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Sample Employee Dating Policy
Sample employee dating policies organizations can adapt for their personnel policies.
Employee Job Satisfaction Survey
How, why, and a sample job satisfaction survey to use with your employees.
Myths About Nonprofits
While nonprofits are all around us, there are common misconceptions about what nonprofits are and what they do.
Soft Skills Are Crucial for Workers' Success
Soft skills such as planning, resolving conflicts, and handling change are just a few skills that employers are looking for in quality employees.
Strengthening Nonprofit Capacity: Core Concepts in Capacity Building
Capacity building enables nonprofit leaders and organizations to develop the skills and resources they need to improve their work. Since each situation is unique and circumstances are always changing, effective capacity-building support is tailored to best suit the needs of grantees. This publication offers practical guidance and considerations to help grantmakers design an effective approach.
Can Self-Compassion Overcome Procrastination?
Most procrastination-fighting techniques focus on changing your behavior: just get started, take action, any kind of action. But a recent study suggests a different approach: being kind to yourself.
Structuring Roles in the Hiring Process
Tips for effective search strategy in designing the search structure, which refers to the people who will be involved in each hiring process and the roles that they will play.
Battling Burnout
Doing good is tough work, and consensus shows that many do-gooders face more resource restraints than their private sector peers. With the stress of impressing your manager or your peers, the pressure to produce superb programs, and the weight of scrutiny from regulatory bodies, funders, and the general public, it's easy to burn out fast.
What is Capacity Building?
Nonprofit capacity building refers to many different types of activities that are all designed to improve and enhance a nonprofit's ability to achieve its mission and sustain itself over time.
Working with Consultants
A fact sheet on working with consultants. Includes considerations before hiring, tips for working with a consultant, and evaluation.
You Hired Who? Top 10 Nonprofit Employment Mistakes
Nonprofit employers face a unique set of challenges. They are always trying to do more with less — fewer staff members, less support, less funding. A combination of these pressures can result in poor employment practices, even when one thinks they are doing “the right thing.”
Use Linkedin to Power Your Nonprofit Organization
LinkedIn for Nonprofits: Find the talent and connections you need to change the world.