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Onboarding the Board—Your Opportunity to Promote Peak Performance

.orgSource

But I’m surprised how many groups give values and anticipated norms for behavior short shrift. Don’t muddle trivialities, like how to fill out a reimbursement form, with significant issues like these. These are a few of the documents that can be included in online welcome handbooks: Bylaws. This seems obvious. Create Synergy.

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When the Staff Leader Is the Only Staffer

Associations Now

One expert offers some advice about how to manage the challenge. If there are challenges to how to implement the board’s vision for how to run the organization, the CEO can always lean on the expertise and creativity of other employees. Prepare and disseminate the newsletter and other communications on time.

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How Much Do Your Employees Know About Their Benefits?

Associations Now

A new survey found many employees don’t read their employee handbooks. Here’s a look at how to better communicate benefits information. How do you tell your staff about their employee benefits? If it’s via a handbook, chances are a lot of your employees may not be getting all the information. intranet (48 percent).

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Navigating Board Member Recruitment: A Complete Guide

MemberClicks

You can’t recruit board members if no one hears you’re looking. Depending on your priorities and resources, this can take place over one or multiple sessions. Focusing on continuous improvement will help your organization attract better board candidates over time – or retain the board members you have.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Seen Elsewhere: Building Creative.

Idea Architects

In one of my volunteer roles, I write a feature in the ASAE Executive Management Section IdeaLink newsletter called Seen Elsewhere. The best are delivered in a free newsletter every Sunday and make for an inspired start to the week ahead. A free downloadable PDF handbook provides all the information you need to use the process.

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Boosting Matching Gift Revenue: 4 Key Strategies + FAQs

Achieve

Companies should clearly outline their specific policies in their employee handbooks or corporate giving program guides. Anyone who’s fundraising on your nonprofit’s behalf should have a thorough understanding of what matching gifts are, how they work, and how to pitch them to donors. Use a matching gift tool.

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How To Get Started Thinking About Online Peer Learning Communities for Nonprofit Professionals

Beth Kanter

e-newsletter, Facebook group, most active Twitter persona, podcast weekly discussion channel, YouTube show (has to be one that engages and interviews people, not showcases the host)? Who’s running the parenting/running/makers community/community org, young donors, etc. Go get that person.

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