Bloomerang

APRIL 15, 2021

Unless you are committed to making a cultural change, the question of DEI is moot. While I’d had little direct experience with individual donors, I had many valuable transferable skills to bring to the table. Consider the transferable skills of your current employees and don’t assume you have to go outside the organization for talent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

We created The Emerging Leaders Playbook which served as the “text book” or content for the training. The skills that we are focusing on are “networked leadership” skills both online and offline and working with self and working with others. The specific practice skills include these three: Ask empowering questions.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 2, 2021

This is key to empowering your ambassadors and giving them the skills they need to fundraise with success. . Create a mentor program. . Provide materials for the event and beyond: Provide guidebooks, marketing materials, templates, and other helpful resources to help educate and train your ambassadors. It’s a win-win!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

My role was to deliver components of the Networked NGO curriculum – sessions on network mapping, challenges assumptions about networked ways of working, as well as training on how to use the online collaboration platform for their together moving forward. Needless to say, I learned a lot! Field Trips and Real World Experience.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Volunteers provide nonprofits with the on-the-ground support they need to further their missions, whether that means helping to build homes, providing meals for food-insecure families, mentoring local youths, or cleaning up trash at local parks. Train volunteers. Craft a mission statement. Create a leadership team.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

Do you need a lot of training, or just the basics? Q: What if one I have only basic office skills? Prior to college, I had also taken typing courses to hone my office skills, and this made me a valuable employee. Many readers asked How do you become a grant writer? What classes are best? Would volunteering help?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2021

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to encourage their Development Director to take meetings with major donors. . Sometimes they won’t have the skills. Provide training and/or coaching.

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Cloud 4 Good

MAY 26, 2022

Talent for Good provides the nonprofit and education spaces with a Talent as a Service (TaaS) program ready to solve employers’ hiring challenges by providing vetted, trained, specialized Salesforce system administrators on a contract-to-hire basis. Talent as a Service (TaaS).

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Use these tips to create a fulfilling volunteer experience and retain your remote volunteers’ support year-round: Provide thorough training Use the right tools Show volunteer appreciation By keeping your remote volunteers motivated, you can leverage their unique skills and interests to fuel change in your community. Let’s begin.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

A little more than a year later, I am six months into my dream role as an Associate Account Strategist, here at Media Cause, and I’d love to share some of the questions I asked myself during my journey along with some tips to help those who are interested in a career in digital marketing. Mentor someone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2008

The question is related to social media training: What are the key questions nonprofit organizations should ask to help them determine how to prioritize social media training and experimentation as they do their technology and organization-strengthening planning? Is that a priority for staff time and training investment?

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Training and Workshops Your nonprofit can offer training programs and workshops where members enhance their skills and industry knowledge. Mentorship Programs Mentorship programs connect experienced professionals with newcomers, providing guidance, skill transfer, and personal growth opportunities.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Feeling like an island, burned by management, with no growth opportunities to lean into any of my previous passions or skills (did I mention work-life balance is nonexistent when working two jobs to get by?) That is a loaded question so I’ll opt out for something with a little more structure—what did the RiseUP Fellowship teach me?

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Qgiv

JULY 12, 2022

This is especially helpful advice if you’ve got volunteers with skills that would be helpful on a board of trustees. Take the time to answer the new board members’ questions and ensure they’re settling into their new role. Provide ongoing training. Your volunteers are there to support your nonprofit. Ask your donors.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

Learning is a lifelong pursuit , and motivating senior team members to develop their skill sets is just as important as mentoring new and mid-career members of the team. Question: How best should a leader pro-actively prepare for that impact? Train your managers on the value of appreciation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Learning is a lifelong pursuit , and motivating senior team members to develop their skill sets is just as important as mentoring new and mid-career members of the team. Question: How best should a leader pro-actively prepare for that impact? Train your managers on the value of appreciation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 12, 2019

And, if you've been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? Respond to questions quickly and fully 28. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Don't micromanage 2.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2021

Cross-train associates and organize them into small, multifunctional teams. Pair new employees with experienced mentors. While you are breaking down bureaucracy within your organization, the authors also recommend you ask these 9 questions. Encourage employees to identify and tackle improvement opportunities. It’s impractical.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Share requirements and expectations for participation, time, and any technical skills needed, including internet access, device, and language requirements. This might include: On-boarding or training about grantmaking rules and regulations, and philanthropy in general. Support from a mentor, peer, or staff person.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 30, 2017

Learning is a lifelong pursuit , and motivating senior team members to develop their skill sets is just as important as mentoring new and mid-career members of the team. Question: How best should a leader pro-actively prepare for that impact? Train your managers on the value of appreciation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Cross-train associates and organize them into small, multifunctional teams. Pair new employees with experienced mentors. While you are breaking down bureaucracy within your organization, the authors also recommend you ask these 9 questions. Encourage employees to identify and tackle improvement opportunities. It’s impractical.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 4, 2020

Cross-train associates and organize them into small, multifunctional teams. Pair new employees with experienced mentors. While you are breaking down bureaucracy within your organization, the authors also recommend you ask these 9 questions. Encourage employees to identify and tackle improvement opportunities. It’s impractical.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 6, 2018

And, if you've been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? Respond to questions quickly and fully 28. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Don't micromanage 2.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

And, if you've been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? Respond to questions quickly and fully 28. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Don't micromanage 2.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 27, 2013

And, if you''ve been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? Respond to questions quickly and fully 28. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Don''t micromanage 2.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2017

Wake’s Tech2Empower program organizes delegations of volunteer Technology Advisors, women who work for Silicon Valley companies like Google, Salesforce, Mozilla, YouTube, GE Digital and IRC, to provide training for women’s rights and girls empowerment NGOs in developing countries and here in the United States.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 29, 2017

And, if you've been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? Respond to questions quickly and fully 28. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Don't micromanage 2.

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 21, 2023

By keeping your mission on the top of their minds, you can utilize board members’ skills, enthusiasm and influence to improve your nonprofit as a whole. Consider hosting a fundraising training session or providing a resource library for your board members so they’re aligned on best practices. Let’s begin.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

And, if you''ve been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? Respond to questions quickly and fully 28. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Don''t micromanage 2.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2012

Note from Beth: By the time you read this post, I’ll be in the air enroute to Rwanda for a training project. It’s all about teaching digital literacy and citizenship: the knowledge and skills necessary to think critically, behave safely, and interact responsibly in a digital world. Photo by WhiteAfrican.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 17, 2016

And, if you've been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? Respond to questions quickly and fully 28. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Don't micromanage 2.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

We spent a fair amount of time framing and reframing the problem and ended up with a question that focused on data collection. The hot button issue was capacity, skills, and lack of resources. The people with skills are out there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica for this project where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as a sort of meta network weaver. Deliver targeted, cutting-edge social media training and coaching to 150 – 250 NGOs and CSOs in 15+ communities.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 27, 2013

Respond to questions quickly and fully 28. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Support mentoring - both informal and formal mentoring 62. Ask questions to clarify 64. Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management General Management Skills Leadership'

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2011

And, if you've been a leader for a long time, how about taking a few minutes to run through the list and scoring yourself on how well you carry out each leadership skill? Respond to questions quickly and fully 28. Encourage personal growth and promote training, mentoring and external education 56. Don't micromanage 2.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Using your email tool, here are a couple of best practices for volunteer recruitment to keep in mind: With email segmentation, group your volunteers based on their preferences or skills. For instance, create a specific group for those who are skilled in coding and web design. Take your training online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2015

Design and Plan Training: To build an effective training, you need to do some assessment of the current skills, knowledge, and comfort level of employees. Here’s an example of some survey questions you should ask. You will want to determine the best way to deliver training. Nonprofit Examples.

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