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Post-Pandemic: Rebuilding Your Volunteer and Financial Base

Bloomerang

A renewed focus on wellbeing and retention for volunteer re-engagement. Global Entrepreneurship Network. A pre-pandemic study by the Urban Institute – a research center based in Washington DC – also found eighty percent of nonprofits relied on volunteers, but did not have the knowledge to engage and adequately manage them effectively.

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Nonprofit Professional Development | Resources for Success

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

The book addresses the technological advancements in the nonprofit field, as well as how those advancements have done little to improve donor relations and retention. We mentioned that professional development opportunities boost engagement and retention rates for staff. See how much you could save with a lower employee turnover rate.

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The Right Way To Cultivate

The Agitator

Here is a terrific comment on yesterday’s Agitator post from Andrew Kramer describing how his organization, Prison Entrepreneurship Program (PEP) in Houston, builds cultivation into the guts of their program … and the enormous benefits reaped. He was taking me to task for treating cultivation merely as a monetary cost.

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Removing Barriers for Women Entrepreneurs Online

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Anne Miltenburg Women worldwide, especially in low-income countries, face many barriers to entrepreneurship, including limited access to capital, harassment, and violence. In just the first month, our retention rate increased from 17 percent to an average of 24 percent, and our conversion rate on ads went from 0.85 percent to 2.5

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Taking Donor Loyalty Seriously

The Agitator

For instance, we’re an entrepreneurship focused program that deals in changing lives for a historically underserved population. Tags: Don't Miss these Posts Seth Godin charities donor retention fundraising loyalty nonprofit management nonprofits. Could have gone the other way.&#. Great story, Andrew.

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Exploring Alternatives to College and Unleashing Online Business Ideas for Teens

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

These alternatives empower them to pursue their passions, gain practical skills, and embrace entrepreneurship at a young age. While traditional education often emphasized memorizing facts and knowledge retention, there is now a greater emphasis on critical thinking, problem-solving, collaboration, and creativity.

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How transactional donor relationships kill generosity

iMarketSmart

Why do you think donor retention is so low? Asia Pacific Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Have you ever known someone like this? How would you like to be in a relationship with them? If you found yourself in that relationship, how long would you stay? In this worldview, donors are just an ATM. Helping an ATM makes no sense.