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Volunteer Training: Exceeding Expectations

Volunteer Hub

A study, performed by Middlesex University for Work Based Learning, found that 74% of people felt they weren’t achieving their full potential due to lack of development opportunities. Here are a few additional benefits hands on training provides: Provides supporters with a safe learning environment. Take Training Online.

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Developing staff technology skills in your nonprofit

NTEN

It’s boring, and it doesn’t really improve people’s skills. Maybe it imparts knowledge, but people can’t transfer that to a real-life environment. Provide training in small doses, maybe five or ten minutes during a staff meeting or via a video people can watch during a coffee break.

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5 things to know about philanthropy to HBCUs

Candid

Despite being historically underfunded, these institutions have been essential in educating Black people, developing leaders, and addressing inequality. HBCU students are] in a learning environment that’s a safe, brave, and encouraging space for them to be fully who they are.”

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How to Keep Donors Engaged Using Emerging Technologies

Cloud 4 Good

Pencils of Promise (PoP) was founded in October 2008 to help build safe and healthy learning environments for young children worldwide. Diversifying Engagement Strategies Consider that the Pencils of Promise supporter base is comprised of people from many different backgrounds.

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How can diversity, equity and inclusion strategies help nonprofits stay relevant?

ASU Lodestar Center

Diversity highlights all the ways in which people differ; equity is the fair treatment, access, opportunity and advancement for all individuals; and inclusion is the act of creating environments where all individuals and groups can feel welcomed, respected, supported and valued to fully participate. Why does DEI matter?

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The Seven Elements Of A Good Workplace Culture

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Those seven elements are: Stay Flexible - create a continuous learning environment with flexibility and a certain disdain for roles. Hire Learners - individuals who are curious and willing to learn on their own. A culture particularly well suited for digital.

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Getting the Most out of your Social Learning Program

Gyrus

If you are looking to implement a brand new social platform and it works nothing like what people are already familiar with, there is a chance that the users will forego this feature, or worse yet… have to be trained on the new functionality. Focus on ways to maximize user interaction with the learning environment.

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