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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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Teacher Well-Being: Beyond Yoga and Pizza Parties

Blackbaud

Many cite burnout as the primary reason they are leaving the teaching profession, and in response, schools are trying to pivot and focus on the well-being of their faculty and students. To begin, let’s listen to what teachers say is causing their burnout. Only then can we address the issue.

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2024 Blue Avocado Year in Review

Blue Avocado

Small nonprofits are often very informal, with a few people wearing a lot of hats. Providing your nonprofits volunteers with the same recruitment, training, mentoring, and appreciation as your employees can reduce turnover and create a better overall volunteer experience.

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Beyond efficiency: A human-first AI adoption strategy

Candid

Yet using AI adoption primarily to maximize time and cost efficiency will only exacerbate the burnout crisis in the sector. Nonprofit leaders could use them to have staff do the same tasks they’ve always done, just faster, or shift jobs from full-time work to part-time or contract work.

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Welcoming Critique to Improve My Project

HSF House

This made me think deeper about my project, as well as helped me learn about this process with the assistance of a mentor. As the information within my experiment must remain private for reliability reasons, I have provided an image with my IRB approval and the amount of corrections made.

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Volunteer Woes: Tackling the Top Challenge in School Fundraising

Greater Giving

Burnout : Overworked volunteers can become disillusioned and leave. Clear Communication Channels : Establish effective communication methods (email, newsletters, social media) to keep parents informed. Nurture Alumni Parent Relationships Create exclusive volunteer opportunities for alumni parents, such as mentoring current students.