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9 Essential Nonprofit Management Skills & Development Tips

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Higher Employee Retention: Employee appreciation research indicates that 34% of employees who leave their jobs do so because they crave more career development opportunities. Increasing your fundraising capacity also allows you to host larger events, advertise your cause, and partake in other growth-related activities that incur costs.

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4 Strategies for Building Supporter Relationships

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

According to Bloomerang’s donor stewardship guide , focusing on relationship-building efforts can boost your donor retention rate. According to Bloomerang’s donor stewardship guide , relationship-building efforts can boost your donor retention rate. Active readers? Participate in community events. Segment your supporters.

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Improve Your Org’s Professional Development Program: 4 Tips

Top Nonprofits

When your nonprofit actively supports personal growth, it builds a strong bench of loyal, long-term employees. Encourage participation in your program. Even the most carefully curated professional development program will produce lackluster results if your staff does not participate. Encourage a culture of continuous learning.

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Weaving Empathy into Action: The Crucial Role of Storytelling for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Lyn Chamberlin , President at Lyn Chamberlin Leadership – an award-winning nonprofit brand strategist who works with organizations and successful women to create transformative brand narratives. 5) Enhanced Volunteer Participation: Engaging stories attract donors and inspire volunteers to get involved.

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A Fundraiser’s Guide to Measuring Donor Engagement

Ann Green

Effective donor engagement increases donor retention. Increasing donor engagement can motivate a donor to give a second gift and keep them donating. Increasing donor engagement can motivate a donor to give a second gift and keep them donating. The highest frequency scores are assigned to your most consistently active donors.

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Donor-Centric or Faux Donor-Centric? Check the Plumbing.

The Agitator

The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Are all departments aware of and focused on the same donor retention, commitment and satisfaction goals?

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How to Build a Truly Inclusive Nonprofit Volunteer Program

NonProfit Quarterly

If that slice is elderly, White, male, and English-speaking, we ought not to be surprised when a young Latina immigrant opts not to participate. Another CVA in our focus groups noted that “ the bulk of our activities are happening during the day, and that’s when people are working. It’s not enough to want a more inclusive nonprofit.