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How Public Speaking Skills Can Help You Run Your Nonprofit

Achieve

build effective presentation skills. Public speaking and presentation skills can help you craft better written and verbal communications, whether you’re engaging with your team internally or connecting with an external audience. . Many experts recommend grabbing a pen and paper to sketch out your presentation’s format and structure.

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Mastering Nonprofit Board Recruitment: A Strategic Guide for Executive Directors

Bloomerang

Tailoring your recruitment efforts to find individuals whose skills and expertise align with your organization’s mission is fundamental. Consider using scoring rubrics or structured interview protocols to standardize evaluations and minimize bias to keep things equitable. Welcome them aboard. Start a board ambassador program.

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Employee Recruitment and Retention: 4 Engagement Tips

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Did you know that 47% of HR professionals have said that retention is the top talent management challenge they face, closely followed by recruitment at 36%? In the broadest sense, employee retention depends on a combination of factors, including work-life balance, benefits, compensation, development and learning opportunities , and more.

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3 Reasons to Explore Virtual Training For Nonprofit Staff

Connection Cafe

You may be thinking that it’s not the right time to consider additional employee training at your organization because everyone is stressed about the pandemic. However, that’s actually what makes it a perfect time to invest in new training programs! Improved Staff Retention Rates. Increased Fundraising ROI.

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Volunteer Engagement Surveys: Enhance Impact with Data

Volunteer Hub

A study by the Corporation for National and Community Service found that nonprofits that regularly use volunteer surveys are more likely to have higher volunteer retention rates. What specific skills or expertise are you looking to contribute? Consider asking questions like: What inspired you to volunteer with our organization?

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Five Lessons for Creating an Effective (and Accountable) Nonprofit Board

Blue Avocado

Having been the only one in my business school class who chose a career in the nonprofit sector, I was able to use my MBA training to lead change and turnarounds. For the previous 25 years, the CEO, a social worker by training, had built a large board that, over time, had become unwieldy. Takeaway 3: The board needs training.

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Six Steps On The Leadership Journey Of Development Professionals

Bloomerang

Due to this collective mastery, your work offers an invaluable skill set that uniquely positions development professionals for leadership at nonprofit and philanthropic agencies. Your work behind the scenes is to establish a structure—plans, systems and processes—by which the nonprofit may reach its advancement goals.