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Soft Skills Support Hard Leadership Challenges

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Focus on Mentoring Sue is a relationship builder. Mentoring is something I am passionate about,” Sue advised. Invest in Training “It’s incumbent on organizations to invest in their volunteers. Leadership training helps directors to learn and practice the skills needed to navigate the complexities of board service.

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January Cause Awareness: National Mentoring Month

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Positive mentoring relationships are so important to the success of youth everywhere. That’s why we take time every January to celebrate National Mentoring Month! If you’re wondering how you can celebrate the mentors in your life or even become a mentor yourself, here’s a little bit about National Mentoring Month.

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How to Enhance Your Nonprofit’s Written Content with Artificial Intelligence

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It is trained on a massive dataset of text and code, and it can generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer your questions in an informative way. Google’s Bard is a generative language model from Google AI, trained on a massive dataset of text and code.

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Onboarding the Board—Your Opportunity to Promote Peak Performance

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A calendar of events. Assigning a mentor is one of the most effective strategies to ensure that new directors get up to speed quickly. In situations where first-timers are not acquainted with others in the group, a mentor can significantly increase their comfort level and their ability to contribute. Financial statements.

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A Grateful Note to End 2020

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The end of the calendar year is traditionally a time of reflection – looking back on the year’s achievements, challenges, joys, and losses. So, even as we eagerly await the turn of the calendar page to 2021, we cannot resist the temptation to reflect a bit.

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How to Start a Volunteer Program: 12 Steps for Success

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Volunteers provide nonprofits with the on-the-ground support they need to further their missions, whether that means helping to build homes, providing meals for food-insecure families, mentoring local youths, or cleaning up trash at local parks. Train volunteers. Train volunteers. Craft a mission statement.

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Your 2022 Guide to Blackbaud’s K-12 Conference

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She has expertise in academic record management and reporting, student data privacy, implementing technology solutions, designing and delivering training, and developing policies and procedures. Plan your personal session agenda, block off time on your calendar, and be ready to take notes. Register for free today!