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Volunteer Management & Retention Best Practices for Nonprofits

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To keep your volunteers as effective as possible, develop a volunteer management process that helps you recruit, train, and steward volunteers for your organization. Having a successful volunteer management strategy will help you increase your volunteer retention rate, which ultimately creates more efficient volunteer staff.

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Flashback: Best New Leadership Book Of 2014

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Equally impressive, Van Gorder had to reinvent his career after having been injured on the job as a California police officer. That reinvention led him to that 1973 hospital security director job. Another way to do that is to spend some time working side-by-side with your employees doing their job with them.

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Flashback: Best New Leadership Book Of 2014

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Equally impressive, Van Gorder had to reinvent his career after having been injured on the job as a California police officer. That reinvention led him to that 1973 hospital security director job. Another way to do that is to spend some time working side-by-side with your employees doing their job with them.

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Why Self-Interested Volunteers are the Best for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of those insights was that when organisations like the Washington Trail Association treat volunteers like staff, involve them in high-level work and track their performance, volunteers become more invested in their own and the organisation’s success. But with the right training, that lens will shifts to collective success,” says Pandey.

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How To Sell With A Story

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Today, we look back to 2016 : 2016 brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. I'm a big fan of Paul's earlier best-sellers, including Lead with a Story and Parenting with a Story. It causes buyers to put down their defenses.

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101 Social Media Tactics for Nonprofits: A Field Guide

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My colleagues Chad Norman and Melanie Mathos (who have day jobs at Blackbaud) have published a new social media how-to book, 101 Social Media Tactics for Nonprofits: A Field Guide. The book is a collection of time saving tips for using social media organized into the following categories: set up, communicate, engage, fundraise, and measure.

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Sell With A Story

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Today, we look back to 2016 : 2016 brought the much anticipated release of Paul Smith 's book, Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sale. I'm a big fan of Paul's earlier best-sellers, including Lead with a Story and Parenting with a Story. It causes buyers to put down their defenses.

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