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How can professional development advance nonprofit performance and ensure sustainability?

ASU Lodestar Center

First, it helps with staff retention rates. While conferences were once the only idea in gaining professional development skills, peer-to-peer mentoring is shown to give the highest output of learned skills. Peer-to-peer learning will also help to create a community of trust and respect amongst each participant.

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How to Start a Nonprofit: 12 Essential Steps for Success

Bloomerang

This guide will teach you what you need to know to get your new organization up and running. Conduct background research into your potential audience groups to learn more about who they are, the types of organizations they like to support, and how you can connect with them as you get your new organization up and running.

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Volunteerism Keeps Proving Its Value (Especially When Skills Are Given)

Connection Cafe

What’s even cooler is how the value jumps higher when volunteers give their professional skills in law, finance, marketing, operations, you name it. You will grow, learn and become a more capable professional in the process. And who doesn’t want that? And here’s the one that’s kind of ironic. Giving your skills makes you better.

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Let Employees Learn From Their Mistakes

Eric Jacobsen Blog

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Tuesday, August 3, 2010 Let Employees Learn From Their Mistakes Mistakes happen.

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Plan Monthly Job Learning Days

Eric Jacobsen Blog

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Its best when they meet in their respective offices/cubicles.

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Learn The Art Of Effective Messaging

Eric Jacobsen Blog

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). •how to identify the right tone and content. •what media you can use to convey it.

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Top Five Factors That Drive Employee Loyalty

Eric Jacobsen Blog

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO). Employee pay often is not the most important driver for employee retention.