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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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Journaling for Learning © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Description One of the most critical skills to learn in life is the ability to learn from life. If you’re like most of us, when you think of learning, you think of classrooms. This is probably true because you had learning in mind …
Numerous Activities for Learning © 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. There are numerous types of activities which learners can conduct to reach their learning objectives — arguably the best activity is …
Formal Training Processes — Instructional Systems Design (ISD) and ADDIE © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Sections of This Topic Include What is Formal and Systematic Training? Benefits of Formal and Systematic Approaches to Training So What is Instructional Systems Design (ISD)? What is ADDIE? Overviews of Various Formal Training Processes Also …
Ways to Look at Training and Development Processes: Informal/Formal and Self-Directed/Other-Directed
Ways to Look at Training and Development Processes: Informal/Formal and Self-Directed/Other-Directed © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Sections of This Topic Include Two Dimensions of Training and Development Processes Decision Factors on Those Two Dimensions Informal and Formal Training and Development Self-Directed and “Other-Directed” Learning Library’s Blogs About Training and Development Also …
All About Action Learning © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. This topic is about the group-based, Action Learning process in which members work together in a group (a “set”) on real-world priorities (called a “problem” by many practitioners) primarily by sharing questions and taking actions between meetings. Members learn from the reflection …
Basic Terms in Training and Development © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. The following terms are described in this document. Information Knowledge Skills Abilities Perceptions Task Job Role Learning Continuous Learning Training Education Development Additional Information Also consider Related Library Topics Learning, Performance, and Training Glossary Glossary of Training Terms Learn More …
Employee Training and Development: Reasons and Benefits © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Sections of this Topic Include Typical Reasons for Employee Training and Development Typical Topics of Employee Training General Benefits from Employee Training and Development Library’s Blogs About Training and Development Also consider Related Library Topics Learn More in the …