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‘Peopling’ Avoidance Creates Back-to-Work Issues

NonProfit PRO

In those private rooms, leadership talks about struggles with workforce issues regarding where and how people work. Turnkey runs many peer experience sharing groups for C-Suite social good executives. Here’s what we’ve heard.

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Invest in People, Not Programs

NonProfit PRO

Research shows “trusting and investing” in people works. If this model works, why isn’t philanthropy and government moving from investing in programs to investing in people to address systemic inequalities in the U.S.?

People 289
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Build a Successful Team, Know Where Your People Thrive

.orgSource

If I asked you to describe the work styles of the colleagues on your team, could you tell me how each one prefers to solve problems? Do you know where greater diversity in thought and attitude is needed and what type of people would complement the current mix of personalities? Here’s an illustration of this idea from my experience.

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When Nonprofits Put Policy Over People

NonProfit PRO

Your people are your most important resource. Since they are doing such amazing work, don’t allow policies that punish them, but look to reward, encourage, and celebrate them instead.

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Setting work-life boundaries when working from home 

Candid

The shift to remote work is one of the most significant workplace trends we’ve seen in recent years. Four years later, many organizations ( including Candid ) continue to offer work-location flexibility. One reason many people prefer to work from home is the potential for better work-life balance.

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How to Collect Compelling Stories to Use in Your Fundraising Work

The Fundraising Authority

We need our donors emotionally involved and excited about our work… not bored. That’s why we need to incorporate stories into our fundraising work. The first is the “story” of your non-profit – this is the overall story arc that is being told by your organization about your work, and includes your big picture vision and mission.

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Webinar: Event Staff Don’t Want to “People” Anymore

NonProfit PRO

Is your staff shying away from face-to-face work with others they did pre-COVID? We speed-talk about the challenges of getting people back into close proximity with others. Turns out, that's happening at a lot of organizations.

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