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

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

This cost includes marketing and recruiting for the position, the extra time it takes for other staff to adopt and complete the tasks to stay on target, and training the new employee. Nonprofits can create strong psychological contracts by aligning organizational values with staff passions.

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From Scarcity to Inspiration: Rethinking the Value of Nonprofit Facilities

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: itsnnnoa on unsplash.com Nonprofit facilities communicate, and we need to be more conscious, thoughtful, and vocal about what they say about who and what our organizations value. Considerable research documents the positive physiological and psychological effects that sound architectural design has on wellbeing.

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4 Ways to Inspire Volunteers to Be a Part of Your Mission

The Volunteer Hub

How are you retaining your volunteers and are your providing them with value? In fact, according to a new study, conducted by the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, expressing gratitude not only improves one-on-one relationships but could bring entire groups together. Thank volunteers by providing them with value.

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2022 Nonprofit Leadership Conference Breakout Speakers & Sessions

NonProfit Leadership Center

Dr. Dewan holds a Bachelor of Science in psychology from Wright State University and a Doctor of Medicine from Medical College of Ohio at Toledo. She is a Certified Positive Intelligence Coach and Certified Virtual Facilitator will begin her master’s in Applied Positive Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania this fall.

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Shirley Chisholm Lessons: 7 Inspirations For Each Level of Your Career

Fundraising Leadership

Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm in her 1972 run for the presidency as the Democratic Party nomination, is a vibrant reminder of the value of male allies and mentorship for younger women. (photo by Glen Wilson/Netflix) The new film, Shirley, with Regina King as U.S. Be inclusive and diverse in hires and promotions.

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Building Power for Healthy Communities

Stanford Social Innovation Review

They told TCE that the initiative would be more successful if communities set their own goals and priorities, from the bottom up; it would work better if TCE made support of local community organizing groups its top priority, helped them build resident and community capacity, and strongly supported the recruitment and training of community leaders.

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Equity in The Balance: Catalyst Winners On DEI Tools To Change Work Culture

Fundraising Leadership

The recruitment strategy, Holder says, includes “internal intentionality and, increased accountability” to reflect the mission, vision and value. Diversity and inclusion are key to our business, not optional, they are core to our values,” says James E. Culture eats strategy for lunch.” asks Bible. “We

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