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How can professional development advance nonprofit performance and ensure sustainability?

ASU Lodestar Center

Professional development (PD) is the "process of improving and increasing capabilities of staff through access to education and training." While conferences were once the only idea in gaining professional development skills, peer-to-peer mentoring is shown to give the highest output of learned skills.

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How can effective leadership succession planning result in nonprofit sustainability?

ASU Lodestar Center

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. Planning for the future – or living in the moment?

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Cloud for Good and ASU Announce Talent for Good Partnership

Cloud 4 Good

March 4, 2022 [Asheville, NC] – Cloud for Good today announced a partnership with Arizona State University (ASU) for the Talent for Good apprenticeship program. trillion in new business revenues worldwide, leaving organizations searching for trained talent on both platform and industry-specific solutions. About Cloud for Good.

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How can nonprofit recruiting strategies improve organizational effectiveness?

ASU Lodestar Center

To search for and hire the right people, every nonprofit should have at least one dedicated human resource (HR) professional. An HR professional brings four important dimensions to managing staff: 1.) professional development. She and her husband have four children and have lived in Arizona for over 40 years.

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How can employee engagement strategies ensure nonprofit success?

ASU Lodestar Center

Development encompasses training and mentorships that can fulfill employees’ personal and professional growth. Sabrina Esquivel is a 2021 graduate of the Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management program at Arizona State University. Development.

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The importance of professional development in the nonprofit sector

ASU Lodestar Center

Professional development is a great tool to combat these issues and allows all individuals to continue to thrive within their organization. Additional training to individuals can also assist in expanding their knowledge on certain subjects that may be beneficial to them in the future. ASU Lodestar Center.

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Staff and Volunteer Training Tips

ASU Lodestar Center

Kate Elliott, Training Administrator, Planned Parenthood Arizona. Providing formal training to staff and volunteers has obvious benefits for an organization, individual staff members and volunteers. For staff members and volunteers, training is a means of professional development many are eager to receive.