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How can nonprofits grow sustainable revenue by retaining fundraising professionals?

ASU Lodestar Center

Fundraisers and the revenue they generate make mission fulfillment possible (while also helping leaders get more restful sleep!). Society depends on nonprofits, nonprofits require sustainable revenue, sustainable revenue comes in large part from fundraising professionals, and fundraising professionals need more support and appreciation.

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Onboarding the Board—Your Opportunity to Promote Peak Performance

.orgSource

Beyond personal enthusiasm and professional recognition, volunteer leaders don’t have many concrete incentives to excel. The matrix is a diagram that helps the board outline its current characteristics, pinpoints gaps in demographics or talent, and identifies what skills are needed in the future. Requirements for meeting attendance.

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Do You Really? ?Need a Nonprofit Mentor?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Do You Really Need a Nonprofit Mentor? And now more than ever, it’s important to come together and work as allies and mentors. The value of being mentored seems pretty obvious: new skills, confidence, friendship, etc. But do you really need a mentor? Why you need a nonprofit mentor. They get stuff done.

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How to Become a Nonprofit Leader

The Modern Nonprofit

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. Mentors can make introductions for you and give you key insights that would take you years to learn on your own. And it’s true!

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How can professional development advance nonprofit performance and ensure sustainability?

ASU Lodestar Center

Professional development (PD) is the "process of improving and increasing capabilities of staff through access to education and training." When a nonprofit leader invests in the PD of their employees, it will have significant positive effects on fundraising and donor involvement. Professional development can be costly at times.

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Beyond efficiency: A human-first AI adoption strategy

Candid

Other studies have found similar results, including this study from MIT that found that generative AI tools substantially increased average productivity for professional writing tasks. The most important skill nonprofit leaders can learn and teach their teams is to know when to use AI and when to use human skills.

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When Looking to Diversify Your Development Office, Widen Your Lens

Bloomerang

Have you noticed that when talking about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in fundraising , the conversation frequently mentions the lack of suitable candidates of color? Another aspect of the discussion is the business case for hiring for fundraising success. After all, is not the business of fundraising, well, to raise money?

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