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What Is Volunteerism? A Guide to the History & Benefits

Bloomerang

These opportunities teach students valuable skills while allowing them to contribute their time and energy to help worthy causes. Teaching volunteers valuable life skills. They can network with new people and practice important skills that can be helpful in the workplace. Make your volunteer program inclusive.

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Ice Bucket Challenge: Can Other Nonprofits Reproduce It?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Nonprofit insiders are watching and debating how ALS will use the money and the donor retention strategy. And, of course the valid concern of wasting water in a drought. One has to step back and marvel at the most successful networked fundraising campaigns in the history of social or crowd fundraising.

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Listening Curriculum: Draft - What you think?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I will also be teaching this workshop for nonprofits in a number of other locations in the coming months. Your organization has identified a social media objective, audience, strategy, tools, measurement, and experiment. He notes that they have a 80% retention rate with members and "you can't do that without listening."

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Top Five Factors That Drive Employee Loyalty

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Employee pay often is not the most important driver for employee retention. To learn more about employee retention and the reasons employees decide to leave an organization, read Overland Park, KS author Leigh Branhams book, The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave. Then, use the web and social networking for research.

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What To Think About For Next Year

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done. Then, use the web and social networking for research. Dont limit your time for only your direct reports. Be A Good Coach Coaching is the single most important part of expanding others capabilities.

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Are You Doing All You Can To Retain Your Employees?

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Business leaders can read Overland Park, KS’s Leigh Branham’s books: • The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave • Re-Engage to learn more about why employees leave their workplaces (including non-financial reasons), and what leaders can do to boost employee retention. Then, use the web and social networking for research.

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Use A Board Of Advisors

Eric Jacobsen Blog

The Leadership Challenge -- "This book examines the practices that make leaders effective and teaches aspiring leaders how to inspire and lead others," explained Burkus. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done. Then, use the web and social networking for research.