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    Asymmetric Expectation of Gratitude: What it is, and why it’s harmful to our work

    The nonprofit sector's attitude toward gratitude can use some reassessment of ingrained ideas about who should be grateful, for what, and to whom.

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    Words to Avoid Glossary

    Big Duck has compiled a list of words, phrases, and jargon used in the nonprofit sector that are overused or harmful.

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    Keeping in Touch, Building Trust

    In the wake of the pandemic, virtual site visits became more common, building the personal relationships that would normally occur in person takes some navigating.

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    Ignoring the roots of violence in the Israel–Palestine conflict challenges any future peace

    To reach peace, all sides of the conflict need to acknowledge the suffering caused to begin discussions about how to move forward.

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    How Would a Humanitarian Pause Work in Gaza?

    The term has been used as an alternative to ceasefire but questions remain about how it would be implemented on the ground and what happens when the ceasefire stops.

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    The Best Hope for Ending the Israel-Hamas War? Civil Society Peace-Builders

    Now more than ever grant makers need to take the risk of supporting grass-roots groups on the ground working to build peace.

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    Parsing disinformation in the Israel-Hamas conflict

    Misinformation and disinformation about both sides of the conflict spreads quickly on social media platforms and distorts our understanding of events on the ground.

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    How to Persuade a New Generation to Join Your Nonprofit’s Board

    To make board service appealing to the next generation, drawing on the pleasure principle can motivate candidates by highlighting the positives over the much feared meetings.

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    21 “nonprofit math” problems that expose the absurdity of doing good

    In keeping with the on trend of different kinds of math circulating on social media, "nonprofit math" has its own unique rules, a lot of which don't add up.

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    Trust in Civil Society

    In its fourth annual report, Independent Sector partners with Edelman Data & Intelligence on their findings of Americans' trust in the nonprofit sector and philanthropies.

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