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#HappyChats: How Our Team Celebrated Success with Superhero Day
Learn all about how the quarantine, superheroes, and trivia games brought our team closer together in today's virtual world.
Sanford Institute of Philanthropy Blog5 Unique Examples of Local Nonprofits Adapting to the COVID-19 Pandemic
The past several weeks have been difficult for all us, but despite all of the challenges, the nonprofits in our community have been doing incredible work!
Corporate Training BlogSix Tips for Becoming a Leader in Change Management
Whether it’s during a global pandemic or just everyday life, becoming a change management leader is key to ensuring your team’s success and keeping employee engagement alive during challenging times and unexpected changes.
Sanford Institute of Philanthropy BlogBecoming a Time Management Superhero
It seems like we’re always looking to improve our time management and productivity skills, which are more important than ever as we find ourselves stuck indoors surrounded by distractions. So what’s the trick for managing these?
Sanford Institute of Philanthropy BlogAdvice to Women in Fundraising from the Valley's Leading Fundraising Professionals
Learning from the successes and mistakes of others can oftentimes be an excellent resource for our own success.
Corporate Training BlogStaying Mindful in the At-Home Workplace
Mindfulness in the workplace is important – but what about when our workplace is at home?
Sanford Institute of Philanthropy BlogPanel Review: Fundraising for the Rest of Us
There’s human services, religion, and education. For everything else, there’s this panel…and this panel review.
Sanford Institute of Philanthropy BlogPanel Review: Start the New Year with 2020 Vision
As 2019 comes to a close, we’re looking forward to a new decade full of innovation, fresh ideas, and goals to focus on.
Corporate Training Blog3 Reasons Why Education-Industry Partnerships Are Critical
We hear a lot about employees looking for jobs and employers seeking qualified candidates - so how do we bring these two parties together?
Sanford Institute of Philanthropy BlogWhat Exactly is Cause Selling, and How is it Different from Fundraising?
Working in nonprofits oftentimes means that we are less concerned with the “bottom line” or “selling” because that sounds like jargon for the corporate world. We generally focus on our cause (which is important) and our mission (which establishes why we fundraise in the first place). But how do we bring these two focus areas together? How do we combine the bottom line with our cause?
Sanford Institute of Philanthropy BlogKeeping Up with Networks to Maximize Your Nonprofit’s Success
Networks are at the heart of social capital and are important to achieve career success and organizational goals. Individuals improve their social capital when they can see and understand the connections between themselves and others within and beyond their workplace.
Sanford Institute of Philanthropy BlogHow to Boost Your Networking Skills and Improve Your Nonprofit
There is an art to networking that will result in your power and ability to network. Let’s begin with defining the word itself: What exactly is networking? It is the purposeful building and maintaining of relationships for success.
Sanford Institute of Philanthropy BlogHow to Identify and Connect With Your Nonprofit Network
So now you’re an expert networker - with practice, of course! But how do you decide who to network with? Simply put: Identify whose life you would like to be part of, both internally and externally to your organization.
Corporate Training BlogImpact Breakfasts: A Year in Review
As 2019 begins to wind down, it’s time to review some of our favorite takeaways from this year’s Impact Breakfast topics and provide tips that you can bring to your team in the coming new year!
Corporate Training BlogThree Things You Need to Know About Storytelling
Storytelling is a great way to connect with others. It can help your organization identify its mission and values, hear directly from employees, and give your customers a personal connection to your company. With storytelling, we’re getting away from the idea of relying on transaction-centered relationships with customers and, instead, focusing on building human relationships through human stories.
Sanford Institute of Philanthropy BlogHow to Use Stories from Your Nonprofit to Enhance Your Writing
Grammar and syntax are all important parts of writing, but overall, the most important part of writing is to hone in on the stories that are most important to tell.