Volunteers play a vital role in a nonprofit organization. Volunteers play a role in most organizations’ governance, administration, fundraising, programming, promotion, and advocacy. Therefore, volunteers are a huge part of an organization. However, volunteer management can often feel clunky and piecemealed. To turn your volunteer management into a natural system of your organization, you should focus on the four areas of volunteer management: recruitment, tracking, engagement, and retention.
Office Re-Entry and Conflict Drivers
A few years back, I wrote a blog entitled, Four Types of Conflict that Arise with Stakeholders and How to Avoid Them, the most viewed content on our website. People still view this blog almost 10X more than any other content.
What this tells me is that nonprofit leaders are searching for tools to resolve conflict. In the piece I’ve linked above for you, I focus on four conflict drivers, Interest-Based, Cognitive, Emotional, and Structural, and offer tools for resolution. Today I want to apply that information to our current reality.
The Simple Year-End Appeal Plan You Need to Start Now
Donors generously give to many different causes during the last three months: October, November, and December. While December remains the largest month of charitable giving, you should begin planning your year-end appeal in September. We’ve provided some helpful steps to get you started on planning your year-end appeal campaign in this blog.
Back to School and the Nonprofit Sector
The back-to-school season means that summer plans are coming to a close, excitement and emotions are high, and nonprofits are gearing up for their fall programming and fundraising operations. Here are tips for working with your internal teams, clients, and donors regarding back-to-school campaigns.