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Jun 09, 2023

Four-Day Workweek Reduces CSO Burnout

Mind The Gap Consulting’s guide details the benefits of the four-day workweek for CSO leaders, including a roadmap, and options for shifting to this model while keeping productivity and social impact.

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Jun 08, 2023

Taking Care of Your Volunteers

Volunteers can be essential to the success of a CSO. How can CSO leaders attract and retain such talent? The Points of Light Foundation’s best practices help inspire, and keep, top-notch volunteers.

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Jun 08, 2023

Launching a Non-Membership CSO: Four Actions to Take

While membership-based CSOs derive their budget from annual dues, launching a CSO that serves a broader public has different funding challenges. Here's what we recommend to help CSOs grow through public funding, individual donations and foundation or company grants.

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Jun 08, 2023

Sabbaticals Help Prevent CSO Burnout

Preventing CSO Burnout never goes out of style! The Durfee Foundation's 2017 findings that sabbaticals help CSO leaders stay engaged and productive is increasingly relevant.

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Apr 29, 2023

How CSOs Can Digitalize the Workplace

CSOs need a conducive work environment for the digital transformation. The Forbes Nonprofit Council suggests how to make technology uptake easier (we've boiled down their 12 recommendations to five).

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Apr 27, 2023

How CSOs Can Prioritize Responses to Natural Disasters

Natural disasters are on the rise and CSOs are often the first responders—as well as long-term community builders. How do CSOs prioritize their responses? The Forbes Nonprofit Council offers these three guideposts.