Successful Strategies for Recruiting, Training, and Utilizing Volunteers is a 64-page handbook covering all aspects of volunteer recruitment, management, and evaluation.
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What does board commitment to equity look like at this moment in time? This workshop explores 3 key elements: 1. Board readiness: Bringing in new people won’t change anything if the board isn’t ready to listen and change. What questions can boards ask to invite meaningful self-assessment, listening and change ? How do boards intentionally change their culture? 2. Recruiting- Boards generally spend minimal time on recruitment, and lack good systems to build pipelines. Let’s explore good recruitment practices and then apply to a DEI lens. 3.
The Switch podcast "offers access to Nonprofit HR’s talent management knowledge presented by our expert consultants, media partners, and guests from across the social impact sector. For over 20 years, Nonprofit HR has produced content that illuminates critical, timely and insightful knowledge for leaders of social impact organizations. Insights from this podcast shine light on the full talent management lifecycle, from employee attraction to organizational culture, engagement, performance management and retention."
The Essential Nonprofit Employee Handbook Template (Nonprofit HR, 2014) gives an outline of what sections to include in an employee handbook and the details of what would be included under the following topical sections:
As a nonprofit organization, it's important to connect with people. Investing 30 minutes on two or three days a week, your nonprofit can substantially raise your organization's visibility, build your brand, and use LinkedIn's capabilities to leverage existing connections to reach a wider audience of not only the people you know, but also the people they know. Presented by Michelle Weathersby, CEO & Executive Leadership/Career Coach & Consultant of LENS Consulting Firm, this webinar will explore:
This article details the importance of having a process in place for recruiting and orienting new board members. By following this process, it becomes evident that recruiting board members is much like hiring a staff position. Orientation is crucial to an effective board and this article dives into what that process could look like. (Free Management Library)
Recruiting and Orienting New Members
Common sense, an inclusive listening tour, frank dialogue, and more are essential ingredients for the process of succession. Examples of unspoken challenges are revealed in Successful Successions: Executive Transitions that Worked, stories of Nonprofit Quarterly's experience recruiting chief executives and their successors for three different organizations.