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Flat, Tall, or In Between—Is It Time to Evaluate Your Organizational Structure?

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You can take baby steps and evaluate which strategies are successful and which are not. Collaboration among business units is facilitated and encouraged. To provide specific guidance, I attended the board meeting and presented an evaluation along with recommendations for how the group could lead more effectively.”.

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For Positive Outcomes, Hold a Mirror Up to Board Performance

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Even with a friendly name like “feedback, check-in, or coaching,” a performance evaluation can be uncomfortable, or possibly downright scary. That’s probably why more organizations don’t have a process for evaluating the board of directors, or if they do, that assessment is not continuous. I’ll get on my Association 4.0

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Why Empathy is the Key to Outstanding Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You need to provide opportunities for their continuous learning on the job and mentoring. Evaluate Empathy Skill s We should also evaluate empathy skills as part of job performance appraisals. By evaluating these skills, we can ensure empathetic leadership becomes an essential criterion for success.

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The Talent Development Pipeline: Putting People First in Social Change Organizations

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What I absolutely love, is that the book has a companion web site with worksheets and checklists from every chapter. As someone who designs and facilitates professional development projects for nonprofits, this is a trainer’s dream! Trained mentors who can support on the job learning. Evaluation. Agreed upon plan.

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Tips for Activating a Culture of Wellbeing in the Nonprofit Workplace

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last month, I was honored to present and facilitate an all-day workshop for nonprofit leaders at the Oregon Nonprofit Leadership Conference on how to activate a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace, based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. Mentoring program and cross training.

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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. Evaluate your volunteer program. Evaluate your volunteer program. Train volunteers.

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Announcing ImpactRising.Org: Organizational Capacity Building Resource for Nonprofits and Consultants

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Dan was the sole anonymous donor for the program, which brushed off my indignity and furnished me with a new laptop, a mentor, and monthly checks for books, food and travel. Dan believed that “just a little financial help and encouragement” could facilitate our ability to do extraordinary things with our lives. I think he’d be proud.