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Navigating the Conundrum of Auxiliaries

VQ Strategies

They go by many different names – volunteer councils, auxiliaries, “friends” groups, and more – but regardless of their varied titles, such groups share a great deal. In recent years, we have conducted surveys and interviews at institutions with longstanding volunteer councils. A Path to Change.

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Social Media in the Board Room

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Their handbook provides a good blueprint for staff, affiliates and volunteer to serve as ambassadors for the organization on social networks. . If we're talking about scaling engagement of a nonprofit by allowing all staff and volunteers to participate, why should the board be exempt? Tags: change management.

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Ctrl+Alt+Delete: Rebooting Your Digital Community Building

NTEN

She is the co-founder and volunteer executive director of Paper Darts , a literary arts organization, and currently serves as vice chair of the board of directors for the Twin Cities chapter of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network. In 2010, she published her short book and ebook, Nine Steps to a Successful Fundraising Campaign.

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Annual Planning in an Ever-Changing World

Connection Cafe

And in this new normal, you all did amazing things: Arts & cultural organizations and educational institutions reached out to patrons and their community through social media and other technologies. Corporations and organizations opened their event centers and supplied volunteers, donations, and other gifts in kind.

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Learning to Love the Re-Org: How We Executed a Staff Restructuring

Museum 2.0

She was a retired HR executive and a treasured museum volunteer. She had volunteered to run management trainings for staff as we had started to grow, and she had become a trusted confidant to me and to some of my colleagues. As it turned out, everyone’s job changed. Some people changed managers.

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Learn The Art Of Effective Messaging

Eric Jacobsen Blog

► November (10) Read "The Seven Arts Of Change" 4 Quick Tips For How To Lead More Effectively 5 Reasons To Do An Employee Survey Give Positive Feedback. . -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Don't Praise.

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Make It Easy For Employees To Volunteer

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Sunday, March 28, 2010 Make It Easy For Employees To Volunteer April 18-24 is National Volunteer Week. will celebrate and honor their volunteers. If you are not already volunteering, what a great time to start. Make a commitment to yourself to start volunteering before that week starts! Don't Praise.