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There’s a Crisis in Nonprofit Fundraising — And It’s Time We Faced It Head-On

Pamela Grow

This isnt about a lack of training or skill. The Real Cost of Burnout This isn’t just about poor retention. Gayle Roberts shared: Burnout landed me in the hospital last spring. As Ive learned over the years, you can train a team on proven tactics. This isnt just a retention problem. Its a sector-wide reckoning.

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What are the Biggest Challenges in Getting (and Keeping) Your Nonprofit’s Staff and Volunteers?

Blue Avocado

When we recently asked the Blue Avocado community, “What is your biggest challenge in recruiting and retaining skilled staff or volunteers?” It has been increasingly difficult to not only recruit and retain skilled staff, but just to get them to the interview process! ” , once again, nonprofit leaders came through!

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What’s Really Holding Your Major Gift Officers Back?

Gail Perry Group

We see the same patterns over and over: overloaded portfolios, stalled donor conversations, missed opportunities, and burnout. With the right coaching and training from our team, your MGO’s can build stronger qualification approaches so that gift officers can focus on the right donors at the right time.

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Nonprofit survival strategies: Strengthening mutual support, ruthless prioritization

Candid

Cross training, cross investment, and cross sharing of data may become much more critical. This is unsustainable; over time, it can only lead to staff burnout and organizational exhaustion. Which projects are important to retain in all circumstances, and which can be put on hold to meet higher priorities?

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Teacher Well-Being: Beyond Yoga and Pizza Parties

Blackbaud

As schools of all kinds—public, private, K–12, and higher ed—struggle to recruit faculty, they must also work harder to retain them. Many cite burnout as the primary reason they are leaving the teaching profession, and in response, schools are trying to pivot and focus on the well-being of their faculty and students.

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Four Staff Recruitment Strategies to Decrease Nonprofit Turnover

Pamela Grow

Recruiting and retaining staff can feel like scaling a mountain. Following along with our volunteer manager example, a nonprofit might list volunteer scheduling, outreach, onboarding, supervision, and training as part of the new hire’s duties. Provide relevant training and resources. Preferred skills.

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Four Staff Recruitment Strategies to Decrease Nonprofit Turnover

Pamela Grow

Recruiting and retaining staff can feel like scaling a mountain. Following along with our volunteer manager example, a nonprofit might list volunteer scheduling, outreach, onboarding, supervision, and training as part of the new hire’s duties. Provide relevant training and resources. Preferred skills.