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7 Ideas to Future-Proof Your Volunteer Program

Volunteer Hub

The best way to future-proof your volunteer program is by adapting to the needs and expectations of volunteers that provide their time. Creating a strategy and setting goals is one of the best ways that your organization can future-proof your volunteer program. Invest in Volunteer Management Software. Streamline Onboarding.

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Can the collective impact methodology accelerate the church’s mission?

ASU Lodestar Center

Their potential to impact significantly the social challenges that plague our cities is extraordinary. Collective Impact is a methodology designed to facilitate cross-sector collaborations in order to move the needle on important issues. Collective Impact is a helpful framework to organize churches to affect change in their cities.

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LGBTQ+ advocacy strategies to generate advocates year-round

EveryAction

Issue awareness is often a foundational step in advocacy work, and it’s important to make sure that your organization’s issue awareness work uses specific, measurable, actionable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals to measure progress. This is where issue awareness comes in.

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Statement of Activities: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

sgEngage

Invest in professional development for yourself and your accounting team. The Statement of Activities—commonly referred to as an SOA—is one of four essential financial statements for nonprofit organizations. It offers a comprehensive overview of revenue and expenses over a specific timeframe. Let’s dive in! 5 Mistakes to Avoid 1.

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10 Tips for Better Grant Management Processes

sgEngage

Will this help you launch a program or expand your reach? However, grantees sometimes run into difficulty deciphering the terminology between different funding sources. Develop top-notch policies and procedures. Focus on the why. Clearly communicate to staff the objectives of the grant and why you applied for it.

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How Do We Balance Measuring Outcomes with Measuring to Learn and Improve? (#SM_RE)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There’s also a Twitter chat on April 18th at 3 pm EST if you want to talk about social media measurement. I think sometimes there is a disconnect between measurement and the actual practice. In some organizations, measurement is this thing done at the end to justify or validate social media.

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Navigating Nonprofit Data Warehouses: A Comprehensive Guide

DNL OmniMedia

Nonprofits collect and generate vast amounts of data, ranging from individual donors’ contact information to program outcomes, but they often struggle with organizing and utilizing the information effectively. This is why data warehouses can have such a significant impact on nonprofits. Monitor program impact.

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