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Nearly 78 million Americans volunteered their time for an organization in 2019—that’s about 30% of the population—according to AmeriCorps. Nonprofit organizations and other companies that rely on volunteers should be developing and managing volunteer programs that benefit the organization and volunteers. It all starts with a well-designed plan. This Library topic is called “Developing & …
Eligibility of Alien Workers in the U.S. Assembled by Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD This section of the library provides miscellaneous information which may be helpful as an overview of various aspects of business law in the United States of America. Businesses designing personnel policies should obtain advice from an attorney specializing in the area of …
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Business Development — Growing Your For-Profit or Nonprofit Organization © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD Whether your organization is a for-profit or nonprofit, you have to address certain considerations and make certain decisions if you set out to intentionally expand — or grow — your organization, products and/or services. You can grow your organization, products …
Basic Overview of Various Strategic Planning Models Learn Strategic Planning Without Incurring Travel Costs! The Series Facilitating Strategic Planning from the Consultants Development Institute provides virtual courses and numerous downloadable tools to learn to facilitate strategic planning. Concurrently you customize your own relevant and realistic Strategic Plan and earn a Certificate in Facilitating Strategic Planning. …
Basic Guide to Program Evaluation (Including Outcomes Evaluation) © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Much of the content of this topic came from this book: This document provides guidance toward planning and implementing an evaluation process for for-profit or nonprofit programs — there are many kinds of evaluations that can be applied …
Problem Solving and Decision Making (Solving Problems and Making Decisions) © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Sections of This Topic Include Test – What is Your Personal Decision-Making Style? Guidelines to Rational Problem Solving and Decision Making Rational Versus Organic Approach to Problem Solving and Decision Making General Guidelines to Problem Solving …
General Guidelines for Conducting Interviews © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Adapted from the Field Guide to Consulting and Organizational Development. Sections of This Topic Include Introduction Preparation for Interview Types of Interviews Types of Topics in Questions Sequence of Questions Wording of Questions Carrying Out Interview Immediately After Interview Other Resources …
Goal Setting with Employees — What Should Employees Work On? © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Adapted from the Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision in Business and Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision for Nonprofit Staff. Strongly Suggested Pre-Reading How to Ensure Strong Employee Performance Management Sections of This Topic Include …
Understand Generational Differences: Guidelines and Resources © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD Sections in This Topic Include What Are Generational Differences? Overview of Perceived Differences Between Generations Are Generational Differences a Myth? Guidelines for Managing Different Generations Also consider Related Library Topics What Are Generational Differences? What is a Generation? Before we go on to …
What is Supervision? How Do I Supervise? Comprehensive, practical book by Carter McNamara The guidelines and resources in this topic are not sufficient to develop strong competencies in supervision. Those competencies come from extensive experience in applying that information. Sections of This Topic Include What is Supervision? To Truly Understand Supervision, Be Acquainted With Its …
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Start a Virtual Support Group to Help With Stresses of COVID-19 We are all feeling stress, anxiety and fear about the virus. All of us can help each other — and we can do it from home and for free. This short video explains why this is so important and what we all can do. …
How to End Your Support Group (This page is referenced from Start a Virtual Support Group to Help With Stresses of COVID-19.) Support groups can last from several months to several years. Still, it’s wise to have members re-commit to each other shortly after every six meetings, including for each to sign a new coaching …
How to Evaluate Your Support Group (This page is referenced from Start a Virtual Support Group to Help With Stresses of COVID-19.) The term “evaluation” sometimes sounds a bit threatening to people, like they are afraid of being judged. However, the process of evaluating something is what often generates the most insights and learning about …
Types of Personal Concerns That People Have Regarding the Coronavirus (This page is referenced from Start a Virtual Support Group to Help With Stresses of COVID-19.) “I’m scared about what might happen to my family, my friends — and even to me. How do I deal with the fear?” “I want to be more calm. …
Support groups are increasing in demand and popularity. Support Groups More Popular Than Ever Start Support Groups will certify you as a “Support Group Facilitator” if you have: 1. Answered at least 80% of the questions correctly in the online quiz Test Your Knowledge of Peer Coaching Groups 2. Facilitated at least three support group …
How Members Can Support Each Other Between Meetings (This page is referenced from Start a Virtual Support Group to Help With Stresses of COVID-19.) There are several ways that members can deepen and enrich their experiences between meetings, including: To reflect on what they heard in their meetings and on the results of the actions …
Virtual Teams (teams developed and/or operated over the Internet/Web) Note that the reader might best be served to first read the topic Group Dynamics to understand the basic nature of most groups and their typical stages of development. (It’s not clear at this time if online groups have similar nature and stages.) Sections of This …