and make a bigger difference. Click here to set a reminder on your Whova app: https://lnkd.in/e3Ff-fMc

Imagine a process inside your organization that produces its own outcome, without meaningful effort from you and your team! ✨ That’s the magic and the promise of organizational flywheels. They take effort to set up, but once they’re up and running, their momentum if self-perpetuating! I am so bullish on nonprofit flywheels that I’m sharing an example here, just to get your juices flowing: Here’s a Programmatic Impact Flywheel ➡️Initial Effort: Designing and implementing programs that effectively address specific community needs. 💥 Momentum Build: Collecting data and stories to demonstrate program impact, leading to improved program design based on feedback and outcomes. 🚀Acceleration: Transformed program participants are out in their community, demonstrating success. This raises awareness of the impact of your program, attracting more participants and partnerships. 🔥 Sustained Growth: Each spin of the flywheel creates expanded and continually improved programs, which leads to greater impact, which fuels further awareness and excitement in the community, which makes it increasingly easier to bring more people into your program. Do you have a flywheel at work in your org? Share here!!

Exciting things are unfolding at Causeway! Our board of directors are today gathered at CMS Scotland for Causeway's annual planning session. It is always an incredibly productive meeting in which we establish our targets and visions for Causeway, strategise future events and set goals for the organisation. Watch this space! Martin McBride Lynn Richmond Eugene Mullan Bernadette Monaghan James Horton Brigid Whoriskey Judith O'Leary Stuart Turnbull Eamon Fallon Siobhan Fogarty #CausewayXchange #CausewayConnects #IrishBusinessGrowth #ScottishBusinessGrowth  #GlasgowBusiness #NortherIrishTrade #ScottishBusiness #NorthernIrishBusiness #IrishScottishBusiness

We're in the final days of Early Bird Pricing for this year's GrantSummit! Don't miss a chance to save $100 by registering by August 31. 💰 Learn more about the conference (held this year in Kansas City!) and how to register here: https://buff.ly/42nPd5L Already registered? We want to know! Let us know if we'll see you in the comments below. 👇 #GrantSummit #ProfessionalDevelopment

In case you missed our most recent webinar, "A Ten-Point Plan for Building a Board of Directors In the Nonprofit World," with Dr. Ron Dieckmann '73,click the link below for a recording of the webinar, and the PowerPoint slides Dr. Dieckmann used to illustrate his ten point plan.

Every organization has a founder's story. That story is the genesis point for all your organization has become over the years, and shows how your org has brought the vision of the founders to life. Luckily for Trees, Water & People, our mission still rings as true as it did on day one, and we've built a team that drives it forward based on shared values, diverse perspectives and clear priorities. To say we're aligned is an understatement. Hear it from one of TWP's founders, Jenny Bramhall, who shares her journey in this inspiring 2 minute article (that got me misty eyed toward the end): https://lnkd.in/gpBzMaY5

Here's an update regarding the Db x LS Fund. Have a read bellow 👇 #dbjourney

How to restore nature using new technologies? In our latest podcast, I engage in a conversation with Mike Odenhoven, the co-founder of Sumthing. Sumthing is not just a platform—it's a revolution for eco-conscious donors. Through it, contributors can witness, in real-time, the tangible impact of their contributions to nature restoration projects. In a world where the urgent need to rejuvenate our ailing ecosystems is paramount, the lack of transparency often becomes a roadblock. Many potential benefactors grapple with the ambiguity surrounding the actual benefits delivered to the environment or the communities involved. But Sumthing is changing this narrative. With cutting-edge tools like satellite imagery, the platform ensures that every promise of nature restoration isn't just made, but verifiably kept. Dive in to learn more about how technology is paving the way for a greener future. #nature #biodiversity #donation #philanthropy University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam Business School

Does your agency have a process for self-evaluation? To better identify strengths and weaknesses at the board level, try using this resource as a starting point. The following exercise was developed by Maria Fibiger at Three Dog Consulting and featured in last year's Board Development Series. https://lnkd.in/e93qih6Z