NonProfit Leadership Center

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

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Nonprofit Leadership 147

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Production Culture 147

Ann Green

MARCH 10, 2025

Lets walk through five best practices to boost morale, productivity, and retention through your employee onboarding process. After all, recent Gallup research indicates that employees with a best friend at work are much more productive and less likely to leave their organization. Use a learning management system.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 207

Nonprofit Administration and Development Non-Profits Nonprofits Associations 207

Ann Green

APRIL 28, 2025

Sarah is responsible for managing the production and customer support department, which focuses on client contract fulfillment, retention, and satisfaction. She also collaborates with other team members in various areas like sales, marketing, and product development.

Management 175

Management Ethics Production Education 175

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 12, 2024

When and wherever possible, a face-to-face meeting held at the convenience of the prospect is the most productive starting point. The process of acquiring friends begins with discovering what is important to them. The issue of money is set aside entirely.

Fundraising 108

Fundraising Fundraising Values Philanthropy 108

The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 7, 2025

Share the finished product with volunteers. If volunteers contribute to making something during their shift, take photos of the finished product and post them on your website. Fully invested volunteers are priceless to a nonprofit organization. People take pride in their work, so dont forget to share your successes with volunteers.

Volunteerism 96

Volunteerism Volunteerism Fundraising Fundraising 96

Blue Avocado

JANUARY 14, 2025

Kathy Hickman from PGM Community Development Note: The opinions and product/service recommendations expressed above are solely those of the participants and do not necessarily represent those of Blue Avocado. Whether they are skilled staff or volunteers, my challenge is retaining their importance to the organization’s mission.

Recruitment 98

Recruitment Charitable Organizations Community Development Production 98

Ann Green

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Ira oversees Cornershop Creatives project management team and works with clients to provide themwith the best possible final product. His work has resulted in increased funds and resounding supporter engagement for hundreds of organizations.

Charitable Contribution 148

Charitable Contribution Education Education Management 148

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 29, 2025

Clothing production contributes to rampant pollution, from microplastics clogging water systems to carbon emissions and toxic chemicals used in textile processing. Fashion schools largely concentrate on longstanding methods of design and production, often sidelining sustainability to elective courses or specialized programs.

Education 64

Education Education Environmental Ethics 64

The Charity CFO

JANUARY 8, 2025

This approach addresses burnout and aligns with modern workplace needs, especially in the wake of the pandemic.

Leadership 52

Leadership Environmental Law Finance 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 14, 2025

The AJH Foundation and ActionAid UK have adopted this model and speak highly of its effect on organizational culture and productivity. Our positive experiences with co-leadership confirms the many published articles and consultations that praise the practice. Trust Is Essential All our co-leaders have been recruited internally.

Leadership 105

Leadership Civil Society Culture Children 105

Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2025

A smooth, stress-free event sets the stage for productive conversations and meaningful outcomes. And with early communication and involvement with pre-work, youll greatly increase your chances of creating buy-in and building anticipation, ensuring that board and staff members arrive engaged and ready to contribute.

Collaborations 115

Collaborations Energy Activism Culture 115

Fundraising Coach

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Sarah is responsible for managing the production and customer support department concerning client contract fulfillment, increasing retention rate and customer satisfaction. She collaborates with other team members on a variety of issues including sales, marketing and product development ideas.

Ethics 64

Ethics Values Production Retention 64

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 23, 2025

The first category contains stories related to AIs impact on productivity. AI Will Make You More Productive and Efficient The first narrative holds that by implementing AI in their operations, businesses will find greater efficiencies and scale. FIGURE 2: Dominant AI Narratives, Supporting Assumptions and Implications for Workers 1.

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Technology Production Governance 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 13, 2025

On a late-winter Saturday, neighborhood kids learned to ice skate, while other neighbors participated in a pop-up metal working activity, purchased locally made products, and joined an advocacy campaign by writing postcards to their elected officials.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Culture Health Non-Profits 116

Candid

MAY 19, 2025

Photo credit: SDI Productions via Getty Images The post Were feeding more people with less: What food security nonprofits need now appeared first on Candid insights.

Food 98

Food Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations 98

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JULY 1, 2025

By James Pollard, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) Giving Funds are GoFundMe's latest in a flurry of product rollouts with the goal of moving stagnant U.S. The effort aims to move stagnant U.S. charitable contributions beyond the 2% GDP mark. charitable contributions beyond the 2% GDP mark where totals have long hovered.

Charitable Contribution 257

Charitable Contribution Associations Production 257

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

I joined the staff back in 2014 to manage the production of the Facing Race conference. Rebekah Barber: Can you tell me about your background and how you got involved with Race Forward? Leslie Grant-Spann: This year is my tenth anniversary on staff.

Public and Social Policy 138

Public and Social Policy Culture Nonprofit governance and management Public Policy 138

Tony Martignetti

MAY 26, 2025

Jason Shim & Meico Marquette Whitlock:Healthier Productivity From AI Our annual duo returns with tips and resources to make your use of artificial intelligence better for you. Theyre Jason Shim, from Canadian Centre for Nonprofit Continue reading Nonprofit Radio for May 26, 2025: Healthier Productivity From AI

Production 64

Production Nonprofits Management Technology 64

Fundraising Leadership

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Read more in Take The Lead on women in politics That stress and political anxiety can lead to reduced productivity at work, extended absences from work, breakdown of collaboration across teams, and a failure to produce required outcomes and meet deadlines. “In APA’s 2024 Stress in America survey, 77% of U.S. Why is this so important?

Public and Social Policy 117

Public and Social Policy Participation and motivation Non-Profits Culture 117

Top Nonprofits

MAY 19, 2025

Product fundraisers Lots of supporters appreciate an extra incentive to donate, which is where product fundraisers come in. To run a successful product fundraiser online, follow these steps: Choose a product that appeals to your audience. Select a fundraising platform. Vendor support.

Participation and motivation 52

Participation and motivation Fundraising Fundraising Production 52

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JANUARY 8, 2025

How to Have Productive Interviews with Your Stakeholders If you decideafter conducting careful research, meeting with a few campaign consultants, and considering your organizations needsthat you want to conduct your next feasibility study on your own, youll want to thoroughly prepare for the interviews youll hold with your stakeholders.

Leadership 130

Leadership Nonprofit Leadership Activism Production 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 15, 2025

Without sufficient specificity on workflows and decision-making, co-led organizations can experience lower productivity, with staff experiencing confusion, frustration, and a lack of trust in their leaders. Making decisions can be political and slow. Such relationships require time and nurturing, and there are no shortcuts.

Leadership 122

Leadership Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits Construction 122

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 3, 2024

These findings align with the State of Nonprofits 2024 , a survey from the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), which finds that “more than half” of nonprofits use AI and that internal productivity is the most common use. CEP’s study also notes that less than 10 percent of nonprofits have official policies around using AI.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 122

Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance Public and Nonprofit Management Ethics 122

Jeff Brooks

MARCH 6, 2025

Every time I buy an Apple product, it comes with a couple of little Apple logo stickers. Does it seem likely that low-connection donors going to be upset or insulted if you assume they care more deeply than they actually care? Surely that’s better than sending low-connection messages to your deeply connected people!

Medical 64

Medical Retention Production Fundraising 64

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 28, 2025

Salvatore De Lellis on Pexels This May, Microsoft quietly announced it was ending a long-running program that provided about 400,000 nonprofits (according to Microsoft) free access to its software products Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Office 365 E1, which include such workplace staples as Microsoft Word and Excel.

Production 115

Production Nonprofits Collaborations Technology 115

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 30, 2025

A vertically integrated sewing and production shop, since its founding in 2017 SUAY Sew Shop has diverted over 3.5 The LA-based organization creates new products using deadstock, postconsumer waste, and domestically grown organic fibers. million pounds of textile waste from landfills.

Environmental 115

Environmental Health Production Children 115

Bloomerang

MARCH 28, 2025

Focus on the process before the written product. We recommend organizations set alignment and buy-in as a core priority and use the final written product as a long-term organizing tool. Otherwise, leaders may end up with a written plan that few in the organization understand or support.

Fundraising 79

Fundraising Fundraising Leadership Management 79

The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 9, 2025

Use recruiting tools to streamline the hiring process and employee management platforms to boost productivity. Leveraging Technology For Recruitment and Retention Technology can simplify hiring and keep teams connected. Remote work is here to stay, so make sure your tech setup supports seamless collaboration.

Public and Nonprofit Management 98

Public and Nonprofit Management Culture Recruitment Insurance 98

Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 24, 2025

Peer-to-peer fundraisers can sell any product that fits your mission, but t-shirts are a common and popular option. Assess providers based on their available shipping methods, costs, product quality, and design tools. Donors give to peer-to-peer campaigns because they have a personal connection to your fundraisers.

Participation and motivation 59

Participation and motivation Production Fundraising Fundraising 59

Jeff Brooks

OCTOBER 31, 2024

more citric acid, because it will increase saliva production by 9%. The guys in suits are looking at diagrams of heads, featuring the saliva glands. One of them is pointing them out with a laser pointer and recommending 12.3% It’s so clinical. They’re talking about manipulating my saliva glands. As if I’m a lab rat.

Fundraising 105

Fundraising Fundraising Production 105

The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 7, 2025

Production services will also be available for a fee via a generative AI ad manager (powered by streamr.ai ) and creative generator. AdGood will track and report on key performance indicators (KPIs), including impressions served, ad engagement rates, audience reach and conversion metrics, according to the announcement from the organization.

Advertising 52

Advertising Finance Associations Production 52

Bloomerang

MAY 19, 2025

founder, and best-selling author of The Ask , likes to describe a productive meeting as when the donor prospect is speaking 75% of the time, and the nonprofit representative only 25% of the time. Early conversations should concentrate on getting donor prospects to share their experience, wisdom, and personal insights on those challenges.

Values 54

Values Production Education Education 54

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Image credit: Curated Lifestyle on Unsplash This article introduces a three-part series— Building Wealth for the Next Generation: The Promise of Baby Bonds —a co-production of NPQ and the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at The New School for Social Research in New York City.

Public and Social Policy 127

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Poverty Universities 127

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 19, 2025

The products approach, which had clearly defined offerings such as the Jiyyo app, was easy to understand and gave the HPs a clear sense of the potential value they could expect from a partnership with Jiyyo. The app and associated technologies were built by Jiyyo in-house and refined based on continuous feedback from the HPs.

Medical 52

Medical Health Production Governance 52

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 12, 2025

You wouldnt want to have board members of a theater never attend a theater production. Such board members can offer a clear perspective, tied to the organizations mission, but also hold the organization accountable to its constituency.

Nonprofit governance and management 112

Nonprofit governance and management Volunteerism Volunteerism Public and Nonprofit Management 112

Candid

JUNE 30, 2025

Photo credit: SDI Productions via Getty Images The post Putting the ‘trust’ in trust-based philanthropy: One leader’s aspiration to shift power and deepen impact appeared first on Candid insights. That’s the kind of philanthropy I want to be part of and hope to advance.

Philanthropy 59

Philanthropy Foundations Collaborations Values 59

Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Collaboration: Working collaboratively with board members, staff, and external partners is essential for achieving organizational objectives and fostering a positive and productive work environment. Submissions may be edited for length and clarity.

Ethics 116

Ethics Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations Children 116