Thoughts on Nonprofit Leadership

6 Keys to Getting Staff to Perform at their Best for executive directors professional development work relationships

This article is about how we, as nonprofit leaders, can ensure staff perform at their best. Leadership is fundamentally about facilitating performance, getting others to do their best, and to do their work effectively and efficiently. One of the most robust, consistent findings in the social...

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Expert Advice on How to Afford Nonprofit Training and Professional Development financial management professional development work relationships

This article is about finding the money for nonprofit training and professional development. While many nonprofits understand the importance of investing in continuing education, many of them still underinvest. After all, budgets are tight. And professional development is not a core expense....

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The Value in Involving Your Team in the Hiring Process for executive directors professional development relationship building

By Katherine Spinney, ACC, MT, MSW

Since I was nine, I have had some type of paid work. From newspaper delivery to babysitting to nonprofit executive-ing, I have had more jobs than most people have in a lifetime - which means I have gone through countless different hiring processes along the way....

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5 Ways Micro-Learning Leads to Your Maximum Results for Your Nonprofit professional development

By Matt Hugg

Bite-sized learning. Micro-learning. Nano-learning. I won’t debate the differences – for our purpose they all mean the same thing:

A little information can go a long way!

(In my opinion) Micro-learning (what I’ll call it) is exactly what nonprofit staff, boards and...

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