NonProfit Leadership Center

JUNE 17, 2024

Effective Strategies for Attracting Nonprofit Professionals Mission-Driven Recruitment A great starting point to attract top talent is to ensure your organizational messaging clearly articulates your mission. These stories can appeal to potential employees’ values and emotions. How do you do that?

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Retention Culture Nonprofit Leadership Leadership 211

The Volunteer Hub

MARCH 7, 2022

With the value of a volunteer hour approaching $29 in 2022, now is the time to focus on retention and better utilize your existing volunteer contacts. Volunteer hours equate to the work of millions of full-time employees, making the value of volunteer labor over $284 billion. And what causes volunteers to leave? Personal Growth.

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Retention Recruitment Public and Nonprofit Management Activism 92

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

AUGUST 6, 2024

However, you can only cultivate a diverse and skilled team by making the recruitment process accessible to all, regardless of their abilities or background. In this guide, we’ll provide you with expert tips to transcend traditional recruitment practices and standards by adopting universally inclusive interview tactics.

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Recruitment Nonprofit Leadership Nonprofits Leadership 195

Top Nonprofits

JULY 16, 2024

Let’s look at the four R’s of recruiting and retaining volunteers for your children’s ministry. Use this strategy to recruit volunteers by sending personal invitations to church members who have expressed interest in serving but haven’t committed to a role yet. Church newsletters and announcements.

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Recruitment Participation and motivation Children Retention 52

Top Nonprofits

JUNE 3, 2024

But are the volunteers you recruit sticking around? Volunteer recruitment is a challenge for many nonprofits, but fortunately, there’s a simple solution: keep as many of the volunteers you currently have as possible. Of course, this is easier said than done unless you have a reliable volunteer retention strategy.

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Retention Recruitment Volunteerism Volunteerism 52

Top Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

But while your organization might be on top of metrics for fundraising and volunteer recruitment , there are other operational areas you can optimize—such as hiring. Tracking hiring KPIs can be overwhelming, especially for nonprofits that have only recently started focusing on recruitment.

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Recruitment Retention Nonprofits Culture 52

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Benefits of Implementing a Direct Sourcing Strategy in Recruiting Organizations are continuously looking for novel approaches to spot and entice top talent in today’s fiercely competitive labor market, where it has become a strategic priority.

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Recruitment Advertising Activism Retention 52

The Volunteer Hub

JULY 15, 2022

Strategically matching volunteers with assignments that allow them to excel can increase retention, improve engagement, and help your organization achieve its mission. Effectively utilizing your volunteer workforce can increase retention, improve engagement, and help your organization reach its mission.

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Recruitment Altruism and Helping Volunteerism Volunteerism 86

Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

A Guide to Donor Retention. What is Donor Retention? If you’re a fundraiser or nonprofit development professional, you’ve likely heard the term “donor retention.” But what is donor retention? Quite simply, donor retention is a measure of how many donors continue to donate to your organization.

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Retention Philanthropy Associations Communication 88

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

What if I told you that how you recruit peer-to-peer fundraisers and donors could be more efficient and result in more donations over time? . When you’re recruiting, are you considering how to get people who participated and gave to you the year before to come back and support you again? Luckily, you can change course.

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Retention Fundraising Fundraising Recruitment 108

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JUNE 5, 2024

Nonprofits can foster a culture of respect by valuing contributions from employees of all generations, recognizing the unique strengths and expertise that each individual brings to the table. He completed his DBA in Organizational Leadership and Development researching Appalachian nonprofits, psychological contracts, and retention.

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Collaborations Public and Nonprofit Management Culture Leadership 212

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MARCH 13, 2024

But at a time when most of our HR teams are knee-deep in the struggle to recruit and retain talent, we’ve got to remember that our marketing efforts are also a powerful tool for employer branding and staff engagement. It tells prospective employees about our culture, our values, and the difference they can make by joining us.

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Recruitment Retention Culture Communication 210

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JULY 2, 2024

Reviewal of Values, Mission, and Beliefs Core values, mission, and beliefs serve as the foundation of every nonprofit organization. Established nonprofits periodically review and reaffirm their values, mission, and beliefs to ensure alignment with their evolving priorities, community needs, and societal trends.

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Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Culture 207

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JANUARY 16, 2023

How to Increase the Efficiency of Recruiting Processes in Your Team. Assimilate them in the recruiting process to fast-track and simplify the process of finding and onboarding employees who bring value to your company. You cannot overstate the importance of an efficient recruiting process in an organization.

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Recruitment Technology Retention Values 52

Bloomerang

AUGUST 12, 2021

Do you know your organization’s donor retention rate? A chorus of voices have been beating the drum about the importance of donor retention through their research, in blogs, and in webinars—with stagnant results. . The Donor Retention Crisis—and Why It Matters. whereas the new donor retention rate was 19.3%.

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Retention Nonprofit governance and management Finance Governance 111

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

In today’s post,we dive into the Individual Donor Benchmark Report by Third Space Studio and focus on donor retention numbers. This year’s report also dug into one of the most important data points for individual donor fundraising – your retention rate. Key Takeaways for Greater Retention. Heather Yandow.

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Retention Recruitment Universities Management 150

Candid

JULY 22, 2024

People with disabilities are still often left out in terms of targeted recruitment at all levels, particularly for leadership positions. It also means our collective perspectives are valued within an organization. Of those who did respond, 15% of all staff and roughly 10% of those in leadership roles identified as having a disability.

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Recruitment Leadership Culture Nonprofits 116

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Much like you focus on donor retention, you also have to develop a plan for employee retention to ensure your team feels satisfied coming to work each day and upholding your mission. In this article, we’ll go over five tips to help your nonprofit nurture a flourishing work environment to keep employee engagement and retention high.

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Leadership Retention Nonprofits Nonprofit Leadership 230

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MAY 10, 2023

However, volunteers can quickly become another challenge for your event team if you don’t know how to effectively recruit and manage them. To recruit a team of energetic and helpful volunteers for your next event, you need to actively promote volunteering opportunities to your community of supporters. Let’s begin! Contact information.

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Recruitment Nonprofits Management Activism 197

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Research suggests that re-engaging existing volunteers can be more efficient and cost-effective than recruiting new ones because you’re able to: Maintain existing relationships: Re-engaging volunteers often means tapping into existing relationships and networks.

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Recruitment Retention Production Values 94

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JULY 23, 2024

While many associations struggled with declining membership and retention rates due to the pandemic, these numbers have bounced back strongly as of 2023. As eCardWidget’s guide to member appreciation explains, thanking members can boost your retention rate, engagement levels, fundraising results, and recruitment success.

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Participation and motivation Associations Retention Leadership 130

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Incorporate flexibility, recognition, a clear path for impact, and a foundational focus on retention into your program from the outset. Regular appreciation, whether through events, awards, or simple thank-you notes, can make volunteers feel valued and seen. Be social Social media is a powerful tool for recruitment.

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Recruitment Retention Non-Profits Values 60

Ann Green

JULY 30, 2024

Mapping out this journey will show the touchpoints donors interact with, enable you to tailor experiences and communications to their position in the donor journey, reveal pain points and gaps that pose retention risks, and help you make data-driven decisions. Let’s look at an example.

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Ethics Donor Motivation Environmental Communication 283

Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Effective volunteer management vital to an organization’s day-to-day operations, meaning nonprofits need to invest in smart volunteer management practices to reduce administrative overhead and increase volunteer retention. Volunteers offer a tremendous amount of value and can thrive when given the right tools and resources.

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Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Recruitment Public and Nonprofit Management 84

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Such logic often applies to nonprofit recruitment of volunteers. The bottom line is clear: if nonprofits are going to operate volunteer programs that retain a diverse and representative cross-section of their communities, they need to be proactive about their recruitment and retention efforts to ensure that this occurs.

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Nonprofit Administration and Development Recruitment Culture Participation and motivation 115

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 15, 2024

Thousands of companies around the world have been evaluating the four-day workweek because of burnout, productivity, worker retention, concerns about commuting, and even to address sustainability and climate change. Enter the four-day workweek. Big-name companies worldwide are making this shift, and I don’t think it is a fad.

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Public and Nonprofit Management Production Retention Recruitment 118

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

APRIL 5, 2024

Enhancing Volunteer Recruitment A significant challenge during the scaling process is efficiently finding and enlisting volunteers. Volunteer management software plays a significant role in streamlining the recruitment procedure by automating tasks like sorting applications, conducting background checks, and scheduling interviews.

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Management Non-Profits Recruitment Retention 52

The Charity CFO

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Develop a Volunteer Recruitment and Screening Some volunteers will seek out your organization and ask about volunteer opportunities, but the majority won’t. That’s why it’s important to have a volunteer recruitment strategy. Recruiting in person at local events, such as a community picnic or your own fundraising events.

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Management Recruitment Retention Nonprofits 52

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Why the recruitment and onboarding process is critical to volunteer retention The long game of retaining volunteers over time begins as soon as they sign up and arrive for their first event. 2023 data shows that the average value of a volunteer hour is estimated at around $31.80 How did you welcome them?

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Recruitment Retention Medical Activism 90

Bloomerang

JANUARY 8, 2024

Calculating Economic Value of Volunteer Contributions Amount of money you saved based on the time volunteers contributed to your organization. For reference, The value of volunteer time has risen to $31.80 Retention and turnover based on volunteer activity. Reinstated, active volunteers you’ve brought back and who became active.

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Activism Recruitment Retention Values 74

The Volunteer Hub

JANUARY 27, 2021

As the value of a volunteer hour continues to rise ( $27.20 in 2021 ), the importance of volunteer engagement and retention also increases. Many studies have demonstrated the value of gamification in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. “Retention is a key objective for 60% of recognition programs” ( source ).

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Non-Profits Retention Values Recruitment 142

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

OCTOBER 26, 2022

According to Bloomerang’s donor stewardship guide , focusing on relationship-building efforts can boost your donor retention rate. According to Bloomerang’s donor stewardship guide , relationship-building efforts can boost your donor retention rate. Segment your supporters. Engage with your community. Express your appreciation. .

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Participation and motivation Energy Retention Recruitment 147

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Organizations that prioritize upskilling may experience retention and job satisfaction as employees feel valued and invested. This results in long-term savings by reducing recruitment costs associated with turnover. It allows businesses to save on recruitment fees, fostering the existing talent within the company.

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The Volunteer Hub

MAY 5, 2023

Even though the value of volunteerism is known, creating a positive and fulfilling volunteer experience can be challenging for nonprofits. Depending on the roles that an organization is recruiting volunteers for, this training plan may vary by volunteer opportunity. Use a variety of training methods. Be specific and timely.

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Public and Nonprofit Management Volunteerism Volunteerism Recruitment 95

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Do you track the monetary value of the number of hours volunteers work for you? Do you share the number of volunteer hours and their monetary value with donors and funders? How do you measure volunteer retention in your organization? That’s the first step to recruiting more! How’d I do?

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Retention Recruitment Management Values 92

The NonProfit Times

MAY 13, 2024

The BSA national organization emerged from Chapter 11 in April 2023, when a Plan of Reorganization called for it to establish a Victims Compensation Trust valued at the time at $2.4 Furthermore, 31% said the changes definitely resulted in increased retention and 36% said it was too soon to tell.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 1, 2023

You’re doing your best to engage your employees and compensate them for the value they bring to your organization, but many leave after working with you for only a short amount of time. All of your efforts to retain your employees feel like attempting to hold water in a sieve. So, what do you do?

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