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How can effective leadership succession planning result in nonprofit sustainability?

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Training, development and resource support are often scarce within the sector, leading to increased workload and decreased training for necessary roles, which adds to the “struggle to hire and train employees,” as Paul Light asserts. Create a trajectory and people will be future-motivated. Validate your work.

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Are nonprofit volunteer retention strategies vital to a thriving team?

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Treat volunteers and the roles asked of them with respect and importance. Give every volunteer a written job title, a job description, and the appropriate training to fulfill the role they have accepted. Brian Hetzer is a graduate of the Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management program at Arizona State University.

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Is a crisis management plan enough?

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Crises offer an opportunity for nonprofit professionals to step into leadership roles and requires those already in leadership to manage effectively to ensure that the board and the executive leadership teams are engaged. Natalia Hurley is a graduate of the Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management program at Arizona State University.

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How can we work better together?

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Professionals use it daily, whether it is athletes sharing roles in sports or managers sharing responsibilities with their teammates. Internally, organizations should embrace a collaborative leadership model because it feeds a positive culture to both their staff and their stakeholders. C havez is also a former U.S.

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Research Friday: The Role of Ethnic Identity in Positive Youth Development

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Arizona State University. This week Nonprofit Management and Leadership student Rosela Martinez discusses her research on the role of Ethnic Identity in positive youth development. Likewise, youth undoubtedly have a role in the fulfillment of the mission of any organization. posted by Rosela Martinez , Student. Witherspoon, D.,

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How can nonprofits use technology to increase their impact?

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Use transformational leadership traits such as being a role model for the use of new technology, survey organization staff to identify training needs, familiarize themselves with the tools they are already using, and get comfortable with and create policies and procedures that include the use of technology.

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How can nonprofit leaders enact effective practices to achieve the promise of social equity?

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Nonprofit leaders play an integral role in the promise of social equity. Without leadership prioritizing equitable practices, class representation suffers in these roles and lessens sector diversity. David Ross is a graduate of the Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management program at Arizona State University.