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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

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Used as a facilitation technique in training can also help people generate ideas on how to apply the skills or concepts being taught. The ideas can be captured on a flip chart or participants can write them down on sticky notes and post them on a wall. Write them on a flip chart, white board, or slide so everyone can see it.

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How to Create a Volunteer Handbook Your Volunteers Will Use

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Include your mission and vision statements, a brief history, and a summary of your programs and services. Staff: Provide an organizational chart with photos and enough information about each person’s role so volunteers can find the person they are looking for. This letter is the first thing the volunteer will see, so make it count!

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Why Movement Is the Killer Learning App for Nonprofits

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Here are some techniques you can incorporate into your training and staff meetings that will help with learning and retention. They help “air out the brain” and can help a tired group regain focus. I incorporate energizers into webinars (see slide 22) and virtual meetings. Here’s some examples.

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The Beginner’s Guide to Running Your First Capital Campaign

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Smaller gifts from individuals, events, and items like engraved bricks help support the campaign toward the end, when a small amount is left to reach the goal. Capital campaigns are the perfect platform to snag well-known community leaders to help with raising money, raising awareness, and making connections. Volunteer involvement.

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Research Friday: Generosity Expanded: The Impact!

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Accompanying the Annual Index is an Executive Summary. As the above chart illustrates, nearly half of the financial engagement between the U.S. The need to help families ‘back home’ experience some kind of economic stability is very real. Professional-in-Residence at the Lodestar Center is to help bridge academia and practice.

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Write Your Nonprofit Business Plan in 9 Sections

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Maybe they don’t know what a nonprofit business plan can do to help them. Why You Need a Nonprofit Business Plan No matter where your nonprofit is in its growth or what you’re trying to accomplish, a plan will help you reach your goals faster than if you are trying to operate without one. Who can help you achieve your goals?

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NTEN Leading Change Summit #14lcs: Reflection

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This can be done with a flip chart and markers or there might be one graphic facilitator dedicated to this task. As a trainer, I create two agendas – a participant agenda which is a summary and a more detailed facilitator’s agenda. There is always a dance between too much detail and specific times vs less detail.