sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

Here are some best practices for effectively managing staff turnover and onboarding with your grantmaking software, including some methods of reassigning existing records to new staff members, establishing clear security roles, and building a comprehensive policies and procedures guide to keep everyone on the same page.

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NCE Social Media

MAY 4, 2011

Beth Kanter, who I’ve written about before ( 1 )( 2 )( 3 ), recently shared a copy of the AARP’s Facebook Community Guidelines. These are a set of guidelines letting people know what they may and may not post on the AARP Facebook page(s). It’s short, simple, and straightforward.

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Forum One

APRIL 30, 2024

It is an important factor to consider when looking at not only designing a RAG-based conversational AI, but also when designing organizational AI policy in general. It’s important to be able to test various pre-trained models to determine which delivers the best results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2010

The other day, Matt Sharp shared this link to a social media policy generator called the Social Media Policy Tool. It asks you 12 questions mostly having to do with control and then spits out the biolerplate for your policy. Here's the social media policy I created for Beth's Blog. Social Media Policies.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Common type of cyberattacks NIST guidelines for cybersecurity Nonprofit cybersecurity best practices What is cybersecurity for nonprofits? You can counter this risk by conducting scheduled training sessions to educate your team on cybersecurity best practices and common attack vectors. Updated training. Hardware vulnerabilities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2011

What’s In A Social Media Policy? The tone and philosophy in a social media policy depends on the risk appetite of the organization. As this was explained in the discussion on Facebook , organizations with a stronger risk appetite/tolerance for their activities might have a more “permissive&# social media policy.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 9, 2016

The Importance of Training and Development for Start-ups and Small Businesses. With the hectic nature of start-up organizations today, one can easily make a claim that it is never too early to evaluate the effectiveness of a structured Learning, Training, and Development program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2009

Yesterday, I attended a webinar about social media policies called " E-Privacy: Can You Legally Monitor MySpace, LinkedIn, E-mail, & Blogs? The Webinar was mostly focused on the privacy concerns and the Human Resources side of Internet/Social Media Policies. Educate: Important to train or make employees aware of the implications.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Ensuring these guidelines are followed should be part of their risk management plans. Strengthen Your Organization’s Internal Controls Internal controls are policies and procedures that nonprofits put in place to help avoid risky situations. Adopting a conflict of interest policy. Compliance. Human resources professionals.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

If your organization relies on volunteers, even just a little, you need a volunteer handbook that spells out expectations, policies, and procedures. Without a handbook, volunteers may feel disconnected and unsure of their role and responsibilities because once training is over, there are no materials for them to reference later.

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Candid

APRIL 8, 2024

Candid’s DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) commitment statement provides general guidelines and insights as to how the organization supports, prioritizes, and maintains an inclusive work environment that fosters a sense of belonging and trust. When did Candid’s DEI journey begin? In our NYC office, we offer a gender-neutral bathroom.

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The NonProfit Times

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The largest grants within NCOA’s $61-million budget are often federally restricted revenues related to work for job training and placement for older workers, Alwin said. We’re used to processing large grants and donations, so often aligned with federal guidelines,” she said.

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Other grants will likely go to intermediary organizations that support local news, either by making grants themselves or providing support like training, legal support, and technical infrastructure. “We’re ready to continue to fundraise to elevate that number and elevate this issue.”

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The best practice guidelines below empower business officers to stop chasing late payments and keep their school’s cash flow positive. However, before a business officer offers flexibility, it’s essential to have rules that define the terms of tuition payment and processing and have school leadership fully support those policies.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2023

Furthermore, share the authors, “With hybrid work, leaders need to ensure that employees are engaged, remote work is productive, and hybrid teams are collaborating, all within legal guidelines.” The book is divided into four sections: Section 1: Planning and Preparing a Hybrid Work Policy. Section 2: The 7 C’s of Leadership.

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

Q: Do I know what my goals and guidelines are? What brand guidelines do you need to follow to be transparent and honest with your audiences? Most of the time, you don’t need a policy briefing in order to make sense of the call to action. It’s easy to follow your own train of thought. Is the call to action clear?

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Candid

MAY 18, 2023

While eligibility guidelines differ by country, in the United States, you must be a 501(c)(3) formed for charitable, educational, religious, literary, scientific, or other tax-exempt purposes. To set your nonprofit up to obtain $10,000 per month in free advertising budget, simply follow these three initial steps.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 17, 2023

Nonprofit organizations should have clear guidelines and policies in place for volunteer roles, responsibilities, and expectations. Volunteers should receive proper training and support to ensure they are equipped to carry out their tasks successfully.

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Whole Whale

MAY 16, 2022

Prediction: in 5 years using an AI writing tool that will be trained on your style and tone will become the standard. Train like a champion, diet, exercise, or take performance-enhancing supplements? More sophisticated tools can actually write larger sections of text based on prompts in a way that mimics the style they are trained on.

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Train callers on matching gifts. Having a team of well-trained callers is the secret to any successful phonathon campaign. We suggest that you: Identify any knowledge gaps and situations where additional training is needed. Train callers on matching gifts. Create a standardized script. Practice with mock calls.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Laura Norvig shared the guidelines used for their email listserv: E-mail discussion lists hosted by the Resource Center are not moderated. And Claire Sale shared the British Red Cross guidelines: The British Red Cross values comments both complimentary and critical. Read the full transcript here!

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Gyrus

APRIL 7, 2016

Compliance training ensures that employees, contractors, and partners have the right knowledge and understanding to comply with an organization’s legal, operational, ethical aspects of business. Or, they are still following the outdated compliance policies and technology at the organization. who was charged by The U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

Leveraging the networks and personal brands of your staff as champions can help your organization’s communications strategy have more impact. With a few guidelines and a little training, employees can use social channels effectively in service of your organization’s mission AND their own learning.

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Global Giving

MAY 22, 2018

While the exact details of your organization’s security policy may differ based on your line of work and IT resources, there are some things that everyone can do to protect confidential information. These guidelines can also inform the development of your nonprofit’s security policy, if you do not have one already.

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Care2

JULY 13, 2011

Here are some of the key lessons we've learned at Rad Campaign through blogger orientations and trainings we've run. What policies and expectations have helped put your bloggers at ease? Set Clear Expectations. Explain why you're blogging. Are you trying to start a conversation? Over to you. What would you add to these tips?

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NTEN

MAY 17, 2013

Flickr: jasonshim By Jason Shim and Shubhagata Sengupta At Pathways to Education, we offer cross-cultural conflict resolution training called YOUCAN, and one of the first topics we cover with the students is that the analogy of an iceberg can be useful in understanding people. This tends to address 95% of the questions that arise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2015

Here’s some tips on how to write or revise a social media policy that empowers your employees. Design and Plan Training: To build an effective training, you need to do some assessment of the current skills, knowledge, and comfort level of employees. You will want to determine the best way to deliver training.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

Welcome to “Tech Policies for Virtual Teams—A Leader’s Responsibility.” And your perspective on technology policies, I think, will vary a little bit depending on your role in the organization. This webinar was recorded on September 24, 2020. Jeanne Bell: All right. Good afternoon, everybody. My name is Jeanne Bell. Thanks, Karen.

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sgEngage

JUNE 13, 2022

Have Cybersecurity Policies and Practices in Place. Are staff familiar with our policies? Have they received adequate training? Because protecting grantee safety is likely to require action across multiple departments within an organization, it’s best to have checklists or guidelines ready in advance to shape your response.

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

They believe that the most innovative and effective policies and strategies emanate from educators engaged in authentic partnership with policymakers, students, parents, and others who are committed to educational equity, excellence, and opportunity. Areas served: Illinois. California Community Foundation. Areas served: Oregon.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 21, 2012

The proliferation of social media has left many organizations playing catch up with their communications and privacy policies. For people like these, Ross shared the following tips: Read privacy policies of sites and apps : Understand what is required of you as a user and how your information will be used.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Salesforce.org welcomes these sector-developed guidelines, and we engage organizations like UN OCHA , ICRC , and NetHope to improve protection guidance while remaining grounded in humanitarian principles. Appropriate data retention policies should be implemented, including considerations for the rapid decay of the physical security situation.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 18, 2015

That's where telework policies come in. Yet even in the most optimal open work environments, certain tasks, meetings, trainings, and creative processes are either impossible or severely limited if employees can't meet face-to-face. Get Started with These Tips and Sample Telework Policies. Benefits of Telework.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

Clearly define workflow for online collaboration platforms and training. These tools can improve your collaborative performance, but if you use too many different platforms or don’t have a clear work process mapped to the platform or haven’t done training for everyone – it can cause confusion and overload.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

That said, I am currently in Southeast Asia presenting social media trainings to nonprofits in Malaysia, Singapore and Manila – most of which are just getting started with using social media. Create a Simple Media Policy. Focus on the big picture and create guidelines that can be applied across many social media tools, such as.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 1, 2016

Have a Clear Privacy Policy. A privacy policy can help your nonprofit gain your constituents' trust and shows that you care about protecting those who support your cause. When you're crafting your privacy policy, you might also assess every piece of information you collect or plan to collect for a future campaign or project.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 1, 2016

Have a Clear Privacy Policy. A privacy policy can help your nonprofit gain your constituents' trust and shows that you care about protecting those who support your cause. When you're crafting your privacy policy, you might also assess every piece of information you collect or plan to collect for a future campaign or project.

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