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Tips to strengthen your volunteer program and empower member volunteers

Nimble AMS

If so, you’re well aware that v olunteers are an invaluable resource , helping to advance your mission and drive success across your organization. A nd learn volunteer empowerment strategies to try out at your organization! The peer groups also offer opportunities for member v olunteers to develop more skills and become leaders.

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Youth community service: Belonging, reciprocity, and agency 

Candid

As with previous research, the survey found that youth who volunteered reported gains in leadership skills (77%), career readiness (70%), and a sense of belonging (67%). The Allstate Foundation not only provides resources directly to youth-led service initiatives but also involves youth in funding decisions.

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10 Questions …. Kate Behncken, global head, Microsoft Philanthropies

The NonProfit Times

Her dedication to amplifying marginalized voices, paired with her vision for political empowerment, shows what it means to lead with purpose and passion. We don’t have the expertise nor the resources to be first responders. Describe in your mind tech scalability in regions challenged by lack of basic resources.

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Changing lives through financial empowerment

ASU Lodestar Center

the resources to financial literacy known in our communities. Learning to save and budget money isn’t something that comes naturally to most of us, but is rather a learned skill set. Moreover, many parents feel. uncomfortable talking to their children about money, so where are young. people supposed to go for information?

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4 Ways Pro Bono Service Impacts Volunteers, Companies, Nonprofits & Schools

Saleforce Nonprofit

Empowerment is the greatest form of impact. Effective pro bono volunteer programs — also known as skills-based volunteering — are built upon this idea. While the obvious benefit is that nonprofits and schools are empowered by resources that might otherwise be out of reach, the value extends further.

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Guest Post: Transcending the middle with a metrics mindset

Twenty Hats

Add to that the cost of your volunteers’ time, which can be calculated by referencing the follow resource(s): [link]. Once you’ve calculated the cost of human resources, now add simple, high level numbers attached to the other resources required to complete the project(s).

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Interview with Lindsay Gruber: Building Corporate Resilience through Pro Bono Volunteerism

Saleforce Nonprofit

Taproot connects nonprofits and other social change organizations with skilled volunteers sharing their expertise pro bono. The need for services is skyrocketing while sources of funding and resources are being hit. CT: Do you think professionals understand how crucial their skills are to nonprofits right now?