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15 highlights from Xperience 2022

Nimble AMS

Rachel Seratte led the session, teaching administrators what to expect in their new role and how to use Nimble AMS to get the job done. During COVID-19 and in the wake of early teacher retirements, Matt Walker, Director of IT, explained that MSTA’s retention rate was declining. Best practices for Nimble AMS administrators.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Using Posters To Spark Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I designed a 90-minute workshop focused on “Human-Centered Social Media Strategy” which teaches how to apply a simple design-thinking technique, creating personas, as the basis of your digital strategy. The next exercise was a small group exercise that modeled the first step a small nonprofit might do to build an audience persona.

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How can professional development advance nonprofit performance and ensure sustainability?

ASU Lodestar Center

First, it helps with staff retention rates. According to a Stanford Social Innovation Review survey, 70 percent of social-sector leaders report that they learned their leadership skills outside of formal training; 67 percent identified "exposure to challenges and career transitions as development opportunities.".

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150+ Creative Ways to Show Donors Appreciation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Nonprofit organizations have a lot of challenges relating to fundraising. Every tactic here is as much about retention and appreciation as it is about perks. Can you adapt the training for donors as a group teaching session? Allow voting for the board (if you have this membership model).

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Top Five Factors That Drive Employee Loyalty

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Employee pay often is not the most important driver for employee retention. To learn more about employee retention and the reasons employees decide to leave an organization, read Overland Park, KS author Leigh Branhams book, The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave. In fourth place is an organizations financial stability.

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Use A Board Of Advisors

Eric Jacobsen Blog

The Leadership Challenge -- "This book examines the practices that make leaders effective and teaches aspiring leaders how to inspire and lead others," explained Burkus. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done. Dont limit your time for only your direct reports.

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Be A Developing Leader

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Developing leaders: Create the next generation of leaders Are great listeners Grow talent by challenging others to take on more than what they think they can do Are open, honest and direct Model the behavior they want to mentor for others If you havent read Judith E. Glasers book, The DNA of Leadership , give it a read.

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