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Social Media and Community-Building Tips from Not For Sale's Sarah Potts

Tech Soup

She recently shared her social media and community-building wisdom at an event organized by the SF Tech4Good group and the San Francisco Online Community Meetup Group. " Different audiences and different social media platforms demand different messages. Their work is very different in each of these locations.

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7 eBooks for activists and donors: Ways to give back during Giving Season and beyond 

Candid

Read this book for a dose of optimism and inspiration with real-life examples from social media of how you can incorporate acts of kindness and generosity into your everyday life. The book illustrates what people are doing to bring intersectional racial equity to systems such as education, media, housing, etc.

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16 free nonprofit books for your summer reading list

Candid

Get the skinny on the essentials of nonprofit leadership, boards, fundraising, and social media marketing. 101 Social Media Tactics for Nonprofits: A Field Guide by Melanie Mathos and Chad Norman. Leaf through this book’s 101 tips to find actionable social media tactics you can start using today.

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Volunteer Woes: Tackling the Top Challenge in School Fundraising

Greater Giving

While many challenges arise, one stands out as the most significant: recruiting, training, and retaining volunteers. Burnout : Overworked volunteers can become disillusioned and leave. Invest in Volunteer Training and Support : Comprehensive onboarding : Equip volunteers with the necessary tools and knowledge to succeed.

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Why is leadership aspiration down among BIPOC nonprofit staff? 

Candid

In addition, between 2016 and 2022, steadily increasing shares of both BIPOC and white respondents reported receiving peer support, training on staff management and supervision, coaching and executive coaching, and internal mentorship. What about positive factors such as training, mentorship, and other supports?

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Volunteer Management & Retention Best Practices for Nonprofits

Qgiv

To keep your volunteers as effective as possible, develop a volunteer management process that helps you recruit, train, and steward volunteers for your organization. There are three major aspects of managing your volunteers: recruitment, training, and stewardship. Another way to steward your volunteers is to publicly thank them.

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Cultivating Empathy in School-Parent Communications

Blackbaud

Whether it is our collective post-pandemic hangover, partisan politics, or the impact of social media algorithms, it seems that many of us have an “us vs. them” mentality and are quick to feel threatened. As a former Head of School, I know that parents can be complicated and time consuming to manage, and that management can lead to burnout.