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Were We Crazy to Pursue Service Enterprise Certification? Our Rewarding Journey with SEI

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posted by Susan Nusall Director of Volunteers at Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education/Arizona Bar Foundation. What comes to mind when you hear Diagnostic Survey? We have trainings, we have orientations, we have recognition… We thought we would just sail through the process.

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How can the strategic planning process promote effective nonprofit decision-making?

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Leaders need to take time to include input from many stakeholders through surveys, focus groups, conversations, and meetings. Leaders need to balance these two elements and keep an open mind. Bob Sell is a 2021 graduate of the Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management program at Arizona State University.

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What strategies can nonprofit leaders use to move program beneficiaries into program partners?

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In a survey of the charitable community through the Independent Sector (PDF), nonprofit professionals admitted that they need more engagement with their stakeholders. However, after looking at the benefits that might arise, leaders in the sector may change their mind. Illustration by Yuxin Qin. Obstacle 1: “We have no money.”.

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Employee engagement: Keeping the right people

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Dianna Schwartz , Public Allies Arizona Alumna. It seemed that my issue might linger indefinitely with this shall-go-unnamed agency, until one day, when a customer service representative took me off hold and turned out to be an especially attentive, thorough, and service-minded individual. Provide management skills training.

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Diversity recruitment key to nonprofit boards achieving mission

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A first-of-its-kind, comprehensive national survey found that 86 percent of nonprofit board members in the United States are non-Hispanic whites. Throughout the process of building a diverse board, which will have the inevitable ups and downs of any new initiative, there are two words to keep in mind and stay on track.

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The Necessity of Strong Infrastructure in Nonprofits

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A poll of the general public done by Grey Matter Research and Consulting found that 61 percent of adults surveyed felt that charities should only spend between 10 and 29 cents of every dollar on overhead. Katy Dennis-Bishop is a graduate of the Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management program at Arizona State University.

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How Can Nonprofits Increase Leadership and Staff Diversity?

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Katherine Cecala (2016), the current President of Junior Achievement of Arizona, shared research revealing that the human service subsector tends to have more women as a whole, yet Caucasian men tend to hold the majority of the higher-level positions. of households in Phoenix, Arizona speak Spanish. Schwartz, R., Weinberg, J.,