{"id":1322,"date":"2019-06-03T11:43:21","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T11:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/2020\/12\/23\/a-new-dictionary-for-nonprofits-part-ii\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T21:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T16:26:10","slug":"a-new-dictionary-for-nonprofits-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/kn-in\/a-new-dictionary-for-nonprofits-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"A new dictionary for nonprofits – Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"

Read Part I here<\/a>.<\/p>

1. Feel-anthropy (n)<\/em><\/div>

When you have to rely on case studies and anecdotes as evidence to distract your funders from the lack of hard impact data.<\/p>

2. Why-Fi (n)<\/em><\/div>

The malfunctioning internet at your office that makes you question the hours that went into setting it up.<\/p>

\"What<\/a><\/div>
3. Con-waning (v)<\/em><\/div>

When the crowd at your conference starts declining post lunch break.<\/p>

4. Th-haute leadership (n) (phrase)<\/em><\/div>

When only the fashion changes but the faces and conversations stay the same.<\/p>

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Picture courtesy: Pxhere<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>

5. Yes-DG (n)<\/em><\/div>

When funders ask if your work links to the global development agenda.<\/p>

Related article: What would Shakespeare say?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>

6. Colaba-ration (n)<\/em><\/div>

South Bombay car-pools to nonprofits across the sea-link.<\/p>

\"donate<\/a><\/div>
7. Strategic add-vice (n)<\/em><\/div>

When nonprofits pay for consulting firms to advise them, but end up ignoring their recommendations because they are too smart to listen.<\/p>

8. Dil-igence (n)<\/em><\/div>

All is well, because the heart says it.<\/p>

With inputs from Akanksha Malhautra, Jenifer D’Costa, Swapneel Rane, and Udit Vashist.<\/em><\/p>\n

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