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Beyond efficiency: A human-first AI adoption strategy

Candid

No longer an abstract concept, many nonprofit staff are experiencing the “dividend of time” as they adopt tools such as Copilot and ChatGPT for scheduling and managing meetings, processing email, writing drafts, summarizing long reports, analyzing data, and creating efficiencies in other common workflows.

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Mentoring Staff New to Nonprofit Work

ASU Lodestar Center

But, when considering helping young graduates transition to a career in nonprofit or even helping a mid-career professional make the leap from a for-profit vocation to one in the nonprofit sector, there are a few basics to keep in mind when mentoring a new nonprofit worker. Teach or model a succinct delivery of the cause’s elevator speech.

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3 Essential Questions to Assess Your Digital Transformation

Saleforce Nonprofit

He tells his teammates, “I’m not going to tell you what to do, but here are the tools, here’s the data. For Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA), personalization for each young person (a “Little”) and their adult mentor (a “Big”) is critical to its mission. Dayton also says their data-driven culture empowers staff.

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How To Transform Good Intentions Into Great Performance

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Or, soaking in the thoughts from your respected mentor. He teaches leaders the foundation for effectively engaging people's heads, hearts and hopes -- all necessary to enable effective and lasting (sustainable) change in today's constantly changing world. Or, listening to your favorite teacher. Reflecting on the messages.

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Why I Love @Canva for Nonprofits and Why You Should Too

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Advisers contribute their skills and expertise to provide training and mentoring to help amplify the work of anti-trafficking organizations in Cambodia. In Cambodia, we are also teaching Canva, but I was all out of t-shirts. Canva is a design tool that lets you create beautiful images without having to be a designer.

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The Mother-Led Movement to Save Our Kids’ Climate

Saleforce Nonprofit

It’s the gift of having my children teach me that everyday actions can make a world of difference. Children are teaching their parents that everyday actions can make a world of difference. We’ve mentored, advised, and convened people from across the world. Pictured: Devi Thomas’ sons.

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How can professional development advance nonprofit performance and ensure sustainability?

ASU Lodestar Center

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 models is a great way for staff to mentor each other and either learn a new skill or strengthen a previous skill.