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5 Best Practices for Nonprofit Employee Onboarding

Ann Green's Nonprofit

Use a learning management system. Its easy to assume that only corporations and large nonprofits operating in multiple locations need a learning management system (LMS) to help train and onboard employees. Assign a mentor or buddy to new hires. When pairing mentors or buddies with new hires: Be thoughtful about each match.

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Burned Out but Brilliant: 8 Smart, Sanity-Saving Strategies for Frustrated Grant Writers

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

But youre also exhausted, constantly chasing core operating support, wrangling impossible deadlines, mentoring green writers, and navigating post-award red tape that never seems to end. Use project management software like Trello, Asana, or ClickUp to assign tasks, track approvals, and communicate in one place. Sound familiar?

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Small Business Starter Kit: Tools and Tips for New Entrepreneurs

GrantNews

Some Essential Small Business Startup Tools Project Management: Choose a platform that organizes tasks, tracks progress, and streamlines workflows to keep projects on schedule. Customer Relationship Management (CRM): Manage customer interactions, sales pipelines, and business relationships efficiently.

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The Role of a Mentor: Effective Workplace Mentorship

GrantNews

The mentee and mentor connection is the most valuable professional relationship you can have. There is an array of mutual benefits of mentoring for both the mentee and the mentor. Traditional workplace mentoring relationships involve senior employees helping guide junior colleagues.

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A Nonprofit Partnership: How One Board Member Connected Two Organizations and Boosted Both

Blue Avocado

They also have access to the Cooke Scholar Network, where alumni serve as mentors and open doors to career opportunities. The ESPERA Program in Central America and Mexico Mary’s Pence awards grant up to $7,500 to small, women-led grassroots nonprofits focused on social justice action and long-term sustainable change in their community.

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2023 Mentoring Grants to Support Junior Researchers of Color

WT Grant Foundation

Grant Scholars have been awarded grants to support their development as mentors to junior researchers of color. The awardees will mentor promising doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows in enhancing their methodological skills, publication records, and career networks. Quinn has mentored two Black women doctoral students.

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Working Remote: From Stay-At-Home Parent to Grant Writer

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Most grant funders do not allow grant-seekers to distribute awarded grant money to hire a grant writer. The Benefits of Working as a Remote Grant Writer There is no better feeling than helping a nonprofit or business be awarded a grant. Manage Expectations – Do not guarantee a grant will be awarded.

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