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To transform how your community engages with you and your work, consider listening before you act.     In 2019 and 2020, Mission Partners served as the messaging and communications partner for NewsMatch—the largest grassroots fundraising campaign designed to support nonprofit news in the U.S. Through research, collaborative strategizing, and community listening, their fundraising goals exceeded the years prior despite the pandemic and politically charged attacks on the free press.     What might your community be trying to tell you that could drive your mission to new heights?    🔹Read more about our work with NewsMatch: https://lnkd.in/eXWx4tAX  🔹Learn more about how Mission Partners can help you build community engagement: https://lnkd.in/e-p458pc 

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My challenge to my nonprofit friends: before August starts, take a step back to look at the bigger picture of how your communications team operates. Set aside time with your team to look objectively at everything (even if you're on a team of one). Here are 7 questions to consider when planning your nonprofit's communications for the next 6 months: https://lnkd.in/g8x5VPAm

From filling gaps in board expertise to connecting with new communities, advisory councils play a valuable role in nonprofit organizations. In order for these councils to live up to their potential, we recommend following these nine keys to success:

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Love this update. Please take advisory councils seriously. They are not: 💀 The final resting place of board members who should otherwise step down 😣 A "pipeline" for "young" "diverse" "wealthy" or other profile of a person that you should probably work to better clarify and just recruit and retain on the board. 💸 An "easy" way to fundraise. Advisory councils MAY do some of the above, but whatever your intention with creating one, it requires time, talent, and resources. Treat it accordingly.