EveryAction

JANUARY 11, 2023

Many organizations delayed their policy agenda-setting until they were certain which party would be in control of each chamber of Congress. The change in congressional leadership and redistricting means you might no longer have highly-trained volunteers in the districts where you need them most. Let’s get started.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 5, 2024

It’s an investment in trust, transparency, and ultimately, the sustainability and impact of your mission. Upholding data privacy helps promote: Donor Trust & Reputation : Breaches or careless handling of data can erode donor trust, impacting future donations and support. Update it regularly and make it easily accessible.

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Data Fundraising Policy Nonprofit 40

Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Impact Labs convenes community experts, or fellows, across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas, including homelessness , equity in education , and climate justice. Meet the Impact Lab Community Fellow Cohort on Small-Scale Farming. Why Small-Scale Farmers? What Ideas Were Generated?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Mentoring Policy Technique News 80

ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 23, 2022

A small amount of nonprofits indicated that one staff was involved in implementing the organization’s diversity efforts, and fewer than half of nonprofits indicate having a “formal diversity statement, providing diversity training for staff, or having formal policies to promote diversity in their organizations.”.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 18, 2022

Having a diverse group of volunteers provides a broad perspective of opinions and philosophies to your association, bolstering your DEI initiatives and positively impacting your members and community. . After you’ve created the group, you can move into training and engaging your volunteers. . Train your volunteers.

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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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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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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

At their core, advisory committees are groups of individuals who are stakeholders in your nonprofit’s work and who want to play a role in ensuring you achieve maximum impact. At the end of the day, an inclusive advisory committee is critical for meaningful impact and reach across your larger community.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Technology can be used for a variety of tasks across organizations to help them increase their impact in the sector and the communities that they serve. Nonprofits should be highly encouraged to facilitate the use of new platforms of service delivery to increase their impact.”. Gain staff buy-in.

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Impact Technology Arizona Channel 52

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Every individual within your nonprofit, from staff to volunteers, plays a crucial role in maintaining cybersecurity. Develop and implement an incident response plan for your organization to notify all necessary parties and mitigate the impact of cyberattacks. Updated training. Hardware vulnerabilities. Best practices.

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Nonprofit Software Practice Offline 111

Kindful

JUNE 8, 2021

You want board members who are able to successfully function in the role of financial stewardship of your nonprofit. This is time wasted on so many levels and a clear signal that this board lacks a clear understanding of their role in financial stewardship. Their roles and responsibilities have greater weight. It’s not sexy.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Develop top-notch policies and procedures. Develop a set of best practice policies and procedures to meet the needs of even the most challenging funders—like federal agencies. Support these policies with management tools that help you stay on track with requirements and deadlines throughout the entire grant lifecycle.

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Grant Process Management Tips 91

sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

To learn more about knowledge work and its role in grantmaking, check out the post Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work is Core to Equitable Change. Policy Change Furthermore, the implicit idea that widespread quality data leads directly to positive policy change is also not accurate.

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Data Knowledge Philanthropy Policy 96

sgEngage

MARCH 29, 2023

When filling finance department roles, contract or hire staff with appropriate education and experience. When to Outsource a Finance Role The finance role can be a difficult one to fill, especially if you haven’t had someone in that role previously. And it’s helpful if they are familiar with grant compliance.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 15, 2021

For most nonprofit organizations, volunteers serve in capacities that are vitally important to the organization’s impact. Well-managed volunteers provide incredible value, giving organizations the ability to strategically position themselves for continual growth and impact. Job titles, job descriptions and training.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 3, 2023

Question: I am preparing to take on a leadership role in DEI for a large organization. Or should we be approaching DEI more from the programmatic, operational, and cultural efforts; A ka, the impact that we’re making on DEI versus focusing on sourcing money from a diverse group of individuals? Ask away in the comments below.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

If you don’t currently hold a leadership role, talk to your management early and often. Because participatory grantmaking means involving people from communities impacted by the funding, outline who those people or the communities are. Whose lives are being impacted by your funding? Outline the participant role.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 22, 2012

It is not often that public policy intended for the publicly traded-corporate world directly impacts the nonprofit corporate world. So … when the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was adopted by Congress in 2002, there just wasn’t much history to help nonprofits understand its impact – on them. Conflict of interest policy.

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Policy Public Adopt University 71

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

Mentoring 98

Mentoring Policy Technique News 98

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 25, 2019

These volunteers are individuals who volunteer in the capacity of their everyday work or with skills that they are specifically trained in. The difference between a skilled volunteer and a non-skilled volunteer is that skilled volunteers have education, training or abilities that a volunteer from the general population would not have.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

Nonprofits, education institutions, and corporations alike are recognizing their roles in creating a more sustainable future. Most recently, we took a critical step in our climate action plan by including climate as a part of the company public policy platform, joining priorities like equal rights and privacy and security. “We

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 27, 2022

People provide the real growth capital for any enterprise — and make it possible for them to have an impact,” writes Gerald Chertavian in the Harvard Business Review. Having a professional dedicated to creating and managing these policies will free up leadership to concentrate on their mission.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Our participants were hungry for leadership experiences, so we formalized a network to train people to become welcoming outdoor leaders in their own community. What role does unearthing and celebrating Black history play in Outdoor Afro’s mission and work? Welcoming and hospitality are values that sit at the heart of Outdoor Afro.

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Pamela Grow

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

It guides your fundraising efforts, drives marketing decisions, and largely impacts your ability to engage supporters. Once donors understand their role in keeping data safe, they’re usually very willing to help! Training your staff members to use it properly is crucial if you actually want to put the CRM’s features to use!

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

As you tailor each one, you’ll need to consider how any changes will impact the other. If you recruited more volunteers than anticipated, you may choose to leverage that support to make a greater impact throughout the duration of your campaign. What policies have they supported? What policies have they opposed?

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Proper documentation and tracking of moves management can impact your fundraising in many ways. Identify Your Priorities Define and Document Your Pro c edures Prepare Your Database Review Existing Portfolios or Assign New Portfolios Train Your Team Establish a Feedback Loop Track and Review Your Metrics. Getting Started.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

BIPOC communities are disproportionately impacted by social inequality, with higher rates of poverty and unemployment. Limited representation in leadership roles Despite BIPOC communities making up a significant portion of the US population, they are underrepresented in leadership positions within the wider commercial sector.

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Accessibility Challenge Leadership Tips 104

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Here are 70 things you can do: Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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Effective Mentoring Policy Technique 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The project includes face-to-face training , webinar , as well as one-on-one coaching provided by the expert team at SpitFire. We started with key results and worked backwards to technical assistance goals: Kids get health care coverage Policies are adopted More attention from policymakers. Friending the Finish Line. and storify.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

Mentoring 52

Mentoring Policy Technique News 52

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

As we prepare for an ever-evolving need cycle, we must simultaneously position our organizations for growth and leverage every opportunity to amplify our impact. For a nonprofit—depending on its mission—these strategies may include investing in new programs and services, as well as technology and staff training.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

By: Rakesh Bharania, Director, Humanitarian Impact Data, Salesforce.org and Alex Parker, Senior Platform Architect, Salesforce.org. Organizations should critically review proposed data collection and ensure that the intended benefits and impact justify the risks of data collection in the first place.

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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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Volunteer Nonprofit Culture Guidelines 40

Neon CRM

JULY 21, 2023

But the board is responsible for ensuring that the nonprofit has all the necessary legal, ethical, financial, and overall good governance policies in place to succeed long-term. But when it comes to a board of directors, there is actually quite a bit of in flexibility in terms of their roles and responsibilities.

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Nonprofit Government Roles Review 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

Here are 70 things you can do: Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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Effective Mentoring Policy Technique 52

sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

Exponent Philanthropy members are demonstrating ways to partner light to amplify their impact. . Similarly, many collaborate to engage experts to provide education and training for foundation board and staff. In one community in Indiana, three foundations teamed up to design a training program for local nonprofit leaders and staff.

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