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Mentoring Staff New to Nonprofit Work

ASU Lodestar Center

Some believe that nonprofit work is more of a calling than a career, but when one considers that this ‘calling’ is responsible for literally billions of dollars changing hands each year in our own country alone, it’s a calling of high importance. Not everything translates from for-profit to nonprofit.

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How Can Nonprofits Build High-Performing Teams?

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Shannon Harrell Fall 2018 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Unlike for-profits, nonprofits must do more with less. In an article for the Stanford Social Innovation Review Monisha Kapila says “The nonprofit sector is known for underinvesting in talent. Approach Human Resources Strategically.

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How to Engage Employees in National (Virtual) Volunteer Month

Saleforce Nonprofit

Each April, hundreds of thousands of companies and nonprofits celebrate National Volunteer Month in the United States — and millions more throughout the year celebrate across the world. Hand Pick Nonprofit Partners & Provide Specific Volunteering Opportunities . This year, Salesforce launched the Citizen Philanthropy program.

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11 Nonprofit Thought Leaders You Should Be Following

NonProfit Hub

Check out these social media accounts and websites from the best thought leaders the nonprofit sector has to offer. Julia is an author, consultant and speaker who helps plan and launch modern nonprofit marketing campaigns. Vu takes a humorous, realist approach to nonprofit management with his blog called “Nonprofit AF.”

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Upwardly Global: Bridging the Opportunity Gap for Skilled Immigrants

Tech Soup

are unemployed or considerably underemployed despite having worked as engineers, doctors, scientists, accountants, and nonprofit professionals in their home countries. Although that plant was considered a model employer for refugees at the time, Jane met employees who included a former engineer from Iraq and a surgeon from Bosnia.

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How can leadership development strategies improve retention in nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

A critical issue in the nonprofit sector is staff turnover, often referred to as the nonprofit turnover treadmill. This problem is compounded by nonprofits’ lack of investment in manager training, leaving nonprofit organizations unprepared for the inevitable succession of leadership (Koenig, 2016).

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QuickBooks Helps BITS Serve Struggling Youth

Tech Soup

"By Youth, For Youth" is the motto of Business in the Streets (BITS), a Toronto-based Canadian Registered Charity that focuses on peer mentorship for struggling and low-income youth with a business idea. " From Peer Mentor to Program Manager. Veronika got her start at BITS by volunteering as a peer mentor in 2013.

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