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5 Essential Employee Retention Tips for Nonprofit Managers

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Employee retention is critical for the health of any organization, particularly for nonprofits. High retention leads to better outcomes all around as the organization saves money and develops stronger performers internally. Plus, as a manager in a nonprofit, retention is a key component of your job.

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Volunteer Management & Retention Best Practices for Nonprofits

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To keep your volunteers as effective as possible, develop a volunteer management process that helps you recruit, train, and steward volunteers for your organization. Having a successful volunteer management strategy will help you increase your volunteer retention rate, which ultimately creates more efficient volunteer staff.

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Weaving Empathy into Action: The Crucial Role of Storytelling for Nonprofits

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From showcasing outcomes through compelling stories to highlighting the transparency and accountability that donors, volunteers, and partners who share your vision seek, dedicated online brand management will invariably fuel and amplify the impact of your unique mission. Powerful storytelling is the key.

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How to Drive High Donor Retention Rates with Text Messaging

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However, with the average donor retention rate sitting around 45%, many nonprofits struggle to sustain newly acquired donors’ support. In this guide, we’ll cover four best practices to increase your donor retention rate with text messaging. Donor retention is a key piece of any successful fundraising strategy.

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Why Leaders Need To Develop Their Middle Managers

Eric Jacobsen Blog

The book, Power To The Middle , shows how managers are the crucial link between a company’s ground floor and top brass. However, new KcKinsey research reveals that this outdated perspective needs to change and that well-developed managers are the strategy that companies must prioritize to succeed today,” they add.

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Volunteer Retention: What Makes them Stay?

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With the value of a volunteer hour approaching $29 in 2022, now is the time to focus on retention and better utilize your existing volunteer contacts. Simply put, to reduce turnover and increase retention, volunteers must be pleased with the environment in which they work and motivated by the tasks to which they are assigned.

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5 Volunteer Retention Challenges and How to Overcome Them

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Volunteer retention is crucial for nonprofits and other organizations that rely on volunteer support. In this guide, we’ll explore these five common volunteer retention challenges, along with tips for overcoming them: . Inability to match volunteers with roles that suit their skills and interests. . Volunteer burnout. .