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DECEMBER 7, 2016

A few weeks ago, we aligned with the YW for a skills-based volunteering project with one of their partners, Independence High School in Manhattan. We discussed the work of our customers, including some of the issues they’re working on and how we help them through the use of technology. The students were quite interested in this.

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JUNE 12, 2017

Today’s nonprofit marketers must be experts in learning how to shift their organizational culture towards a culture of philanthropy. Nonprofit marketing teams want opportunities to improve their cross-departmental collaboration skills and competencies, but it also takes a new organizational mindset to nurture their development.

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APRIL 23, 2018

So often, we focus on what nonprofits can learn from corporations, whether it’s borrowing marketing best practices, taking an ROI-focused approach to measurement , or segmenting audiences with technology to fuel maximum engagement. But corporations can learn a lot from nonprofits, too, particularly around volunteer engagement.

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APRIL 18, 2016

What’s even cooler is how the value jumps higher when volunteers give their professional skills in law, finance, marketing, operations, you name it. Here are 3 reasons why it’s time to volunteer: Your investment of professional skill can make a lasting impact on a nonprofit’s sustainability. And who doesn’t want that?

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MAY 21, 2013

But what’s even more cool is that I continue to learn new things every day in this “real life.” Who would have known that we would learn all these things after we got our degrees (I know, looking back, it seems funny that we could ever think otherwise.). ” Shocker! So celebrate the diversity of your workplace.

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JULY 13, 2017

Strong and effective body language can help establish an immediate rapport with your audience and signal confidence in your message. This helps you exude positive energy and confidence. Learning these details about their likes, lifestyle and hobbies help you deepen your relationship. Practice truly makes perfect.

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OCTOBER 25, 2018

Youth unemployment was a critical issue for the city at that time – an issue that aligned with John Hancock’s business goals of providing meaningful job opportunities to young people in the community as well as helping them to be better prepared to enter the workforce.

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JUNE 28, 2019

Skills-based volunteerism can help to address this gap and is quickly becoming a volunteer trend. More than 4 million professionals have virtually raised their hand to become skilled volunteers via LinkedIn , and the New York Times reports that volunteer platforms are showing double to triple digit increases in engaged citizens.

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JULY 29, 2019

At Common Impact, we work to connect expert business volunteers to nonprofits that need help building organizational capacity in areas like marketing, finance, or HR. Technical volunteer requests can range from help in implementing a new database to support for a website redesign.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Strong and effective body language can help establish an immediate rapport with your audience and signal confidence in your message. This helps you exude positive energy and confidence. Learning these details about their likes, lifestyle and hobbies help you deepen your relationship. Practice truly makes perfect.

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MARCH 26, 2020

Skills-Based Volunteering. CommonImpact : Skilled volunteering can be a powerful way to support communities in preparation for and in times of crisis, both as a way to continue to engage with your community when traveling isn’t an option, and overall in supporting the resiliency of communities. .* There’s an app for that!

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AUGUST 20, 2019

Over the last year, we’ve done our best to extol the benefits of skills-based volunteerism to npEngage readers , offering best practices for and case studies on pro bono service. In fact, skills-based volunteerism has emerged in response to both corporate and nonprofit desires to make the most out of community service.

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DECEMBER 3, 2020

Learn more from Danielle about skill-based volunteering programs in the sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 124: Making Pro-Bono Volunteering Work for Your Organization. Learn more from Danielle about skill-based volunteering programs in the sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 124: Making Pro-Bono Volunteering Work for Your Organization.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Skills-based volunteering or Pro Bono support – We are seeing companies sharing the unique skills of employees in two ways: filling specific request for help from non-profit organizations or making skills-based help known to non-profits. We’re here to help!

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

Learn how technology can make the DBA’s job easier. . A nyway, one of the presenters said that us DBAs (or DBMs as he said and I am 10000% on board) are ‘a lot more than a list of technical skills.’ Why does it seem like we are on the proverbial hamster wheel when talking about our skill sets, or our impact on the department?

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MARCH 15, 2021

“We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.” – Peter Drucker. Learning is truly an everlasting endeavor. When we stop learning, we stop growing. But, they feel held back due to limited time for learning.

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APRIL 20, 2016

I wanted to write this book because I want more non-profit professionals to feel confident in their storytelling skills and be able to tell great stories. If you’ve ever wanted to get better at or learn more about something – try writing a book about! It’s the book I wished I was starting out as fundraiser.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Learning from mistakes. As I pondered the lessons I’ve learned in my career and how to drive social good to greater impact, I landed on eight recommendations for escalating collaboration to advance the social economy. I hope you find them helpful on your journey. So how do we apply this to social good?

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

This idea of “sticky” relationships that enable companies and nonprofits to drive meaningful progress on both mission and business goals is the third (and final) characteristic of The Knitting Factor, or Common Impact’s concept on creating transformative skills-based service. Don’t be afraid to say no or redirect resources. your programs.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

What we see through our work at Common Impact is increased employee excitement around programs like skills-based volunteerism, which provides a direct vehicle for a purpose-focused workforce to represent themselves and their company in society and in support of issues that matter. Skilled Volunteerism to Address Disaster Resiliency.

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JUNE 12, 2015

We like to joke that the magic “pixy dust” brought us together and the rest is Disney history or so the story goes… During our visit this spring, I was reminded about my time working with the mouse at Team Disney to help improve the visitor experience.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

Leading a group of passionate volunteers, doing deeds that help the community around you, and making a meaningful difference to an important cause are what make the job of a volunteer management leader worth it. Here at Galaxy Digital, we often work with volunteer leaders like you to help mobilize supporters and maximize impact.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2014

They’re trying more tactics, using more social media platforms, growing in their internal knowledge and skills, and focusing on becoming better storytellers. 15% say they are successful at tracking ROI; however, having a documented content marketing strategy helps (34% of those who possess one say they are successful at tracking ROI).

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JANUARY 19, 2021

Look to skilled volunteerism as a powerful resource. That’s where planning for capacity building and resilience efforts like skills-based volunteering can be key. As you adapt your plans, new gaps in your organization’s infrastructure – or old ones now in the spotlight – might be exposed.

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OCTOBER 9, 2019

Join Tim Hill and myself right after lunch for the Higher Education Strategy and Solution Showcase- we will be sharing more about our higher education roadmap and plans, exciting announcements and how to learn more year-round. This will help you pick your sessions. 6 Quick Tips to Help You Master bbcon. Map out a session grid.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

With this in mind, we recently took measures to evolve our community engagement platform, giving people access to a broad set of tools to help them engage and build purpose beyond their day-to-day roles. Furthermore, in 2019 we helped launch a mobile food pantry that will seek to support hard-to-reach communities. Tools of Engagement.

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APRIL 16, 2013

For a data nerd like myself, this was refreshing, as the average citizen started to gain a new found respect for a set of skills that had always largely been viewed as the sausage making that decision makers weren’t necessarily interested in understanding. that will help you understand. Self-Taught. Facilitator Led.

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OCTOBER 5, 2018

Learn more: Register for Blackbaud University’s “ Best Practices: Finance and Development—Partnering for Financial Success ” online class. Finance can help answer key questions like: How much money do you need for this project? Having finance involved from the beginning helps avoid conflicts surrounding these issues later.

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AUGUST 26, 2016

Deloitte’s 2016 Impact Survey found that skills-based volunteering presents an opportunity for employees to develop their professional and leadership skills, and often results in increased productivity, and ultimately increased employee retention. Be sure the program has impact. Take any Fortune 500 company as an example.

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APRIL 4, 2017

He was already an active volunteer and was passionate about helping nonprofit organizations raise funds. Today he has completed his education and volunteers with a program for which he helped secure funding. They have life experiences that help them relate to your donors. That is what led him to my class.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

When you first learned how to drive, someone had to teach you. You observed, you studied, and you learned. Help them SEE what you do. This will help focus their energy. Matching the skills of your board members to the needs of your campaign will help them stay engaged. Then you drove. Be thoughtful.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Analytics can help to determine trends, prescribe actions and responses, and provide a solid foundation for data-driven decision making. Data must often be cleaned up before you can consider a technology choice to help in analysis. Do we have the capabilities and skills in-house to do the analysis? What is “Analytics”? .

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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

According to the Brookings Institute , nonprofit organizations are showing a surging interest in tapping into the capabilities of not only artificial intelligence (AI), but also machine learning (ML) and data analytics. AI-driven solutions can help organizations advertise, screen, and hire prospective staff members.

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JANUARY 23, 2020

Today’s Q&A is with Barbara Newhouse, CEO of The Children’s Heart Foundation , where she is using her experience and lessons learned to create strengths from organizational challenges and rebuild a brand that staff, board, supporters, and volunteers can trust. Another one that I work at is “slow is smooth, smooth is fast.”.

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MAY 7, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches on and continues to cause distress, corporations are being entrusted – and expected – to lead the way to support and help solve the world’s most pressing issues. By addressing any of these five community needs, companies will help stem the devastating impact of the pandemic.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

As a nonprofit professional, how do you learn? Our approach is informed by new research, which found that nonprofits find great value in online learning. Here are a few key findings and what they mean for the ways your organization could support your ongoing learning. #1

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MAY 10, 2019

Children in this group are learning about values that will last a lifetime. Ensure that their faith and giving back are part of the lessons learned. Youth in this group are starting to develop their personalities, finding their way around life’s curves, and even learning to deal with bullies at school.

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