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Are nonprofit volunteer retention strategies vital to a thriving team?

ASU Lodestar Center

These important team members give their time, talents, and resources, unmotivated by financial compensation or contractual obligations. The answers stem from how volunteer management and key organizational leadership view volunteer retention - the ability to keep volunteers long-term. Team building. Each team member is unique.

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Volunteer Retention: What Makes them Stay?

Volunteer Hub

With the value of a volunteer hour approaching $29 in 2022, now is the time to focus on retention and better utilize your existing volunteer contacts. It’s no secret that a dedicated group of volunteers is an important cornerstone of many nonprofit organization. And what causes volunteers to leave? Personal Growth.

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Teacher Well-Being: Beyond Yoga and Pizza Parties

sgEngage

Some provide mindfulness training, group activities, and employee assistance programs. Creating a Culture of Well-Being in Education Recently, our team at Blackbaud partnered with digital wellness and leadership coach Meico Marquette Whitlock to create this toolkit that outlines how to cultivate a culture of well-being in an organization.

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Mastering Nonprofit Board Recruitment: A Strategic Guide for Executive Directors

Bloomerang

Reach out to colleagues, friends, mentors, and professional acquaintances—anyone you know who may have connections or recommendations for prospective board members. Collaborate with professional associations, industry groups, and affinity networks relevant to your organization’s mission and sector.

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Transform Your Communications & Collaboration With Slack

Saleforce Nonprofit

Professors are also creating surveys in Slack, allowing them to gauge student interest and retention of new material. Slack automatically organizes students into smaller course-group channels with industry mentors to help ensure their success. Slack has now become a key collaboration and engagement tool for all of ASU.

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Beyond efficiency: A human-first AI adoption strategy

Candid

A recent Harvard Business School study compared two groups of consultants—one using AI tools and the other not—performing the same workplace tasks such as writing, analysis, and strategy. The group that used AI tools on average completed 12% more tasks, 25% faster, with 40% higher quality.

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How can nonprofits acquire skilled talent to better achieve their mission?

ASU Lodestar Center

However, if boards and upper management do not prioritize human capitol recruitment and retention with proper funding, then the result is often high turnover rates and lack of skilled leaders. Benefits like these can be the difference in recruiting and retention efforts, despite potential short falls elsewhere in the organization.

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