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Volunteer Training: Exceeding Expectations

Volunteer Hub

Having a good training process is an important first interaction with volunteers. Is your volunteer training program exceeding expectations? Developing a training program that exceeds the expectations of volunteers will impact retention, engagement, and referral sources for your nonprofit. Hands On Training.

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The 10 Biggest In-Person Ask Blunders

Bloomerang

For the last three years, I’ve devoted virtually every day to the challenge of training professionals and especially volunteer fundraisers to overcome the fear of asking for gifts for their favorite nonprofits. My focus has been on teaching principles, strategies, and best practices on what to do. This allows passion to come through.

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Paul Smith Teaches You How To Sell With A Story

Eric Jacobsen Blog

What took longer was actually convincing myself that writing a book teaching salespeople how to be better storytellers would make the world a better place. I was writing my books for the vast majority of leaders, parents, and salespeople who would do wonderful things with what I was teaching them. It didn’t take long).

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Raise your hand if you want a better volunteer program

M+R

From the summer to the end of the year in 2022, the program grew in size, scope, and influence—with lessons we can apply to nonprofit volunteer efforts of all kinds. Enter: Planned Parenthood’s National Volunteer Program (NVP)!

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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." However, training can positively influence the bottom line. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz. posted by Erin Larkins, Fall 2019 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management.

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Creating Organizations As Amazing As The People Inside Them

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Some of the broader themes for how to harness the power of humanocracy include: Teaching frontline staff to think like businesspeople. Cross-train associates and organize them into small, multifunctional teams. How often do political skills, as opposed to demonstrated competence, influence who gets ahead in your organization?

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Humanocracy

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Some of the broader themes for how to harness the power of humanocracy include: Teaching frontline staff to think like businesspeople. Cross-train associates and organize them into small, multifunctional teams. How often do political skills, as opposed to demonstrated competence, influence who gets ahead in your organization?