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Onboarding the Board—Your Opportunity to Promote Peak Performance

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The matrix is a diagram that helps the board outline its current characteristics, pinpoints gaps in demographics or talent, and identifies what skills are needed in the future. Enlist your marketing department to craft audience-specific messaging for maximum impact. Celebrate Success. Board service is an honor and a privilege.

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Empower association volunteers to boost member engagement

Nimble AMS

Mentoring program. A great way to increase member engagement in your organization is to develop your mentoring program. If you’re looking to build bridges with younger professionals , Gen Z and Millennial members are especially interested in mentoring opportunities.

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The AI Fix-It Fantasy: What Won’t Change in Your Nonprofit

John Kenyon

– Communication Quirks: Sure, AI can schedule your social media posts and even draft some snazzy emails, but it won’t magically make your message resonate with your audience. So, keep those storytelling skills sharp and remember: authenticity beats automation any day.

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Flat, Tall, or In Between—Is It Time to Evaluate Your Organizational Structure?

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You are ready to add new categories of membership, sell products to a different audience, expand programs, or even revise the business model. To give others agency to become decision-makers, you must trust in their skill to perform and their integrity to do the right thing. These are telltale signs: Your strategy has changed.

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What Is Volunteerism? A Guide to the History & Benefits

Bloomerang

Offering virtual volunteer opportunities helps many nonprofit organizations connect with new audiences and grow their reach beyond their local communities. are fundraising or selling items to raise money (36%), preparing or distributing food (34%), collecting and distributing goods or clothing (26.5%), and mentoring youths (26%).

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1 Million Trailhead Badges: Lessons from Salesforce.org’s Trailhead Journey

Saleforce Nonprofit

In early 2018, a band of adventurers who came to be known as the Salesforce.org Trailhead Editorial Board set out to reach customers, partners, and pro bono volunteers with a comprehensive menu of skills-based training. The challenge was to meet the needs of multiple audiences.

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How Skills-Based Volunteerism Creates Transformational Experiences

Connection Cafe

A few weeks ago, we aligned with the YW for a skills-based volunteering project with one of their partners, Independence High School in Manhattan. I look forward to staying connected with them and plan to do whatever I can to help mentor them as they continue their education and pursue their careers.

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