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Measure What You Value: Designing a Values-based Performance Appraisal System

Blue Avocado

What should be measured? military’s “merit rating” system created during World War II to identify poor performers for discharge or transfer. How does the public perceive your organization? The behaviors above are actionable, observable, and easy to measure. How often should they be done? After WWII, about 60% of U.S.

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Trusting community organizers to build a multiracial democracy

Candid

It requires a long-term strategy so that an ecosystem of organizations—with specialists in communications, legal support, and policy research—can work together to build a broad base of support. Metrics must evolve to measure membership growth, leadership development, and voter turnout over longer periods of time.

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How to Create a Volunteer Handbook Your Volunteers Will Use

Get Fully Funded

If your organization relies on volunteers, even just a little, you need a volunteer handbook that spells out expectations, policies, and procedures. Volunteer policies and procedures: It is critical that you have policies and procedures in place that minimize potential problems that could arise.

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Generosity Commission: Giving, Volunteering And Civil Society Complexities

The NonProfit Times

There are also nine recommendations that call leaders across the nonprofit, funder, business and policy sectors to take action to protect and promote the future of generosity. The rate of volunteerism, as measured by the Current Population Survey of the U.S. The report is targeted at a wide swath of America. “

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An Open (Online) Book: What SB 272 Means for California Public Records

Byte Technology

Johnson signed into law the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a sweeping measure that suddenly allowed all American citizens access to public records that where previously out of reach to anyone but government employees. It may seem hard to imagine but it’s been 50 years since President Lyndon B.

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LGBTQ+ advocacy strategies to generate advocates year-round

EveryAction

Key types of advocacy Issue awareness Before organizations can create advocates for their cause, they need to make people aware of the issues they’re trying to solve. Often, the central issue is a specific policy or a cultural phenomenon that the organization seeks to promote or eliminate. This is where issue awareness comes in.

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How can nonprofit leaders create high-performing teams?

ASU Lodestar Center

Therefore, for nonprofits to continue tackling such complex issues and systems, leaders must seek to create, support and sustain high-performing teams capable of enacting transformative change. When considering performance in the nonprofit sector, it is difficult not to jump to conclusions about measurable outcomes and impact.

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