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The volunteer management lifecycle: Refresh or reboot?

Charity Village

The volunteer management cycle is the best practice model for the lifecycle of volunteer engagement and for many years has been the foundation of important best practices such as planning, screening, policy development, and onboarding and offboarding procedures that volunteer programs follow.

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Growing the Roots of Consensus in Nonprofit Governance

Blue Avocado

Starting as a small volunteer group in 1997, KindTree embraced the power of consensus to guide their mission and grow as a unified force. The post Growing the Roots of Consensus in Nonprofit Governance appeared first on Blue Avocado.

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Raise the Board’s Financial IQ

.orgSource

And, in the current volatile environment, you need the best governance you can get. But for the rest of us, ensuring that volunteer leaders are up to speed on the numbers is a significant responsibility. Don’t Forget Policies and Procedures There’s more to oversight than reading the financial statements.

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Top Ten Data Challenges (And Solutions) for Associations

Association Analytics

Solution : Solve this challenge by creating a data capture policy. 4: Nobody Wants to Own Data Governance Challenge : Do you have a set of rules that nobody seems to follow? Or, did a brave soul volunteer to work on data governance only to find themselves restricted by those in higher positions?

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Don't Let Association Data Myths Hold Back Your Analytics

Association Analytics

The three most common myths that hold associations back from getting started on their analytics journey are data cleanliness, data governance and data strategy. Myth 2: We Need a Data Governance Policy Before We Begin Analysis. It is critical for modern businesses to have an effective data governance policy.

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How can nonprofits implement a strategic public policy agenda to achieve greater impact?

ASU Lodestar Center

Public policy and the nonprofit sector. Public policy at all levels of government has the ability to threaten the work of all nonprofits (National Council of Nonprofits, 2019). At the federal level, we see this threat in tax, regulatory, and spending policies. Illustration by Yuxin Qin. A missed opportunity.

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Navigating the Conundrum of Auxiliaries

VQ Strategies

They go by many different names – volunteer councils, auxiliaries, “friends” groups, and more – but regardless of their varied titles, such groups share a great deal. In recent years, we have conducted surveys and interviews at institutions with longstanding volunteer councils. But there are also many that are, well, less so.