Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

It may make sense to hire someone to give you that help, especially if that person has the skills you need and can work remotely. A virtual assistant is an independent contractor who provides services for clients while working from their home office. Be sure to ask for work samples if appropriate for the work you are requesting.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

What would you do differently? We surveyed over 700 nonprofits to find out what advice they’d give themselves and others about fundraising in the new normal. Many nonprofit organizations have made the transition to working remotely due to COVID-19 health concerns. Work with Existing Partners In New Ways.

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Candid

AUGUST 29, 2023

Cynicism towards work: feeling negative, irritable, or jaded towards your colleagues or clients, or a loss of belief in your work or organization. Lack of accomplishment: struggling to be effective or efficient at work, noticing lower productivity or capability, or feeling low on morale and coping skills. Sound familiar?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

This year’s top auctioneers are driving impactful change, raising crucial funds and leveraging their expertise to make a difference for great causes worldwide. He works one-on-one with a tight-knit client base that allows him to concentrate on each charity, school and organization that he helps. Want proof?

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It’s more important than ever to share your mission in a way that is real, relevant, and sensitive to what’s going on within your organization’s environment and the impact of your work. Remember, as you navigate the news cycle and other big issues, they shouldn’t take away from the importance of your work as a nonprofit.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

There are a lot of things that separate work in the nonprofit world from work in the for-profit sector, but the need for solid professional development opportunities isn’t one of them. Consider their skills, experiences, and professional development goals. Instead, it’s (brace yourself) a lack of cash.

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Volunteer Hub

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Ensuring a volunteer program has a balance of volunteers from different backgrounds has a measurable impact on an organization’s success. Diversity is the idea that the workplace is made up of various people from different cultures, countries, nationalities, ethnic backgrounds, religions, and different sexual orientations.

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Volunteer Hub

MAY 5, 2023

To improve the experience for volunteers, nonprofits should focus on providing a supportive environment, clear communication, flexible opportunities for involvement, and a chance for personal growth. Provide different forms of recognition. Provide different forms of recognition to accommodate the preferences of volunteers.

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Volunteer Hub

AUGUST 30, 2021

What I love most about working for VolunteerHub is having the opportunity to make a big impact with so many different organizations, from food banks, to humane societies, shelters, and much more. One of my favorite things about working for VolunteerHub is talking to clients and telling success stories in the form of case studies.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 20, 2021

Accomplished leadership and executive coaches Bill Berman and George Bradt have discovered over the past 30 years that: People lose their ability to influence others and impact the organizations they work at because they are not focused on the most essential, mission-critical business and cultural priorities of the organization.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 23, 2021

As an business executive, he found the perfect environment to apply these skills. It’s not easy or without obstacles, and sometimes it even takes more than hard work, maybe even a bit of luck. For the non-athletic reader what are some ways to gain teamwork skills early in life?

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Volunteer Hub

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

A few of the most common expectations that volunteers have include a welcoming work environment, resources and tools needed to complete their job, training and support, accommodations and scheduling flexibility, and ongoing communication. Assess the knowledge and skills of volunteers, look for gaps. Establish objectives.

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

With every new feature I’m always just as excited to see what our clients will think to do with it. During my time at Nimble AMS I’ve had the opportunity of working with the QA, DevOps and most recently the Evergreen squad. I’ve been working with and managing the Support Team for Nimble AMS since its inception. .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Deliver bad news quickly, constructively, and in a spirit of professional development. Create a work environment based on inclusiveness, welcoming others' suggestions and points of view. Always remember to: Recognize achievements and accomplishments often. Celebrate success. Praise in public, censure in private.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The Bible is replete with God’s commands to proclaim good news, heal the sick, comfort the downtrodden, feed the hungry, and to care for orphans and widows. By design, the Church thrives in this environment. Pursue ecumenical relationships focused upon the mission that unites rather than doctrinal differences that divide.

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Volunteer Hub

JUNE 2, 2021

For most people who volunteer, the motivation is to make a difference and give something back to society. If you take up volunteering while you’re still of working age, you can expect your career prospects to gain a boost. Here are 4 ways that volunteerism can provide you with value. Further Your Career.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 30, 2021

Volunteers are not that different from paid staff in many ways. And in other ways they’ve very different. They are so passionate about the work your organization does that they signed up to help even though the work does not pay. Brainstorm the skills, talents, and abilities you need so your marketing is clear.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

Include email addresses of all employees and phone numbers of those who work directly with volunteers. Volunteer opportunities: Describe each volunteer role, including expected time commitment, required skills, and what the volunteer will be doing. Different roles may have different requirements, and some might require an interview.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 2, 2020

Deliver bad news quickly, constructively, and in a spirit of professional development. Create a work environment based on inclusiveness, welcoming others' suggestions and points of view. Always remember to: Recognize achievements and accomplishments often. Celebrate success. Praise in public, censure in private.

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Twenty Hats

MAY 3, 2021

From an outsider’s eye, volunteer management may look easy: just be friendly when volunteers come in and thank them when they leave; be thankful you even have volunteers coming in to do the mission-oriented work. If only our work was that simple. And how do you train co-workers who engage volunteers in this approach?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 22, 2018

Congress are undermining decades of the sector’s work on immigration; women, minority and LGBTQ rights; the environment; and the social contract with government—among other issues. What we learned—among other things—is that “wellbeing” has become a new capacity. Welcome to the new normal.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

Carolyn has many years of hands-on experience working in the trenches of nonprofit fundraising across Texas and beyond. Carolyn has been part of the Qgiv extended family since 2019—we proudly partner to help make a difference in our communities. Q: What if one I have only basic office skills? My mind was a sponge.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

Key takeaways from Grubb's new book, Clash of the Generations , include: Old habits - not old people - kill innovation , and pairing veteran workers with younger ones has proven to spur innovation at many companies. Understand that work ethic means very different things to each generation and this includes time in the office.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Key takeaways from Grubb's new book, Clash of the Generations , include: Old habits - not old people - kill innovation , and pairing veteran workers with younger ones has proven to spur innovation at many companies. Understand that work ethic means very different things to each generation and this includes time in the office.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 30, 2017

Key takeaways from Grubb's new book, Clash of the Generations , include: Old habits - not old people - kill innovation , and pairing veteran workers with younger ones has proven to spur innovation at many companies. Understand that work ethic means very different things to each generation and this includes time in the office.

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Classy

JULY 20, 2021

Loyalty, trust, and a strong understanding of the product offerings are some of the main factors that influence a customer’s decision to work with a certain company, and that starts with one of the first people they meet, an account executive. So why do account executives choose to work at Classy specifically?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

At this year’s Council on Foundations conference in New Orleans, I had the honor of doing a mini-workshop for CEOs of Community Foundations as part of a half-day pre-conference session organized by the Knight Digital Media Center called “Digital Strategies for Community Foundations.”

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Gyrus

APRIL 5, 2018

What skill-sets are required? How about, will it work within your pre-existent learning environment? Always check the technical specifications available for a new LMS and its ability to address the goals of your learner needs. Will there be issues to integrate divergent systems or different types of systems?

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

how to set boundaries, say no, share bad news? Trying to re-learn how to work on a team? Struggling with letting go of hard-care contracts into a more agile environment. Separation of strategy work and managing vendor neutrality. And needs new bathrobe to wear at work? what are the red flags?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Here’s an example of what it will look like and how it will work. The good news is that Facebook’s new design is based on better data visualization. The bad news is that all that data is probably better for Facebook’s advertisers than for you. Changed Environment: Facebook Becomes The Internet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2015

Social media thought leader Charlene Li has published another book titled “ The Engaged Leader: A Strategy for Your Digital Transformation ” that provides organizational and business leaders with the skills and path to habit change they need to lead in a connected world. What won’t you share? What is off limits?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 22, 2009

I wanted to use today to focus in on a question recently posed by my good friend Joe Solomon on Twitter : What are the nonprofit/orgs that are working 2 wire the green movement, like what @ netsquared does 4 nonprofits, @ sunfoundation for politics; which orgs are working to expose data, leverage soc media, connect the orgs together?

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Forj

JUNE 7, 2021

However, as you begin searching for your association’s next solution, you’ll quickly come across a new option on the market— learning experience platforms (LXPs). But, what really is an LXP and how is it different from your typical LMS? Throughout our work, we’ve seen the rise of LXPs firsthand. Driven by the learner.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

For this conversation, and those to have over the course of the next two days together at least, let’s work from the place that a movement is larger than coalitions. In the most simple terms, a movement is when organizations work with, and not for, the community. It’s deeper than engagement, and longer than campaigns. org before?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 21, 2015

well, that's a different story. The Sage Centers offer older adults a safe and comfortable space to learn tech basics and take classes to expand on their skills. One of the projects this organization is working on is called Connect 4 Life , a mobile phone program for LGBT homeless youth. Lesbians Who Tech. Happy Pride Month!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The good news is that there are also real benefits for nonprofits. The difference between cloud-based and traditional software is that when we access the cloud, our computer or mobile device isn't doing the actual computing. Benefit #2: Working from Anywhere. What Is Cloud Computing? Benefit #1: Cost.

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Tech Soup

JULY 11, 2016

They've helped citizens secure their human rights, responded to domestic and international crises, fed the hungry, cured diseases, offered a rich array of arts and cultural programming, and protected our environment. We need the research to understand what works and what doesn't. That needs to change.

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