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Don't Forget Volunteers as Part of the Solution to 2017 Nonprofit Challenges | Energize... - 0 views

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shared by Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 06 Feb 17 - No Cached
  • “Staffing, workflow, finance and fundraising will be the trends to watch in nonprofit operations during 2017 when it comes to charities and associations.”
  • “The Limitations of Seeing Volunteers Only as Unpaid Staff,”
  • volunteers are seen as ancillary, not central.
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  • direct invitation, not a Facebook post.)
  • clustering” – banding together to share resources or determining specialties.
  • Skilled volunteers can be integral to these developments, both to guide the learning management systems necessary and to present a wide array of professional development and public education programs.
  • support prevention rather than “bandages.” Point funders to volunteer work that brings about change and the finances needed to grow that work.  
  • screen applicants with experience solely in the corporate world for whether or not they also have a history of charitable giving and volunteering?
  • NPTimes foresees a surge in new training programs and certification opportunities, as well as nonprofits moving towards offering education to the general public to generate revenue.
  • Separate tasks that can legitimately be delegated to competent volunteers as their only role
  • Volunteers, however, can be advocates. They can speak out and be heard in more effective ways because (most of the time) they do not personally benefit from the outcome.
  • Marching and public protest are core activist tactics. But, the true potential for volunteerism is that many people are looking for how they can have a voice and affect decisions to come.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 06 Feb 17
     
    blog post by Susan J. Ellis, Energize, February 2017, great post for helping volunteers thrive in moving org mission
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

5 ways to optimize participation - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times - 0 views

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online community NonProfitTimes blog participation

shared by Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 19 Jan 16 - No Cached
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 19 Jan 16
     
    Ridiculous blog post drawing on book "The Online Community Blueprint" by Katie Bapple, Joshua Paul, and Katie Oakes, on having an online community. It annoys me because it never mentions purpose, it's more a "build it this way, and they will come."
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