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Take a look inside the growing world of organizing in the nonprofit sector in the latest Power At Work blogcast! The Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by President of the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union, Amy Chin-Lai, and Hannah Stephens, Vice President for Organizing with the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union to discuss the NPEU and their successes organizing in the nonprofit sector. Click the link in the comments to learn about the differences between organizing in the for-profit world versus the nonprofit world, criticisms of nonprofit organizing, and the future of organizing with not for profit organizations!

🤝 Celebrating Volunteer Appreciation Week 2024 🤝 This week (April 21-27), Q&A Business Solutions highlights the extraordinary contributions of volunteers with our nonprofit partners. Your enthusiasm and dedication make a world of difference. As we celebrate: -What motivates you to volunteer? -Describe a volunteering highlight. -Advice for potential volunteers? Let’s share and celebrate the achievements and stories of our volunteers. Your insights not only inspire, but also drive positive change. #VolunteerAppreciationWeek #NonprofitExcellence #QandABusinessSolutions

"Volunteers are like trees with deep roots in their nonprofit organizations," said Yifan Yu, assistant professor of information, risk, and operations management at Texas McCombs School of Business, United States. "The more connections or 'roots' volunteers have with each other in different social layers, like communities and schools, the more likely they are to continue volunteering." Yu and co-authors Jane Tan of Southern Methodist University and Yong Tan of the University of Washington used a Chinese crowdsourcing platform from the Beijing Volunteer Service Federation to analyze the volunteer activity of 827,260 Beijing-area residents from 2011 to 2019. Among their findings: • Volunteers were more likely to continue volunteering at a nonprofit organization, and to volunteer more frequently, if they had connections to the people there. • Those with multiple connections—such as overlapping work, neighborhood, or schooling ties—were 27% more likely to remain involved than those with a single connection. Read more: https://buff.ly/3WhUFb9

In our latest blog, we delve into the key takeaways from Nonprofit VOTE's webinar, “Getting a Head Start on Planning Your Voter Engagement for 2024” and explore how nonprofits can effectively drive voter turnout while remaining nonpartisan. Read: https://lnkd.in/ea9hadsq

Check out this approach to building cross-sector partnerships - a critical component of a multi-racial inclusive democracy.

Why is community engagement vital for your nonprofit? Community engagement builds trust, fosters collaboration, and amplifies your impact. At Sarah Boxx, we offer strategies to effectively engage with your community and create lasting relationships. Learn more about our community engagement services at https://bit.ly/3uetq2Y.

Chasing Success: the Challenge for Nonprofits calls for improved collaboration among nonprofit programs and for strengthened community systems, including more cooperative thinking and action not only among those funding and implementing programs but also among those setting policy, conducting research and engaging communities as partners in change. Today, far too often, nonprofit programs compete for resources and visibility--- without a focus on cooperation and the funding to sustain collaboration, there could be good programs but not the centrality to take what has been learned, scale the initiative and serve more people---with quality and validated outcomes. Interdisciplinary partners could include, for example, business schools, community leaders, political scientists and housing experts based upon the problem that the organization is trying to solve--the content of the work will provide guidance.

Want to network with some of Boston's best and brightest nonprofit leaders? Join us May 30th for our next event—Networking Night With Massachusetts Nonprofit Network (MNN)'s Nonprofit Excellence Award Nominees! Register today! #BostonEvents #Boston

As the 2024 Election nears, make sure your nonprofit has policies in place to support civic engagement, such as paid time off to vote and serve as poll workers. Feel free to use MANP's policy as a template to adapt for your organization. Additional sample policies are available from Nonprofit Staff Vote. More importantly, review these policies with staff so they know their options. https://lnkd.in/ek6mwYkF

Learn the art of holding impactful community listening sessions with insights from The Nonprofit Quarterly. From active listening to transparency, discover the ways to discovering meaningful conversations. Read More Here: https://ow.ly/XApF50Qy0Hx #ListentingSessions #CommunityEngagement