Candid

JUNE 5, 2024

Whether you’re trying to equip your team with the latest fundraising techniques or preparing volunteers to tackle new challenges, the quality of your training materials will impact your organization’s effectiveness. You can also conduct a training inventory to identify existing resources that can be repurposed. Embrace microlearning.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Build the Human Skills AI and EI might seem to be an odd couple for any number of reasons. As a consultant, I’ve worked with associations of every description, and I’ve learned that the organizations that are most successful with digital transformation are also groups that value the human skills. In a recent Association 4.0

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 8, 2022

Having a welcoming culture is vital for a nonprofit organization to be a part of a strong and healthy community. This culture can bring about the desired outcomes of staff, volunteers, and members who reflect the community, having a team possessing strong problem-solving skills, and leadership that embraces innovation.

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

One bit of wisdom is that like most skills, managing a remote team is both easier and more complicated than we could have imagined. These skills can now be put to use under less urgent circumstances. With limited access to body language, tone, and context, precise communication becomes an essential skill. How are you doing?

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2023

When most of us think of arts and culture nonprofits, the biggest names come easily to mind. A rts and culture nonprofits face distinctive challenges in the nonprofit sector. They offer tailored instruction to fit any age group, skill level, and style. The Smithsonian. million budget, soon to reach $2.8

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In order to unlock its full potential, your team needs to be equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills. In this guide, we’ll provide four CRM training best practices. Depending on the CRM’s complexity, you can expand training to cover more advanced features, such as reporting, automation, and customization.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 28, 2024

Rather than focusing on skills your team hasn’t yet learned, invest in what your staff knows and perfect those skills. You can always work on incrementally improving someone’s skills, but I also strongly believe that you can’t train a fundamental weakness out of someone.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 17, 2022

Modern technology streamlines work processes, allowing employees to take on new projects and grow their skill sets. . You can always invest in your staff with training, but some tech may be out of reach based on all that’s needed for implementation. Offer technology training for all employees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

Last month, I was honored to present and facilitate an all-day workshop for nonprofit leaders at the Oregon Nonprofit Leadership Conference on how to activate a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace, based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. Here’s the list: Function.

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The MatrixFiles

MAY 1, 2024

All of this new work is prompting new offerings by Matrix Group, necessitating new training for my staff, and creating a need for new skills sets and new positions at the company. But sending everyone home and holding regular Zoom meetings does not make a culture. I provide my managers with communications skills training.

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.orgSource

MAY 29, 2023

A professional DEI training program can help people identify blind spots and biases while maintaining a safe and supportive atmosphere. It’s an exercise that will provide the opportunity to explore lessons learned in training and reflect on how they impact real-life situations. This is not a forum for amateurs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

From our previous conversations, we’ve realized that empathy is not just a warm and fuzzy “soft skill,” but an essential leadership skill to ensure that your nonprofit’s work survives and thrives in the future. Empathy is contagious and influences and shapes a work culture of caring.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 26, 2011

Successful technology training has less to do with technical knowledge than with other abilities such as communication skills, patience, interpersonal skills, flexibility, and empathy towards learners struggling with new technologies. It is more useful to know how to train than to just have technical expertise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Note from Beth: Last January, I put together a train the trainers session for nonprofit trainers. Over on the SalsaLabs blog, they are doing a series on designing nonprofit tech training and I discovered this excellent rewrite of my post. 8 Reasons Why Bad Trainings Happen to Good Nonprofits by Salsa Labs. Right audience.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

Tailoring your recruitment efforts to find individuals whose skills and expertise align with your organization’s mission is fundamental. This isn’t about filling seats; it’s about enriching your organization’s culture and capabilities with new perspectives to support your mission and drive growth. Your challenges?

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Qgiv

JULY 17, 2023

or, “What are the actual actions we can take to realize our vision of a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion?” Provide the tools Offer folks training to increase their skills so they can hold conversations about DEI. The foundation of this skill set is the ability to give and receive feedback.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 29, 2023

Does your organization offer technology training? According to Forrester , 80% of employees say they’d stay in their job if they were trained in technology. However, only 47% of employees report receiving any data training from their employer. Look for an AMS that offers easy data and skills training options for all your staff.

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Classy

JUNE 15, 2021

With Classy Academy, our focus is to use our years of experience and industry expertise to enable a culture of continuous learning for the organizations we serve. Take and share our courses, and then apply the skills you’ve learned. Tell us your results or what resources you need to continue growing.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 9, 2016

The Importance of Training and Development for Start-ups and Small Businesses. With the hectic nature of start-up organizations today, one can easily make a claim that it is never too early to evaluate the effectiveness of a structured Learning, Training, and Development program. Skill-Gaps. How are you going to alleviate this?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Abilities : Your competencies that help you integrate your knowledge, skills, and experiences so you can respond to situations in the most effective way possible. Know-how : Your knowledge and skills. Transform organizational culture. The most tangible is your know-how, which includes your practical knowledge and skills.

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sgEngage

JUNE 3, 2024

The firm is paying for her to travel every 4–to–6 weeks as part of a training program to become a top sales rep. Have you considered a board composition matrix to identify your board’s strengths as well as gaps in skills and representation? Build a culture of belonging. Both are animal lovers, world travelers, and Swifties.

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Volunteer Hub

MAY 5, 2023

Nonprofits should provide all volunteers with information about their mission, vision, and impact, along with access to training resources, documented expectations, available channels for on-site and off-site communication, and ways to provide feedback about their overall experience. Use a variety of training methods. Ongoing support.

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Classy

JUNE 17, 2021

In general, we foster a culture of flexible working hours to accommodate our lifestyles. Starting week 1, new hires are given a training called “Mobilize and Empower Your Career” which is centered around learning about our career paths, core competencies, compensation, and check-ins at Classy. Flexibility and Unlimited Vacation Time.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

If staff interact more with AI tools than with one another to complete tasks, it reduces the well-documented benefits of informal conversations of building an effective workplace culture, onboarding new staff, and improving staff retention. It means that the job description and tasks might shift and require using or learning different skills.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In fact, generative AI has been known to be trained on biased information. Participation in the arts also develops essential life skills such as communication, teamwork, and discipline. Participation in the arts enhances confidence, self-esteem, and crucial life skills like communication and teamwork (Burton et al.,

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

One of the best ways to attract talent is by creating a culture that encourages retention from the get-go. Ensure your job descriptions are comprehensive by covering the following items: Soft and hard skills. Soft skills refer to intangible qualities like communication , leadership, and adaptability. Preferred skills.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

One of the best ways to attract talent is by creating a culture that encourages retention from the get-go. Ensure your job descriptions are comprehensive by covering the following items: Soft and hard skills. Soft skills refer to intangible qualities like communication , leadership, and adaptability. Preferred skills.

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Candid

MAY 5, 2021

Nonprofit Leadership Alliance’s nonprofit professional development expertise has helped hundreds of nonprofits understand their professional goals and empower them to find and train the employees they need. Provide training resources . As you build out your hiring process, keep an eye on the kind of work culture you’re building. .

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Nimble AMS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Empower your staff as innovators through technology training. Routine training is key to better skilled and more productive employees. Additionally, training your staff helps them invest in your organization.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Pull the board out of the weeds and train their focus on strategy, where it belongs. Unify Through Purpose Passion for your mission is a bridge that allows people with unique cultural and value systems to work together for a common purpose. A passion for the mission and good listening skills are basic qualities.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 18, 2022

Diversity is a vital component to recruiting more volunteers because it strengthens your volunteer program by offering a highly skilled volunteer base. Culture or ethnicity . After you’ve created the group, you can move into training and engaging your volunteers. . Train your volunteers. Socioeconomic status? .

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Greater Giving

MARCH 19, 2024

Leading a nonprofit requires a unique set of skills that go beyond traditional management styles. This blog post explores the key qualities that distinguish great nonprofit leaders and how they cultivate a culture of purpose within their organizations. 1 fundraising conference. 1 fundraising conference.

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VQ Strategies

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Staff are rarely trained to provide feedback to volunteers and in our surveys of organizations, we often find that “receiving training on how to provide feedback to volunteers” is the #1 topic requested by staff who work directly with volunteers. Additional training? Would a mentorship help? It’s easy (and far too common!)

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The NonProfit Times

JUNE 3, 2024

As such, they often miss out on benefits such as tailored medical care, sustainable resource use and culture and language preservation. Upskilling data collection, management and use among individuals within a community who may not have the resources to develop their skills in the data industry. .

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.orgSource

JANUARY 9, 2023

The matrix is a diagram that helps the board outline its current characteristics, pinpoints gaps in demographics or talent, and identifies what skills are needed in the future. Once you know who is needed, you must explain exactly what the organization expects from their service both in terms of activities and culture. Create Synergy.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Conduct staff training. Conduct staff training. After introducing the concept and purpose of AI, train staff on how to use the specific tools that they’ll use for fundraising. This includes providing them with educational resources and hands-on training. Clearly explain the purpose and benefits of AI tools.

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Media Cause

APRIL 29, 2021

Our culture as a whole has made great strides in breaking down the stigmas typically associated with mental health by having honest conversations about our individual challenges. May is National Mental Health Awareness Month. But for so many of us, this very personal and critical issue is part of our everyday lives.

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