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Are Associations Losing Their Members’ Trust?—The Leadership ColLAB Explores This Critical Question

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Maybe stale programming is stopping the love? The Leadership ColLAB conference was an opportunity to bring professionals together around what we believe is a critical question. The World Café is a strategy designed to deeply explore a series of topical questions. Groups discussed the same question simultaneously.

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How to Facilitate the Discovery Step of the Donor-Centered Approach

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The focus is getting to know the donor through a series of discovery questions that you’ll ask with the donor’s permission, of course. With the right set of donor discovery questions, you will be able to determine the donor’s needs. Do not present any solutions or programs until you have an idea of what the donor wants.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

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Does your work at a nonprofit include facilitating meetings or trainings? Looking for new techniques to add to your facilitator’s toolbox? The most critical thing that distinguishes brainstorming from other types of facilitated group activity is the absence negative feedback. Basic Approaches.

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Methods for Facilitating Innovation in Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last month I had the pleasure of taking the Luma Institute Train the Trainers workshop where I got a chance to immerse in practicing facilitation techniques based on human centered design principles. The workshop instructor Peter Maher is founder and CEO, of Luma Institute , and a Jedi Master. ” What is Human Centered Design?

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Raise your hand if you want a better volunteer program

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What are some strategies for giving nonprofit volunteers a great experience and building your program? Enter: Planned Parenthood’s National Volunteer Program (NVP)! From the summer to the end of the year in 2022, the program grew in size, scope, and influence—with lessons we can apply to nonprofit volunteer efforts of all kinds.

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Raise the Board’s Financial IQ

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That’s a question every association CEO should be able to answer. Meeting new colleagues is easier when someone facilitates introductions. Allow plenty of time on the agenda for the financial staff to explain when and how statements will be available, review banking, investment, and auditing arrangements, and answer questions.

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How to Start a Volunteer Program: 12 Steps for Success

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Need more help running your current programs? If so, you may be interested in starting a volunteer program. To help you build a sustainable volunteer program, in this guide, we’ll cover the essential steps for starting a volunteer program: Conduct a community needs assessment. Set goals for your volunteer program.