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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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Capacity Building (Nonprofit) Guidelines for accomplishing nonprofit capacity building are included in the books Field Guide to Consulting and Organizational Development with Nonprofits, Strengthening Nonprofit Performance: A Funder’s Guide to Capacity Building and Coping With Cutbacks: The Nonprofit Guide to Success When Times Are Tight . © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC …
Checklist to Evaluate a Nonprofit Board of Directors (certain sections of the following may be specific to the U.S.) Edited by Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD (Be sure to read How to Use this Tool and Disclaimers before using information in this document.) Also consider Related Library Topics Rating * Indicator Met Needs Work N/A E …
Major Methods of Advertising and Promotion (Methods of External Communications) © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Sections of This Topic Include First, A Word About Writing Ads What Should You Write in Your Ads? Major Methods of Advertising (Repeatedly Getting Message Out) Promotional Activities Through the Media (Reporters, Newspapers, etc.) Other Promotional …
How to Design Your Management Training and Development Program Written by Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Copyright; Authenticity Consulting, LLC (Note that there are separate topics about How to Design Your Leadership Development Program and How to Design Your Supervisor Development Program. Those two topics are very similar to this topic about management …
Thoughts About Improving Management Training and Development Programs © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Management educators, writers and leaders all assert that leading and managing an organization will only get more complex and challenging in the future. Therefore, management development programs must evolve to become even more accessible and relevant. Look for …
Your Guide Carter McNamara MBA, PhD website my blog Various Competencies Needed by Management (Including Supervisors) Assembled by Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD The following articles provide a variety of advice, hints, tips, etc. to be a more effective manager. Note that the role of supervision is also a management role in the organization. Therefore, the …
Caution About Using Competencies in Management Development © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Competencies in Management Development Also consider Related Library Topics Learn More in the Library’s Blogs Related to Management Development In addition to the articles on this current page, also see the following blogs that have posts related to Management …