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How Can Systematic Evaluation of a Volunteer Program Positively Impact an Organization?

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Systematic evaluation can positively impact the organization by creating more structure, providing results for adaptability, increasing volunteer retention and improving staff-volunteer relationships. Implement consistent volunteer surveys and staff surveys (related to volunteers).

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How can leadership development strategies improve retention in nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

According to a survey by Landles-Cobb, Kramer, and Smith Milway (2015), the second most cited reason for staff turnover, behind low compensation, was lack of leadership development and growth opportunity. Organizations can start small, perhaps focusing on a few emerging leaders, and build structured leadership development systems over time.

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Walking the Tight Rope: Finding Work-Life Balance in the Nonprofit Sector

ASU Lodestar Center

In Spring 2010, I administered an informal survey as part of a Public Allies independent study project. If the tight rope line and its supportive structures are too tight or rigid, it's hard to maintain your footing. Mary's Food Bank Alliance in Phoenix. But it doesn't have to be this way! Ultimately, it's a tight rope act.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

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Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Discover how these and other factors are irrevocably changing the ways donors structure their largest gifts of a lifetime. Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) / Phoenix, AZ / Not available. Accounting / @nysscpa. Accounting.

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