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Onboarding the Board—Your Opportunity to Promote Peak Performance

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Beyond personal enthusiasm and professional recognition, volunteer leaders don’t have many concrete incentives to excel. Although we are all more aware of the benefits of diversity, one of the remaining hurdles is resistance to representation from outside of an association’s professional sphere. Set Expectations. Use the Buddy System.

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Raise the Board’s Financial IQ

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They should explain their activities and how they interface with staff and other finance professionals. If you’ve paired new members with a mentor, make sure financial topics are included in their post-orientation meetings. Members join an association board because they want to make a difference for their profession and society.

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Hire Fresh Talent—But Before You Shop, Check the Fridge

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You don’t have to spend much time on the site to understand the difference between outstanding and dismal. Applicants are seeking work/life balance, personal fulfillment, and career development. Personal fulfillment, career development, and work/life balance are among the intangibles that applicants are seeking.

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How to Become a Nonprofit Leader

The Modern Nonprofit

At any age, with the desire and expertise, you can become a nonprofit leader who makes a difference. Find a mentor. Similarly, Cendana’s advice to those interested in pursuing executive leadership roles is to find an executive director who is willing to mentor you. To find a mentor, look within your organization.

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Why Empathy is the Key to Outstanding Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Of course, we are not suggesting that you become your staff member’s therapist (if they need one your employee should be able to access your organization’s EAP), it is more about understanding that our team members are dynamic individuals, balancing personal hurdles while also fulfilling their professional duties.

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3 ways to breathe new life into your membership in 2020

Nimble AMS

As an association professional, why not turn that same enthusiasm toward your membership? It takes a close look at what members want from their professional associations and what makes them stick around. It takes a close look at what members want from their professional associations and what makes them stick around.

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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. Working with Sharon, we were able to create a governance plan that aligned perfectly with our life cycle stage,” Executive Director Andrea Bennett noted. “We Remote work is challenging teams.

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