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The most read Candid insights articles in 2024: Fundraising, AI, and diversity 

Candid

As 2024 draws to a close, we wanted to share some of the most read articles we published this year. Not surprisingly, the Candid insights article with the most pageviews brings together two hot topics, one cyclical and one perennial: elections and nonprofit fundraising. What can fundraisers do? by Chris Maddocks, Blue State.

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Latest sector news

Strategic Grants

We also share relevant articles with the rest of Team SG as our commitment to keeping up-to-date with whats happening across the sector here at home in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, and across the globe. However there are some funders that have expressed concerns which Scott addresses.

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Kickstart Your Consultancy: Key Conference Takeaways to Launch the New Year

Grant Professionals Association

In this article, Ill reflect on three conferences I attended in 2024 (apart from GrantSummit ) and offer several takeaways that aim to help grant consultants thrive. From these conferences, recurring themes emerged that resonated with me, including teamwork, clarity, scalability, and preventing burnout.

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Bridging gaps and weaving networks: The vital work of place-based intermediaries

Candid

Leadership development: PBIs help train local leaders, build resilient organizations, and prevent burnout. What do place-based intermediaries do? Here are the primary functions of PBIs: Capacity building: PBIs provide support for grassroots organizations that may lack the infrastructure or resources to scale their impact.

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Before the Burnout: Listening to Your Body and Working Toward Wellness

Grant Professionals Association

Burnout and compassion fatigue are all too familiar in this sector. According to an article by Scientific American , “In fact, every relaxation, calming or meditation technique relies on breathing, which may be the lowest common denominator in all the approaches to calming the body and mind.

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2024 Blue Avocado Year in Review

Blue Avocado

If there’s one thing we’re most proud of, it’s the way we’re giving Not everyone has the time to write a Blue Avocado article. That’s why we’ve put some of Blue Avocado’s most popular articles from the past 15 years in the front of a new generation with Gold Avocado.

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Tips for using AI technology to do good—safely and ethically 

Candid

Here are some articles to help you get started. These articles explore the ethical considerations AI technology raises for the sector and ways to address them. In this article, co-authors Beth Kanter and Fine tell a cautionary tale of the limitations of chatbots. How should we think about using AI technology to do good?

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