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Hire Fresh Talent—But Before You Shop, Check the Fridge

.orgSource

In this competitive environment, the impact that people make on brand and culture has never been more important. Applicants are seeking work/life balance, personal fulfillment, and career development. Personal fulfillment, career development, and work/life balance are among the intangibles that applicants are seeking.

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Youth community service: Belonging, reciprocity, and agency 

Candid

How do young people today see their role in making the world a better place, and what are the implications for the social sector? The inclusion of awareness raising and “working with others” suggests a need for social connections in the wake of a pandemic, school closings, police violence, campus shootings, and other trauma. “At

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5 Strategies To Nurture Active Board Engagement

Bloomerang

By recognizing and addressing their unique requirements, you create an environment in which they feel valued and invested in your organization’s mission. This means sending out regular emails each week that are specially made to say “thank you” and recognize the board members for taking an active role.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

sgEngage

We all want to know whether our work makes a difference. We offer some practical tips, some examples of funders doing this work, and some resources. Work with community participants to identify roles and set parameters around what they do and don’t want to do as part of MEL. But is this the right question?

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Guest Post: Transcending the middle with a metrics mindset

Twenty Hats

Albeit an essential role, volunteer management is frequently overlooked as the department that works to serve the needs of all the others. It can be a struggle and is eerily similar to being stuck in the middle; forced to live with one foot on each side of organizational dynamics; the go-between in the micro and macro of work.

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Strengthening program evaluation in your nonprofit

ASU Lodestar Center

Does the environment support change, accountability, and communication? Identify champions and people to work with. Someone with a sense of humor who can see the big-picture to promote a positive environment and ground the experience. What worked for whom and under what conditions? Create a written plan.

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How can nonprofits effectively recruit and retain high-performing employees?

ASU Lodestar Center

When recruiting employees, nonprofit organizations must be well versed in the non-monetary and intrinsic rewards of working with their organization. Some examples of non-monetary incentives that are popular in the nonprofit sector are flexible work environments, robust paid time off plans, casual office dress codes, flextime and more.