ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 2, 2020

PD is crucial to keeping the right people working for your organization. When staff are happy and feel good with not only the work they are doing, but know that they are appreciated and are shown that their work matters, the likelihood of them sticking around in their role is much higher.

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Professional Develop California Skills 52

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Lack of support and mentorship A bit like building a social network, individuals from underserved communities may lack access to supportive mentors who can help guide them and provide advice on how to succeed in their chosen fields. Mentorship is in many ways a mindset, and one which those from BIPOC communities are not regularly exposed to.

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Accessibility Challenge Leadership Tips 106

ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 27, 2021

Historically, executives at America’s nonprofits have felt pressure to take a nonprofit discount in pay in exchange for the psychic benefit of charity work. Heart work has value. Working for a nonprofit means the added bonus, unquantifiable, of heart work—spending your time doing something more important than turning a profit.

Arizona 52

Arizona Strategy Mentoring Nonprofit 52

Neon CRM

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In this article, we’ll cover 22 different types of membership benefits that your nonprofit could potentially offer its members. Here are three different ways you can do that. This is not only beneficial to mentees; it’s also rewarding for mentors. Let’s get at it!

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Benefit Associations Nonprofit Grant 52

VQ Strategies

DECEMBER 14, 2020

At the start of 2020, we at VQ Volunteer Strategies were training and coaching four different cohorts of organizations. First, we helped the teams redesign and refocus their work plans. with a clear vision statement, intended outcomes, actions, and a timeline, work plans established accountability early on.

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Volunteer Roles Lesson Training 98

Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2021

The real work of major gift fundraising is relationship building. Unless your staff member has done this effectively before, and was mentored by someone who knew what they were doing, they’re going to naturally be resistant. The one thing that may be different on Zoom is timing. — Fear of Being Held Back.

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Develop Gift Charity Teach 119

Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Volunteers provide nonprofits with the on-the-ground support they need to further their missions, whether that means helping to build homes, providing meals for food-insecure families, mentoring local youths, or cleaning up trash at local parks. Evaluate your volunteer program. Develop your volunteer schedule. Train volunteers.

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Volunteer Program Roles Training 89

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

This means that a donor may have two or even three different people from the same organization soliciting them before they finally make a gift. All officers should have similar experiences across the organization and be aligned on how the work gets done. Senior officers can help mentor new staff. Be mindful of job hoppers.

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Develop Management Gift Proposal 74

Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The Community Brands Member Engagement and Loyalty Study suggests your organization might have work to do in this area. But the results also show organizations have work to do around key areas, including offering job opportunities, gathering feedback, and providing targeted and valuable content.

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Life Retention Studies Benefit 60

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Although I love the splendid domes of MIT , we can simply admire them, and hope that eventually some of the people who work and study under those domes will become part of the consortium. An organization that is able to place, mentor, and coach candidates in entry level data services positions at local nonprofit organizations.

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Massachusetts Boston Professional Develop 52

Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

And you’re far from the only one; studies report that 85% of employees are not engaged or actively disengaged at work. Essentially, employees who are involved in their work and your organization are more engaged than employees who are indifferent. In fact, Highly engaged business units achieve a 43% difference in turnover.

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Ideas Practice Leadership Roles 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2013

So much of it applies to those of us who work in the social change sector and have a deep sense of giving back. When you evaluate people, you look for potential, often seeing the best in others. I particularly enjoyed the stories and insights from the chapter about how these different styles build their networks.

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New York Grant Network Brain 114

Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 21, 2017

The composition, hierarchy, and primary role of sales ops may differ across industries and even across similar businesses of diverse sizes, but many of today’s sales ops leaders perform a standard core set of functions. Evaluation of Sales Team Training Needs. Training & Development (Coaching and Mentoring). Lead Generation.

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Synchronous Structure Metrics Knowledge Base 145

Bloomerang

JUNE 18, 2021

What part of our work do you find most inspiring? Who were your heroes and mentors growing up? . This keys you into information about what type of impact your donor is hoping to have and how they evaluate opportunities. . My best advice is simply to try different tactics. How would you rank your philanthropic priorities?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

I am not surprised, because I’ve been doing this work for four decades and it’s been ever thus. Or as my mentor and teacher Hank Rosso said years ago: “ Fundraising is the gentle art of teaching the joy of giving.”. I may want to help end homelessness, but not have a clue how to make a difference on a scale that moves the needle.

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Trend Strategy Giving Fundraising 136

Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Mission statements are typically short and to the point, briefly communicating the nature of the organization’s work, impact , goals, and values. It should provide a clear explanation of the work you do and resonate with everyone involved—from top-level board members to the beneficiaries of your work. Here’s an example.

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Examples Language Iowa Nonprofit 95

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 4, 2016

She has taught undergraduate and graduate courses on such diverse subjects as Program Evaluation & Information Management, International NGOs, and Philanthropy. For how long have you worked at ASU? What do you think people should know about your work, or about the Lodestar Center, that they might not be aware of?

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Journal Associations Philanthropy Lesson 66

Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

The truth is, your members are not much different from you and me. Invite them to serve as a mentor, or even hold a leadership position. To keep members from going silent on you, be sure to continually evaluate your organizational strategy to ensure you’re providing value throughout the member journey, from recent grads to retirees.

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Associations Studies Benefit Attention 60

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

One of the concepts that the group designed was a strategy for collecting data from low income individuals which was identified as a key challenge for some participants who work with homeless populations. The team works on a practical project that take less than four weeks to complete.

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Data Help Measure Analysis 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

The group will working together over the next three years, meeting regularly face-to-face in the different countries as well as work together online. The design for this project was very different than my accustomed way of designing and delivering the Networked NGO trainings and social media skills. Fish Bowl Exericse.

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Rwanda Social Media Training Train 113

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2013

First though, I want to dedicate this post to one of my hero philanthropists, whose spirit ImpactRising’s work strives to embody. Dan was the sole anonymous donor for the program, which brushed off my indignity and furnished me with a new laptop, a mentor, and monthly checks for books, food and travel. A model of generosity.

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Consultant Resource Build Laptop 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Or maybe you have a board member who works in the business world and is or has connections to people who work in finance, market research, or analytics. The team works on a practical project that take less than four weeks to complete.

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Data Help Measure Analysis 109

Qgiv

JANUARY 13, 2022

Many nonprofits work in tandem with volunteers to move their mission forward and keep expenses down. Regardless of how you put your mission helpers to work, volunteer management at every level is key to developing happy, helpful, and empowered volunteers! Check these events that require 10 volunteers or less. Don’t Force It.

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Volunteer Management Help Tips 52

NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

The day is always productive as we spend time reviewing the work we’ve done and gearing up for the next few months. Through my work as executive director, I learned a few lessons that have helped engrain the value of thanking our volunteers for their contributions. We recognize non-traditional work. And it starts up top.

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Attitude Award Student Volunteer 61

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

What if they used a design thinking process to not only get feedback from grantees but as a way to develop a more agile way of working? I was thrilled to work with the Brainerd Foundation staff to help design and facilitate a design lab using techniques based on Luma Institute methods earlier this month.

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Design Strategy Facilitation Advocacy 50

Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2013

Customization (like “strategy” or “template”) means different things to different people, and its meaning can vary widely depending on whether you’re talking to an executive, end-user, or technologist. Evaluate your team: Do you have the right skills sets and capacity in house?

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Build API Evaluation Exercise 32

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2012

With 15 years of marketing experience and an MBA Degree, Debbie developed her marketing expertise while working in the high-tech industry, the Consumer Marketing Department at Disneyland Paris in France, the non-profit arena, and the insurance industry. Eric: What personality traits are ideal for a marketing leader ?

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Marketing Business Interview Industry 55

Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

I bike to work and at least once every couple of weeks it’s Lindsay having an awesome conversation with somebody that speeds up that commute for me. Really cool conversations, lots of different topics, social justice, criminal justice, I think you talked about last week. . – [Steven] Yeah. – [Lindsay] Yup.

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People Community Video Podcast 76

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 25, 2017

I often get asked questions about how a nonprofit’s website should look and behave and what benchmarking or evaluation tips I might have. Allison : When I consider a site, I take two different approaches. Figure out was is already working and what’s not. To get a better understanding, I turned to the experts.

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Design Websites Practice Philadelphia 35

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). So, decide today to secure a mentor who will work with you during 2011.

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Mentoring Kansas City Kansas Skills 62

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). A mentor always exercises the power of suggestion. They pose alternatives.

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Mentoring Tips Kansas City Kansas 55

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Rating someone based on a short time period instead of the entire evaluation period 8.

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Evaluation Mentoring Kansas City Kansas 53

Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2016

Here’s My Chance (HMC), a creative agency that works exclusively with nonprofits and socially responsible businesses, produced the project. The artists came from more than 20 different Philadelphia neighborhoods. We also worked with the Mural Arts’ Restorative Justice Program, specifically with The Guild.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2006

Photo by Jeska Linden in flickr Jeska Linden (Jeska Dzwigalski) is the Community Manager for Linden Lab , the creators of the virtual world Second Life , where she has worked since the summer of 2004. How did you end up working in a virtual world? You have worked with nonprofit organizations too ???? Mixed Reality Event ???

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Second Life Life Interview San Jose 50

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Place Work Mentoring Kansas City 47

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 19, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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Work Help Mentoring Kansas City 44

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). 3 Coaching And Mentoring Tips How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfa.

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