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How can nonprofits acquire skilled talent to better achieve their mission?

ASU Lodestar Center

If a nonprofit wants to achieve the full scope of capability, then they must have the skilled talent that can reach it by providing a fair and competitive compensation in an already stressed environment. If an organization is willing to invest in a positive and extensive support structure, it is likely leadership will follow.

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Forum One Honored With 11 Vega Awards

Forum One

The Vega Awards acknowledge those who create and continually expand the digital universe. Each of these projects serves a critical purpose, whether it’s fighting to protect our environment, ensure transparency in our government, solve complex community health problems, and more. Endowed by Dr. Ruth J.

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How can nonprofits improve staff well-being to achieve desired results?

ASU Lodestar Center

Nonprofits need to invest in practices that enhance and develop skills, create career paths and take work-life balance into consideration. Develop a strategic incentive structure. Providing a supportive and caring environment requires no money and can be applied on a daily basis.

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How Can Nonprofits Build High-Performing Teams?

ASU Lodestar Center

With limited people and financial resources, leaders of nonprofit organizations must execute strong management styles that develop the talent of their teams, foster healthy working environments and encourage retention of valuable employees. Build a Supportive Structure.

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BIPOC Leadership Challenges: 26 Tips To Increase Accessibility Across The Nonprofit Sector

Bloomerang

Structural barriers to success The nonprofit sector is highly competitive, with organizations often competing for the same limited resources. Networking can be second nature to those raised in that environment, but completely alien to others. Ensure that the organization’s leadership is representative of the communities it serves.

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What strategies can nonprofits enact to retain millennials?

ASU Lodestar Center

There is evidence that millennials thrive in flatter organizational structures with shared governance and peer to peer collaboration. It turns out, only five percent of employees think ping pong tables and similar perks add value to the work environment. Collaboration: Millennials want a sense of belonging.

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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

GlassLab ( [link] ) explores the potential for existing, commercially successful digital games to serve both as potent learning environments and real-time assessments of student learning. The neuroscientists at the Gazzaley Lab at University of California, San Francisco, have shown that games can improve our cognitive function.