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How Can Systematic Evaluation of a Volunteer Program Positively Impact an Organization?

ASU Lodestar Center

Evaluating volunteer programs within nonprofit organizations is a key step in continual improvement and data collection. Systematic evaluation can positively impact the organization by creating more structure, providing results for adaptability, increasing volunteer retention and improving staff-volunteer relationships.

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What Nonprofits Need to Know About the New Overtime Ruling

Blue Fox

It’s time to evaluate your people resources. Take a look at each of your staff member’s compensation and overall staffing structure. Check out the The Exemption Test from University of Minnesota’s Office of Human Resources. Don’t hyperventilate. Start thinking proactively about 2020.

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Minnesota Open Idea: Crowdsourcing Contest For Social Change Done Right

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Minnesota Open Idea is an example of an online social good contest that works. In this interview, Jennifer Ford Reedy , VP for Strategy and Knowledge Management, at the Minnesota Community Foundation shares the how they designed this online social good contest for success. What was your judging process?

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Co-Creating Exhibits with Teens and Volunteers: The Importance of Criteria

Museum 2.0

When we did the final evaluation for the project, one comment from the teens really surprised us: they complained that it felt like we were "hiding" the goals of the project from them in the first of three weeks. There was no initial design, no graphics, and no idea of where the teen' work would fit into an overall structure.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Annual Conference. Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Annual Conference. Minnesota Council of Nonprofits / Duluth, MN / $299. Join the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits for our 2016 Annual Conference. Minnesota Council of Nonprofits / Brooklyn Center, MN / Not available. Apr 16 - 23.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Discover how these and other factors are irrevocably changing the ways donors structure their largest gifts of a lifetime. Minnesota Council of Nonprofits / Minneapolis, MN / Less than $200. Accounting / @nysscpa. Accounting. Jan 20 - 22. Mar 9 - 11.

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AAM Recap: Slides, Observations, and Object Fetishism

Museum 2.0

This was particularly directed at MN150, which featured visitor-nominated milestones of Minnesota history, and Children of the Lodz Ghetto, which invites users to conduct original research on the path taken by thousands of children during the Holocaust. This is a question I'm really interested in. Neither Click!

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