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The Edit: The Vivid Operational Advisors Newsletter (Issue 2)

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A Newsletter from Vivid Operational Advisors | Issue 2: August 6, 2026

The Edit exists for the space between the plan and what actually runs on a Monday morning. Every other Thursday: one link worth your time, a person worth knowing, a resource to leverage, and an outside perspective to take with you.

Muscle Memory, Not Magic

The organizations struggling with AI are not struggling because the tool is wrong. They are struggling because nobody built the ritual that holds it.
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In the Studio

Vivid is proud to partner with men and women across the sector on projects, ideas and collaborative endeavors.

Meet a true visionary in our field.
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Assess Your Operations
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We built out a full assessment tool using the Editor-Architect framework. Answer nine questions and you come out with a custom stage for each and what to tackle first.
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As Seen In
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Erin Peshoff, our founder, was recently featured in Authority Magazine sharing her thoughts about how AI is Disrupting the Nonprofit space.

That's issue two. If any of this pulled at something you're carrying right now, hit reply and tell me. I read every one.

Until next time,

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