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9 Essential Nonprofit Management Skills & Development Tips

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

As a nonprofit professional, you understand that investing in your staff is the best way to develop your organization. While some skills are innate, many nonprofit management skills can be taught. By investing your time and energy into gaining the necessary skills, you can set yourself up for success in your field.

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5 Ways to Level Up Your Volunteer Program

Fundraising Coach

Volunteers are key to helping nonprofits stay up and running. From donating their time to help out with vital programs and initiatives to lending their professional expertise and skills, volunteers help keep nonprofits on track to complete their goals. Invest in volunteer management software. Make the experience engaging.

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The Power Of Storytelling: Transform Your Fundraising Events

Bloomerang

As nonprofit professionals, we’re constantly seeking effective ways to enhance our fundraising events. To do this right involves managing the story arc, the program arc, and the fundraising arc of your event, ensuring they align for maximum impact. Public recognition not only honors their generosity but also motivates others.

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23 Best Volunteer Appreciation Gifts to Show Your Gratitude

Bloomerang

Your volunteers do a fantastic job in helping your nonprofit turn its dreams for a better community into reality. When your volunteers feel like their contributions are acknowledged and appreciated, they’ll feel much more inclined to continue participating in the future. Let’s dive in to learn more! Ensure your water bottle is durable.

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5 Ways to Make Progress Daily and Keep Your #NPCOMM Work on Track

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

Making a little progress every day is really important to staying motivated and happy in your work. But when you feel like you are getting pulled in a hundred different directions, as many nonprofit communicators are, that can be tough. Actively Manage Your Decision Points. ” Here are 5 I like.

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Revolution Won’t Be Tweeted

The Agitator

If you or your nonprofit are devotees of Facebook and Twitter, his article is sure to fire you up! Social networks are effective at increasing participation —by lessening the level of motivation that participation requires. In fact, it’s the kind of commitment that will bring only social acknowledgment and praise.&#

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Living Beyond the Constructs: A Conversation with Cyndi Suarez and Marcus Walton

NonProfit Quarterly

In some ways, I am motivated by winning, Cyndi—I simply want to win. So, year one, I came into an organization with a history of bringing people together, of highlighting important work in the sector and taking stances in support of nonprofit grantees and communities, but not necessarily focusing on mobilization. CS: Right, right.