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5 Best Practices for Nonprofit Employee Onboarding

Ann Green's Nonprofit

Assign a mentor or buddy to new hires. When pairing mentors or buddies with new hires: Be thoughtful about each match. Provide formal and informal opportunities for new hires to connect with their mentor or buddy. You can even award their time and dedication with a small gift card, a branded t-shirt, or additional PTO.

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Small Business Starter Kit: Tools and Tips for New Entrepreneurs

GrantNews

(startup.info “15 Essential Tools Every Startup Founder Must Have”) Entrepreneur and Startup Grants, Opportunities, In-Kind Support, Prizes, and Awards 1. Entrepreneurs and Startups Compete for Awards to Develop Businesses! Entrepreneurs and Startups Compete for Awards to Develop Businesses!

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The Role of a Mentor: Effective Workplace Mentorship

GrantNews

The mentee and mentor connection is the most valuable professional relationship you can have. There is an array of mutual benefits of mentoring for both the mentee and the mentor. Traditional workplace mentoring relationships involve senior employees helping guide junior colleagues.

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Is There Racial Bias in Awarding Federal Grants?

ProposalPRO

Or, to say that another way, the issues Black scientists most want to address appeared to hold the least value for those awarding NIH grants. Women and racial minorities were far less likely to be experienced in the grants process, or to win grant awards. Agencies tend to award grants to the usual suspects.

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10 Stellar Small Business Grants for December

GrantNews

Participants will receive investment funding, networking opportunities, deals and perks, mentoring, and coaching. Positive Environmental Impacts : Awards to for-profit organizations and individuals to recognize technologies that make significant positive environmental impacts.

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Dispelling Five Mentoring Myths

Grant Professionals Association

Why should you consider mentoring? Myth #2: You Don’t Have Enough Time A mentor/mentee partnership can be whatever works best for you and your mentee - as simple as a quick phone call once every month or two. And in all honesty, you most likely had a grants mentor too, though it may not have been a formal mentor/mentee pairing.

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Mentor New York’s Virtual Fundraising Event Raises 12x Their Fundraising Goal With CauseVox

CauseVox

This was the scenario for Mentor New York, a nonprofit that works with companies, schools and organizations to provide mentoring for organizations that serve more than 80,000 young people in New York. Pivoting To A Virtual Awards Ceremony. Mentor NY Used Ticketing For Their Virtual Awards Ceremony To Drive Higher Gift Amounts.

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