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Unions and their role in the social sector

Candid

In honor of Labor Day, this blog—the first in a two-part series—offers insights into the various roles that unions play within the social sector, based on data from available recent tax filings (2016 and on). . Unions are both local and national. What is a union? . Unions are diverse.

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Strengthening program evaluation in your nonprofit

ASU Lodestar Center

In your organization, this may look like negative attitudes toward evaluation, poor research designs and collecting data but not using the data. What attitudes toward evaluation are present? The evaluator takes on many roles: facilitator, technical expert, and sometimes a shoulder to cry. are available? Create a written plan.

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Surviving As A New Nonprofit: 12 Focus Areas For Nonprofit Leaders

Bloomerang

Mission overlap isn’t always a bad thing, as nonprofits can collaborate well, but you’re starting an uphill battle if another local organization already does the job you hope to do. They have invaluable information about everything from organizational advice to local legislation that you may need to pay attention to. .

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How to Prevent Burnout at Your Nonprofit, From the Experts

Classy

A: With many nonprofit leaders holding multiple hats and roles in their organizations, we constantly hear that they are exhausted. Sudden cynical attitude about the job, company, or working conditions . It is okay to not always have a “can-do” attitude if your plate is already overflowing. Compassion fatigue is real.

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7 Ideas for a Virtual New Year’s Eve Event

AccelEvents

This will require planning as you’ll have to assign roles, build your plot, and send props to attendees but the payoff will be more than worth it. . You can offer prize packages related to your brands but also partner with other local businesses to put together a prize package that will get people really excited to play!

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Help Your Helpers! Top Tips for Managing Volunteers

Qgiv

Complex volunteer roles may call for more leadership, networking, and organizational duties, such as serving as a committee member or event chair. Most of the hypothetical situations or examples we’ll explore will be focused around event committee recruitment and those more complex volunteer roles.

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7 Ideas for a Virtual New Year’s Eve Event

AccelEvents

This will require planning as you’ll have to assign roles, build your plot, and send props to attendees but the payoff will be more than worth it. . You can offer prize packages related to your brands but also partner with other local businesses to put together a prize package that will get people really excited to play!

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