Kategoria BISAC: Business & Economics >> Nonprofit Organizations & Charities - General

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource features a variety of procedures for working with and managing volunteers in hospitals and other health-related organizations. It is rich with ideas for general and targeted recruitment, screening and placement, training and education, nurturing volunteers, appreciation and recognition, evaluating and improving volunteer programs, and more.

Additional topics covered include:

• Volunteer guidelines
• Prospective volunteers
• Volunteer assessment
• Supplemental training
• Placement...

Nonprofit organizations often struggle with selecting and screening volunteers and placing them in the best possible positions. This practical resource, originally published by Stevenson, Inc., provides actionable tips and techniques to improve volunteer selection, screening, and placement.

The articles in this resource cover useful topics such as: recruitment procedures aimed at filling key volunteer positions, techniques for screening volunteers in advance, interviewing procedures, tips for checking references, how to conduct thorough background checks, how to decline a volunteer...

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Networks have been described in terms of metaphors, governance arrangements and structural or institutional arrangements. These different perspectives of networks come out of a variety of disciplines, including political science, public administration, urban affairs, social welfare, public management and organizational/sociological research. This wealth of research, while contributing to a deeper understanding of networks, presents a dilemma which is addressed by this book. That is the question of whether there is a theory of public networks that informs networks in their various forms,...

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Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource provides nonprofit leaders and professionals with information to help fund needed programs and services, supplement annual gift revenue, avoid budget cutbacks, and meet or exceed annual fundraising goals through sponsorships.

Important topics covered include:

• Sponsorship guidelines
• Business alliances
• Benefits for corporate sponsors
• Direct mail
• Partnerships and collaboration
• Sponsor recognition
• Dos and Don'ts with sponsorships
• Effective...

Although volunteer recruitment can be difficult for nonprofit organizations, volunteer retention is often even more difficult. Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource provides nonprofit organizations and professionals with strategies for nurturing long-term relationships with volunteers and examples of what various organizations have done to retain new volunteers.

Important topics covered include:

• Welcome kits
• Volunteer assignments
• Goal setting
• Volunteer motivation
• Risk management measures
• Volunteer...

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource features dozens of ideas on how to plan effective, profitable, wow-factor galas, including:

• Essential first steps for successful galas
• Tips for budget planning and cost-conscious measures
• Volunteer and board member involvement
• Revenue-boosting ideas
• Event publicity and promotion
• Ways to maximize attendance
• Effective live and silent auctions
• Event checklists
• Budget estimations
• Leadership
• Preview parties
• Chairperson...

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource provides nonprofit organizations with a plan for properly stewarding those who have invested so generously in their organizations and those they serve. Dozens of ideas, procedures, and strategies are included.

Important topics covered include:

• Key stewardship relations practices
• Cumulative givingPledge acknowledgements
• First-time donor strategiesPersonlized gifts
• Ethics
• Communication
• Employee engagement
• Marketing endowments
• Donor walls
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Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource provides nonprofit organizations with information to help improve prospect research efforts and maximize results. It features proven and new methods and research strategies to uncover major gifts to make fundraising more successful.

Important topics include:

• Prospect management systems
• Key research strategies
• Predictive models
• Prospect screening
• Essential research resources
• Prospect research
• Prospect databases
• Ask amounts
• Effective...

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource assists nonprofit leaders and professionals in discovering new and better ways of identifying, cultivating, and successfully soliciting more planned gifts. In addition to actionable tips and techniques, this resource provides examples from other charities and nonprofit organizations as well as useful forms and brochures.

Important topics covered include:

• Strategies for promoting bequests
• Incorporating planned giving into capital campaigns
• Developing planned giving marketing plans
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Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource provides nonprofit and charity leaders and professionals with memorial and in-tribute giving ideas that will benefit their organizations.

Important topics covered include:

• Memorial gift ideas
• Special events
• Brochures
• Family outreach
• Online tribute pages
• Guardian angel programs
• Annual fund stewardship
• Tribute and memorial programs
• Memorial giving tips
• Donor communication
• Strategic collaboration
• Challenge...

Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource presents organizations with strategies for recruiting and retaining members and includes examples of how various nonprofit organizations have successfully increased their membership numbers.

Important topics covered include:

• Staff engagement
• Member testimonials
• Award programs
• Membership drives
• Recognizing long-term members
• Attracting younger members
• Member feedback
• Member benefits
• Community outreach
• Loyalty cards
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Originally published by Stevenson, Inc., this practical resource provides strategies for nonprofit organizations to plan and execute effective and successful capital campaigns and includes helpful resources such as sample charts, forms, and examples from other organizations.

Important topics covered include:

• Steps for preparing a capital campaign
• Board campaign potential
• Donor giving potential
• Consultants
• Feasibility studies
• Campaign essentials
• Campaign slogans
• Reporting
• Online promotion
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