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Overqualified and underchallenged? Here’s how to make it work

Fast Company Tech

Her advanced skills perfectly filled their gap, and her job satisfaction soared within weeks, if not days. This isn’t about showing off but finding pockets where extra skills create unexpected value while keeping intellectually engaged. This is why open, ongoing conversations between leadership and employees are essential.

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April is National Volunteer Month. Do you know where your volunteers are? 

Candid

Nonprofits can maximize participation by encouraging potential volunteers to take advantage of paid volunteer time off, asking for skills-based volunteers, and helping connect companies to local communities. Partnerships between nonprofits and for-profit companies can boost workplace volunteering and amplify community impact.

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How student loans impact workers’ long-term career choices

Fast Company Tech

jobs, [the] majority of them have considered how that position or that job can help them with their student loan debt, says the reports author and MissionSquares head of research, Zhikun Liu. This research suggests the added burden inspires them to pursue more professional development and educational credentials.

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Developing staff technology skills in your nonprofit

NTEN

How do you go about developing the technology skills of your staff? In this post, I will briefly explain how to pinpoint which technology skills folks need, assess current skill levels, provide training that doesn’t stink, and nurture a technology-positive culture where tech skills are a priority.

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10 Ways To Improve Your Connection Skills

Eric Jacobsen Blog

"Connection is what transforms a dog-eat-dog environment into a sled-dog team that pulls together," says Michael Lee Stallard , author of the book, Connection Culture. He is the primary author of Fired Up or Burned Out. Partnering with Stallard on Connection Culture are authors Jason Pankau and Katharine P Stallard.

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Ensuring Continuity: Succession Planning Strategies for Nonprofit Finance Teams

sgEngage

While it’s difficult to imagine a stable workforce during a time of labor shortages, your organization can help to ensure uninterrupted processes and continued missional impact by developing a robust job succession planning strategy. Any type of job succession plan involves proper segregation of duties through cross-training and redundancies.

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Leveraging AI for Personalized Member Engagement 

.orgSource

Just as Amazon uses AI to suggest products you might like, associations can use AI to recommend relevant professional development courses, connect members with similar interests, or highlight industry news that matters most to each member.

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