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Keeping the Dream Team: Unleashing the Power of Employee Retention in Nonprofits

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Written by: Michael Ash, Ma, CNP, PCM, PMP Reading Time: 5 minutes In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, nonprofit organizations face unprecedented challenges, from transitioning to remote work models to addressing economic hardships, new challenges in fundraising, and community struggles.

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The Strategic Imperative of Well-Being: A Guide for Organizational Success

NonProfit Leadership Center

In organizational psychology, culture has three key elements: practices, values, and underlying assumptions. In fact, McKinsey & Company released a recent report showing that attracting and retaining public sector employees must be done in a manner that keeps pace with current workplace trends and demographics.

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The Complete Guide to Implementing the Four-Day Workweek

Nonprofit Fixer

The Complete Guide to Implementing the Four-Day Workweek If you want to create the kind of workplace no one wants to leave, while still pushing for excellence and work-life balance, consider this long overdue, and much-misunderstood management tool. In the past few years, the four-day workweek (4DWW) has been getting increasing attention.

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The importance of expressing impact and gratitude in fundraising

iMarketSmart

How well do charities manage this hidden impact problem? One study of over half a million donations to a public university gave an answer.[10] Management Science, 67 (10), 5969-6627, p. Psychological Bulletin, 127 , 249-266. [4] Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 98 (6), 946-955. [5] They get a request.

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How transactional donor relationships kill generosity

iMarketSmart

Transactional behavior in charities I often share research findings with nonprofit groups. A frustrated manager interrupted, “But I just want their money. Why do you think donor retention is so low? Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 47 (3), 623-644, p. It’s a problem for charities. Can’t I tell them that?”

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Webinar: Appreciate, Engage and Retain Your Supporters

Care2

All across the fundraising landscape, donor retention is falling. His expertise includes change management and constituent relationship management strategy and implementation. Prior to joining The Nature Conservancy, Doug was the nonprofit industry lead for the consulting practice of Arthur Andersen in Washington, D.C.

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The Book that Changed My Life – Download to find yours

Getting Attention

When I recently asked nonprofit experts in a range of fields and functions—from public health to fundraising to advocacy—to share the one book that has most influenced their professional lives, I had no idea what I’d learn. Chase, Consulting Specialist Institutional Advancement and Customer Retention Marketing. Free E-Guide.