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5 Best Practices for Nonprofit Employee Onboarding

Ann Green's Nonprofit

However, recruiting and retaining these essential team members is not always easy. 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.

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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. Like most nonprofits, Mentor New York had to pivot during the pandemic to virtual events and engagement for its supporters.

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Independent Retailers – the Backbone of Business and Industry

GrantNews

Jobs: Locally owned businesses employ more people per unit of sales and retain more employees during economic downturns. Successful applicants will receive coaching and mentoring, deals and perks from a variety of companies, opportunities to pitch to investors, and program support follow-up.

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How to Recruit, Coach, and Retain Board Members

Qgiv

How do you recruit, coach, and retain your board members? Before worrying about how to coach and retain board members, you first need a full board. Match new board members up with a more experienced board member so that they can form a mentor/mentee relationship. Retaining your board members. How to recruit board members.

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Ever Wondered About the Value of Volunteer Time?

GrantNews

The Value of Your Volunteer Time To recruit and retain valuable volunteers you must build trust by providing the correct tools for a productive and joyful work environment for your volunteers. Eligible participants receive mentoring, services, and software to upgrade their digital capabilities.

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End-of-Year Giving Campaign: 13 Successful (Yet Underutilized) Strategies

CauseVox

Mentor of the Year Awards hosts an annual fundraising gala. Thanking your donors is an essential step in retaining your year-end donors. The end of the year is a perfect opportunity for you to host a gala to celebrate community and share memories of your year together.

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Teacher Well-Being: Beyond Yoga and Pizza Parties

Blackbaud

As schools of all kinds—public, private, K–12, and higher ed—struggle to recruit faculty, they must also work harder to retain them. Appoint mentors: One way to recognize a high-performing faculty member is to ask them to mentor a less experienced or struggling peer.

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