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Good CEO, Bad Call—How to Recover

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Documenting the steps that you will take in a leadership challenge is a good way to begin training yourself to act with intention in a situation filled with extreme emotional distractions. Review the instructions you wrote to yourself. Then, he sat on the bad news for as long as he could. First and foremost, don’t panic.

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How Nonprofit Staff Training Is Evolving Due to COVID-19

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So, it’s no surprise that your nonprofit’s staff and the training they receive is also evolving because of the pandemic. When it comes to training, your staff has new questions. They also have new barriers to completing the training. How do we complete work, training, and more on one strained WiFi connection?

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Introducing Classy Academy, a New Online Training Platform for Nonprofits

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While the step-by-step instructions on using Classy will be most useful if you have a Classy account, we encourage anyone to leverage our courses on fundraising best practices. There’s no limit on the number of courses you can take, so dive in today to discover new ways to raise money, engage your community, and advance your mission.

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Crafting Memorable Volunteer Journeys: Tips For Success

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After a while, your stomach rumbling and your head starting to hurt from caffeine withdrawal, you’re led into a room and told to “prepare goodie bags” and handed some bags and flyers, without any clear process or instruction. Provide a solid plan, schedule, and clear instructions. Offer special privileges, incentive, or access.

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Four common grant proposal documents (free samples included)

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Letters of inquiry (LOI) If you’re new to fundraising and grant writing, you may have not heard the term letter of inquiry , or LOI. Honestly, when you do, it’s good news. Before you begin, make sure to read and re-read the instructions from the funder. You can also check out our free live and on-demand trainings.

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Delivering a Better Volunteer Experience: 5 Tips for Nonprofits

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Nonprofits should provide all volunteers with information about their mission, vision, and impact, along with access to training resources, documented expectations, available channels for on-site and off-site communication, and ways to provide feedback about their overall experience. Use a variety of training methods. Transparency.

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ChatGPT and Fundraising: 4 Things You Need to Know

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The GPT of ChatGPT stands for generative pre-trained transformer, which is a group of language models trained to generate human-like text developed by OpenAI. And the good news is that ChatGPT can help! ChatGPT is a writing AI that was created to mimic human conversation. But these resources aren’t limited to volunteers!