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With five generations present in today’s workforce, embracing an open feedback culture is critical to ensuring staff are motivated, engaged and growing, and that organizational policies and practices are reflective of staff needs. An open feedback culture invites and creates space for leaders and team members to express concerns and spotlight issues that might be interfering with their individual and collective performance. And when created with intention, it takes into account the different dimensions of diversity and lived experiences of employees. Though many organizations have incorporated open feedback as a staple in their EDIJ efforts, 65% of employees say they want more feedback and only 28% believe they receive meaningful feedback weekly.

So how do organizations get there? And what can HR leaders do to support its success? We tackle the common mistakes organizations make in creating and implementing open feedback culture and what they can do to ensure all staff feels comfortable and willing to provide horizontal and lateral feedback.

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 2 p.m. ET

Nonprofit HR Webinar Presenters:

In this session, you will:

• Learn the nuances of what open feedback is and isn’t and the common pitfalls that happen with an open feedback culture
• Be able to assess your own organization’s current feedback culture to determine strengths and areas of improvement
• Discuss how identity and implicit bias can affect staff’s ability to participate in an open feedback culture
• Identify your role and the role of leadership in ensuring the success of your open feedback culture

As the economy continues to shift with a recession looming, how is your organization preparing to meet greater demand from your stakeholders? No doubt, now more than ever, social impact organizations are even more vital and valuable partners in the communities where they serve. Furthermore, the pandemic radically changed the role of the CHRO as a critical leader in the C-suite and a convener of talent, data, technology and culture in a way not seen before.

As nonprofit executives look to 2023 and beyond, the role of the CHRO will become an even more essential player to strategic success. CHROs of today are leading their organizations through programmatic and revenue growth against recession, inflation and a protractedly tight labor market. Increasing organizational value and impact while advancing sustainability requires the expert leadership that CHROs bring. Beyond their knowledge of talent acquisition, development and retention, the most impactful CHROs are bringing new levels of leadership, systems thinking, financial acumen, technology and data management skills in a new and powerful way. This is especially true for mid-sized-to-larger social impact organizations focused on solving complex societal challenges through complex organizational structures and ecosystems. If you are Chief Human Resources Officer or head of human capital in a large organization, join us for a session as we explore how high performing talent executives are changing the way the sector is embracing talent and culture.

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Date of Recording: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 2 p.m. ET

Nonprofit HR Webinar Presenter:

Learning Objectives:

• The new role of the social sector CHRO as a critical business leader and convener of organizational talent, data, technology and culture
• How recession, inflation and a tight labor market have transformed the role and power of the CHRO
• How the highest performing social sector CHROs are leveraging leadership, systems thinking, financial acumen, technology and data management skills to catapult to the top of their careers

In the last three years, we’ve seen nothing if not a critical growth in awareness of the importance of DEI in the workplace. Organizations and their leaders have gained a greater understanding of just how integral DEI is to their organization and their people, and acted on that understanding. Across the sector and the world, initiatives—from statements to trainings to committees—have been established to foster a more inclusive and thriving workforce and workplace. But now that we’ve come a few years down the line, how are those initial commitments to DEI standing the test of time?

While DEI is a journey, it should never lead to an impasse. If your organization is no longer seeing the impact of your DEI efforts or feeling as though what you’ve done is “enough,” that is your cue that it’s time to dig a little deeper.

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, March 13, 2023 at 2 p.m. ET

Nonprofit HR Webinar Presenters:

In this educational event, our EDIJ experts will walk you through how to:

• Assess your organization’s current state as it relates to DEI
• Re-energize your initial DEI commitment
• Sustain those initiatives to ensure long-term success in creating meaningful and impactful change in your organization
• Celebrate your organization’s DEI gains

Looking for pro tips? In this webinar, you’ll learn more about strategies to fill a large number of roles in a short period of time. Taking clear steps to approach the hiring process can save your organization and people managers valuable time, energy and funding.

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 2 p.m. ET

Nonprofit HR Webinar Presenters:

Get tips and best practices you can use now to effectively:

• Organize the search process
• Source stellar candidates
• Efficiently review resumes
• Screen and vet potential candidates
• And more!

Organizations that prioritize well thought out communication plans, regarding compensation and with an emphasis on education can ensure and increase comprehension, and ultimately, build employee satisfaction. Communication helps staff understand what is changing and why, and how it will specifically affect them. It delivers timely messages and materials aligned with key milestones, ensures stakeholders receive consistent information about what is important to them, and provides a mechanism to share feedback and ask questions.

Did you know? Of the respondent organizations to the 2022 Nonprofit Talent Management Priorities Survey, the following were their top three total rewards priorities:

• 42% Correcting/addressing pay/benefits inequities
• 48% Expanding benefits program offerings/investments
• 51% Implementing/restricting merit-based pay programs

All of which require an effective communication plan in order to maximize comprehension.

Access now to learn more about using your total rewards package to complement employee communication, drive employee engagement and increase employee satisfaction and retention.

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 2 p.m. ET

Nonprofit HR Webinar Presenters:

Access this webinar to:

• • Hear ways to thoughtfully and intentionally communicate your organization’s benefits
  • Increase employee engagement through education
  • Work with your recruiters and hiring managers to ensure that total rewards are highlighted as early as possible in the attraction, hiring and onboarding process
  • Continue to tailor your total rewards program to employee needs

The annual Nonprofit Talent Management Priorities Survey is a signature report that assesses and reveals what the nonprofit sector is most concerned about in regard to managing its people resources. All-inclusive of the sector, this survey applies to mission-driven organizations from large or mid-sized to micro, providing a rich set of data that every people leader can benefit from understanding.

Tune in and hear what other organizations are focusing on for 2023, plus hear insights, implications and tactics you can use to prioritize your people.

Talent management experts, human resources professionals and leaders who serve the nonprofit sector benchmark their priorities in relation to those of other nonprofits. These survey results are one tool they rely upon annually. Share the knowledge with your team and community now!

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at 2 p.m. ET

Nonprofit HR Webinar Presenters:

Access this webinar and learn: 

• • what nonprofits were concerned about regarding talent management moving into 2023
  • the top three priorities for talent management practices, including culture and employee engagement, learning and development, talent acquisition and performance management
  • a snapshot of last year’s data compared to 2023 and what the differences in priorities mean for both the sector as a whole and your organization in particular

January is right around the corner, which can be a busy hiring season. But what 2022 revealed to us about the job market is that emphasizing mission, while valuable, is not enough. Candidates are negotiating for astronomically greater compensation and expecting more perks compared to what recruiters have seen in the past. Many organizations had a need for high volume hiring, sometimes attributable to shifting workplace needs and other times due to organizational growth. And organizations saw new trends in interviewing, as well, including an increase in “ghosting” during the hiring process.

Whether organizations need to address a talent shortage or maintain service quality and, ultimately, their mission outcomes, it is clear that the hiring landscape continues to change.

Join our Search and Strategy & Advisory consultants for this program about the trends they’ve been seeing and ways to get ahead on your 2023 staffing and employee engagement strategy. What you learn will help you to avoid the more recent pitfalls of the modern candidate-driven, employee-centric market.

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, November 14, 2022 at 2 p.m. ET

Nonprofit HR Webinar Presenters:

After this webinar, you’ll walk away with an understanding of the:

• Ever-growing candidates’ demands for ever-increasing flexibility and aspects of compensation and perks
• Imbalance in the ratio of available positions to candidates
• Strategies for anticipating and handling “ghosting” during the hiring process and first day of work
• Non-negotiable demands for positions that are hybrid or fully remote

You know your people and when they show up differently, or their patterns of behavior shift, it can be disruptive to an entire team. According to the typical life change index, the death of a spouse or loved one, a divorce, personal injury or illness, moving and even a job change are difficult challenges to navigate. As talent managers, you’re at the center–but how well have you communicated your organization’s commitment to mental health and do your wellness practices incorporate how trauma in the workplace could be impacting employee experiences?

Recognize that employees are whole people and compartmentalizing thoughts and feelings about their life changes is unlikely during the work day. Failure to initiate helpful dialogue and offer organizational support is something that can impact their relationships with stakeholders, work productivity and overall well-being. Join us for a conversation about the trauma your people may be facing in their personal or professional lives and how to leverage your organization’s employee resources to help them through it.

Webinar Recording

Date of Recording: Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at 2 p.m. ET

Nonprofit HR Webinar Presenters:

After this webinar, you will be better able to:

• Identify shifting employee behavior patterns
• Pinpoint what may be hindering your ability to be a resource
• Understand feedback mechanisms that will help you build relationships of trust
• Know what information to share and program offerings to highlight
• Leverage technology as a means of ongoing support
• Sustain your people and organizational operations to ensure continued mission impact

Nonprofit HR sought input from organizational leaders about their current talent retention practices and, during this webinar, will reveal the results. Tune in and hear what retention strategies dozens of mission-types are employing, employee segments they’re most challenged with keeping and retention tactics they are using. Now is the time for all social impact organizations to create, update or maximize your strategies to retain high performers, increase employee engagement and advance your missions.

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 2 p.m. ET

Nonprofit HR Webinar Presenters:

Access this webinar and walk away understanding:

• Staff segments survey respondents are most challenged with retaining
• Qualitative and quantitative talent retention metrics survey respondents track
• Employee turnover trends and how survey respondents expect them to shift
• Strategies to increase retention, including the role that feedback plays
• How the COVID-19 pandemic and increased calls for social justice are impacting retention strategies and practices

The past few years have presented the social sector with complex talent management and business challenges that require immediate responses and unprecedented solutions. At the forefront is the need for every mission-driven organization to attract, develop and retain talent to advance and sustain their impact. But an ongoing pandemic in conjunction with the ever-fluctuating virtualized workforce have made it challenging for organizational leaders to manage the issues of today and plan for the ones of tomorrow. One thing is certain: Understanding the bigger picture is the best way to tailor any approach in today’s volatile market. This town hall discussion will offer you a macro and micro understanding of employment projections as well as what to consider when creating your one, three or even five-year strategic plan.

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Date of Recording: Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 2 p.m. ET

Webinar Presenters:

Join Nonprofit HR and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and walk away understanding:

• Projections for the labor force, macro economy and employment over the 2021-2031 decade
• Factors expected to drive long-term employment in the grant-making and giving services, social advocacy organizations, civic and social organizations and labor union industries
• Short-term implications of data on nonprofit employers and workforce
• Potential long-term impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated recession

When leaders are able to communicate with and listen to employees to co-create a new work environment, they can positively impact employee satisfaction, increase inclusion and engagement, and ultimately advance mission impact. However, driving transformation when your employees’ minds may be on the ongoing pandemic, economic uncertainty, workload and personal challenges is no small task. It is clear the old days are not coming back and that today’s people management needs require a fresh, new approach. If it’s time to shift how your people work together for the good of the communities you serve, it starts with leadership understanding the most essential areas for change, listening to employees, working with them to set inspiring goals, and co-creating solutions that advance business objectives and mission impact.

Webinar Slides

Date of Recording: Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 2 p.m. ET

Nonprofit HR Webinar Presenters:

Register now for this event and you’ll walk away with information on how to:

• Find helpful tools for understanding your current culture
• Establish trust between employees and management, so that honest and important conversations are meaningful and solutions oriented
• Engage employees in co-creating ideas, structures and changes to an organizational culture
• Take steps to set up an ongoing system for feedback, review and rewards
• Weave inclusionary practices into all people-related (HR) efforts, from onboarding and recruitment to professional development and career opportunities

Organizations have had to pivot to respond to a job market that has shifted increasingly in favor of candidates. According to Gartner, a desire for more purposeful work and a greater sense of impact drives many top performers to seek new positions. Mission-driven organizations are in an ideal position to demonstrate a values-led approach to recruiting and hiring. Amid this challenging climate, expert search skills are key in order to attract the new talent and bring in the solid mission-driven talent your organization needs to grow.

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 2 p.m. ET

Nonprofit HR Webinar Presenters:

Join our team at Impact Search Advisors by Nonprofit HR for an opportunity to position your organization as an employer of choice and:

• Learn more about the flexibility candidates are prioritizing
• Understand the role of shared values, which can provide increased stability
• See how a candidate’s desired career progression aligns with your talent strategy
• Highlight your competitiveness by emphasizing your compensation and benefits package in advance

Which comes first: organizational culture or learning and development? The answer is both and neither.

Top leaders know that organizational culture is evolving in a complex and ever-changing environment. Therefore, it is critical for leaders to recognize and understand the symbiotic nature of organizational culture and learning and development (L&D). The reality is that just as the culture of an organization directly impacts leadership development/L&D efforts, we also see L&D directly affecting organizational culture. Join us as we explore the interrelationship between organizational culture and L&D!

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at 2 p.m. ET

Nonprofit HR Webinar Presenter:

After this webinar, you will be able walk away knowing:

• How organizational culture and learning and development influence each other.
• How this influence affects the impact a social impact organization can have in the communities it serves.
• How to build an organizational culture that promotes organizational learning and creates a foundation of leadership development.

If there’s one thing that the Great Resignation has taught us, it is that employers must be intentional in approaching their total compensation package, especially benefits. Organizations can fall into a routine of simply renewing the same benefit plans year over year with very little changes. But this will rarely deliver the targeted results needed to remain competitive in attracting and retaining top talent. Join our experts in Total Rewards to get their insights on deliberate steps you can take to evolve your benefits, program offerings and investment in your employee experience.

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 2 p.m. ET

Nonprofit HR Webinar Presenter:

After this webinar, you will be able to take action in the following areas:

• Connecting with your benefits broker to uncover additional value
• Identifying opportunities to integrate equity into your compensation practices
• Drilling down on employee resources for mental and emotional health
• Streamlining information to meet increased flexibility regarding hybrid or remote work options
• Amplifying technology solutions that increase understanding and benefits access

Additional resources mentioned in webinar:

• Download the Executive Guide, “Building Equity into Your Employee Health Plan Design,” which was co-published by Nonprofit HR and Nonstop Administration & Insurance Services, Inc.
• Watch this webinar, “Championing Health Equity Within Your Organization Webinar,” to hear Lisa Brown Alexander and David Sloves discuss this topic.
• Listen to this episode of The Switch podcast for insights and tips on how to increase health equity within your organization from two CEOs with 20 plus years of experience working with the social sector.

The traditional practice of working at the office from 9-to-5 has been permanently upended as more employees now split their time between working in the office and working remotely. The rise of the hybrid workforce has left both employers and employees striving to define what work-life balance looks like in this new reality. 

Work-life integration is important for every employee at any time. When people are able to create work life integration, they tend to perform better and experience higher levels of engagement, employee satisfaction and well-being. In contrast, a lack of work/life integration increases their risk of burnout and underperformance. Studies show employees are working longer hours and experiencing higher levels of fatigue; however, employers are in a position to support their employees by ensuring they have access to the tools and resources they need.

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, June 21, 2022 at 2 p.m. ET

Nonprofit HR Webinar Speakers:

Access this informative session and understand how to:

• Watch for signs of burnout
• Set clear boundaries between work and home
• Alleviate “in-office” bias by measuring performance based on outcomes over visibility in the office
• And more!

Your organization’s people look to your leadership for guidance and direction. One area where you have an opportunity to communicate with transparency is decision making about topics that impact the employee experience, financials and strategic plan. A second area is how the external environment, such as the pandemic, war and ongoing calls for social justice, is impacting the need to revisit the organization’s mission and ability to effectively meet it. Because trust is a foundational element of an inclusive culture, it is essential for leaders to communicate the impacts of external events and how it impacts the internal DEIJ strategy in order to sustain employee and organizational commitment.

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 2 p.m. ET

Nonprofit HR Webinar Speakers:

Access this session and understand how to:

• Identify areas of opportunity where transparent communication is necessary
• Communicate effectively with transparency to staff to advance DEIJ
• Distinguish barriers that hinder DEIJ success
• Employ different strategies for communicating DEIJ internally and externally

For the third consecutive year, Nonprofit HR surveyed social impact organizations across North America about their diversity (D) practices and priorities, and this year’s survey results offer important insights on equity, inclusion and justice (DEIJ) practices. 

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at 2 p.m. ET

Nonprofit HR Webinar Speakers:

Access this webinar to find out how mission-driven employers fare in terms of their DEIJ practices and hear about valuable benchmarking data, including:

• how many social impact organizations have formal DEIJ statements, strategies, and dedicated budgets
• what organizations report as their greatest diversity challenges
• tips for moving from diversity statements to position statements
• how the pandemic and social justice events have impacted decision making about organizational DEIJ practices
• and much more!

Your employees may be pushing for greater equity, inclusion, diversity and justice, but have your leaders bought in? Long-lasting, systemic change must be championed from the top but moving minds on sensitive topics can be a daunting, if not impossible, task. Attend the second webinar in Nonprofit HR’s DEIJ Mini Series and hear the information you need to support the change management process for your leaders and other influential groups.

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 2 p.m. ET

Nonprofit HR Webinar Speakers:

Access this webinar to learn about:

• equity-focused leadership and how this translates into a DEI-focused organization
• why systems thinking is needed to understand how buy-in can impact the organization
• the essentials of navigating pushback, measuring success and celebrating wins

Culture eats strategy for breakfast, and in today’s world of organizational change, achieving greater social impact is all about mission alignment. But how well have your organization’s change initiatives intentionally centered diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)? A solid change management plan needs to focus on DEI priorities and initiatives, and the 21st-century professional not only expects positive results from organizational shifts but also wants to know how change will impact their role, team and beyond. 

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 2 p.m. ET

Nonprofit HR Webinar Speakers:

Access this webinar and hear our DEI team members share insights on:

• How inequities show up in organizations and how to address root causes through systems thinking
• Understanding the role of every member of the organization in addressing inequities
• Why understanding your people and culture is critical to the change process
• How to ensure that equity and inclusion are at the center of your pending organizational change initiatives

How does your organization maintain a high-quality candidate experience throughout interviewing and hiring? These two crucial aspects of the recruitment full cycle process are key, especially in today’s hybrid and virtualized environments. In this conversation, you will hear how reviewing and modifying your hiring process where needed can make the difference in maximizing your mission’s impact. By knowing where and how to successfully integrate the sought-after candidates attracted to your culture and values, you will ensure their early and ongoing success. 

Webinar Recording | Webinar Slides | Bonus Q&A

Date of Recording: Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 2 p.m. ET

Nonprofit HR Webinar Speakers:

Finish this conversation prepared to maximize: 

• Essential steps to be completed for candidates presented for consideration by hiring manager or committee
• An effective communication process that includes status updates and target timelines related to the hiring steps
• Vetting, background check, and pre-offer/rejection process to complete within interview timeframe
• Negotiation best practices, maintaining engagement and finalizing hire
• Consistency of candidate experience from hiring to orientation and onboarding

Your organization’s investment in an HCM (Human Capital Management) system will streamline your talent management processes in support of staff engagement, development and management. Before you go HCM system shopping, join us as we share our expertise from success stories and lessons learned. We’ll discuss guidance in consideration of talent management process development, change management, determining internal capacity to manage the system and much more!

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 2 p.m. ET

Nonprofit HR Webinar Speakers:

You will leave this webinar with a deeper understanding of:

• Why it is necessary to conduct a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (S.W.O.T.) analysis before beginning
• How to think through and identify the ways that change will impact people, processes and policies
• What we’ve learned from implementing HR technology solutions in various mission-driven environments

The world has significantly changed over the past two years, including a massive shift to flexible schedules and working remotely. Therefore, how we evaluate performance and support professional development must shift as well. When managers provide consistent feedback, research shows that employees are three times more likely to be engaged. Beyond using feedback for employee surveys, sharing challenges or documenting annual performance reviews, leaders can implement a continuous feedback process that uses that information to discover needs in real time and where to invest more. If put in a proper framework in any organization, continuous feedback will lead to optimized performance and more engaged employees, building a culture of high performance. Tune in now and learn how to support your leaders in becoming more effective when delivering and receiving feedback to support their people in an ever-evolving work environment.

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 2 p.m. ET

Nonprofit HR Webinar Presenter:

Jennifer Morgan, PHR — Consultant, Outsourcing

You will leave this webinar understanding how to:

• Determine if your current feedback process is working
• Shift from a traditional, singular event-driven performance management process to a continuous feedback model using proven strategies
• Address the gap between the skills employees have and the skills employees need
• Strengthen your leaders’ ability to give and receive feedback through effective training

An intentional strategic approach for recognizing and developing talent can help organizations engage and retain their best and brightest people versus losing them to outside growth opportunities. Over half of organizations surveyed in Nonprofit HR’s 2021 Talent Management Priorities Survey want to prioritize employee engagement, but only a quarter had a formal talent management plan in place. In this conversation, we’ll explore why this discrepancy occurs throughout mission-driven organizations and how to communicate the imperative of investing in talent to your leadership team.

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 2 p.m. ET

Conversation Hosts:

Alexandra Taylor — Consultant, Strategy & Advisory and DEI

Lisa Wright Ponce — Senior Consultant, Strategy & Advisory

Guest Panelists:

Dr. Antione Smith — Senior Director of HR and Administration, American Foreign Service Protective Association

Amanda Upshaw — Chief of Staff, CLASP

 This webinar is for you if you’re ready to:

• Take existing subject matter and translate it to address urgent and emerging business needs related to talent
• Hear about how common pitfalls occur when focusing on learning and development, including leadership development
• Learn how to transition your organization’s development experiences from struggles to success stories
• Understand four actionable phases in a team’s evolution
• Discover ways to get started right now, regardless of size or budget constraints

Learning and development; diversity, equity and inclusion; and retention planning were the top three talent management strategy areas nonprofits focused on in 2021, but after another long and unpredictable year will they remain the primary focus for 2022? The Nonprofit Talent Management Priorities Survey is a signature report that assesses and reveals what the nonprofit sector is most concerned about in regard to managing its people resources. All-inclusive of the sector, this survey applies to mission-driven organizations that are large, mid-sized or micro, providing a rich set of data that every people leader can benefit from understanding. Listen now and hear what other organizations are focusing on in 2022, plus hear insights, implications and tactics you can use to prioritize your people. 

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at 2 p.m. ET

Presenter:

Lisa Brown Alexander — Founder & CEO, Nonprofit HR

Access the webinar recording to hear:

• What nonprofits were concerned about regarding talent management moving into 2022
• The top three priorities for talent management practices, including talent acquisition, culture and employee engagement, performance management, learning and development
• A snapshot of last year’s data compared to 2022 and what the differences in priorities mean for the sector and your organization.

The breadth of many employer wellness programs has expanded since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. More organizations are making an effort to craft holistic approaches to employee wellness and supporting their employees’ mental health is paramount. With your staff at the forefront, now is the perfect time to begin crafting wellness programs that are unique to your organization as well. Join us as Nonprofit HR’s Total Rewards and Outsourcing teams explore how to develop employer wellness programs that prioritize your people.

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at 2 p.m. ET

Speaker Panel:

Eric Salyers — Senior Consultant, Total Rewards

Shaunna Hook — Associate Consultant, Total Rewards

Jennifer Morgan, PHR — Consultant, Outsourcing

Adam Primi, MA, SHRM-SCP — Consultant, Outsourcing

Tune in to the discussion and gain an understanding of:

• The definition of wellness in today’s workplace
• The often unused wellness benefits, programs and dollars within your existing benefit plans educate employees about their benefits with continuous conversations
• Things to think about when establishing a wellness program within your organization
• How to common points of work stressors and how to reduce their impact
• How to establish standards and model behaviors that create greater work-life balance
• How perks such as flex and hybrid schedules impact productivity and engagement

Compensation is a subject that can provoke anxiety on both sides of the interview table. At every level, questions around whether to advertise a salary range; how much benefits really matter; and whether or not the salary has been benchmarked appropriately for the market are just a few that every hiring team considers for a recruitment campaign. Tune in for a discussion that covers the full gamut of compensation as it relates to the recruitment process for your organization and how talent acquisition and total rewards teams can work together for a successful strategy. This recording covers best practices from hiring interns to executives and tackles the subject of transparency as it relates to it all.

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at 2 p.m. ET

Speaker Panel:

Myra Briggs — Managing Director, Impact Search Advisors by Nonprofit HR
Lisa McKeown — Managing Director, Total Rewards
Danisha Martin — Consultant, Impact Search Advisors by Nonprofit HR
Eric Salyers — Senior Consultant, Total Rewards

Tune in to the discussion and learn:

• Ways that your Talent Acquisition and Total Rewards functions can partner for successful hires in this competitive market
• Considerations when negotiating a new hire offer and transparency around posting salaries in job announcements
• Elements that should be considered when crafting a new hire offer and how benefits play a part

As a leader of a mission-driven organization, being able to build and support a comprehensive plan for leadership development leads to greater employee engagement and retention. Ensuring that current and future needs in your learning and development strategy are met can help to transform your organizational culture, building trust and connection. Listen in as we explore why all organizations should invest in developing their staff!

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 2 p.m. ET

Nonprofit HR Conversation Host:

Alexandra Taylor — Consultant, Strategy & Advisory and DEI

Expert Panel:

Leonard Nelson — Assistant Director, Learning and Development, BakerRipley
Leslie Wang — Associate Director, The Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership, Rice University
Gigi Woodruff — Founder, Gigi Woodruff & Associates, LLC

Walk away knowing:

• How the different components of an organization’s comprehensive learning and development pathway work together to deeply impact organizational effectiveness
• What different thought leaders approach is to current and future leadership development needs
• Essential tips on how to begin to create a learning and development strategy for your organization

Keep your employees engaged by better understanding employee retention trends and how to calculate and benchmark your own. Register now for this webinar and be among the first to learn how sector-specific organizations are experiencing retention and the practices they’re putting in place to maintain their highest performance and sustain their business objectives.

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at 2 p.m. ET

Presenter:

Lisa Brown Alexander — President & CEO, Nonprofit HR

Walk away from this webinar recording with a clear understanding on:

• Employee segments organizations are most challenged with retaining
• Retention strategies most used by organizations
• Qualitative and quantitative metrics employed by organizations
• Voluntary and involuntary turnover rates plus key drivers
• How current events have impacted organization retention

As a leader of a mission-driven organization, being able to create a diverse, equitable and inclusive (DEI) environment where employees feel a sense of belonging is not only good for the people you employ, it’s good for your broader talent pool too. Ensuring that your recruiting and hiring efforts attract, grow and value a workforce that is reflective of the communities you serve at all levels of the organization is a critical imperative. This is even more important for your executive searches and for retaining your high performers as well! During this conversation, you will learn how, where and why to align every aspect of your DEI and talent attraction strategies!

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at 2 p.m. ET

Speakers:

Myra Briggs — Managing Director, Impact Search Advisors
Sophia LaFontant — Consultant, Search
Michael McElroy — Consultant, Recruitment Outsourcing
Bryan Jackson — Senior Consultant, DEI
Angela Saunders — Consultant, DEI

Tune in to the recording and walk away knowing:

• How to align your DEI strategy with your upcoming searches for executive- and professional-level talent
• Key ways to identify and minimize bias from your talent attraction strategy through employee offboarding
• Why it is necessary to audit your organization’s compensation, feedback and performance management structures to address inequities
• Essential tips on how to create a culture of belonging that aligns with your commitment to DEI and career campaigns

From job descriptions to market analysis and pay equity, you will learn key components to creating a competitive and equitable compensation program during this session. Effective compensation programs reiterate value and can foster higher employee satisfaction. So, listen in to this recording and hear why spending the time to refine your approach to compensation can yield a positive return on investment.

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at 2 p.m. ET

Speaker:
Lisa McKeown — Managing Director, Total Rewards, Nonprofit HR
Tina Twyman — Senior Consultant, Total Rewards, Nonprofit HR

Tune in to the recording and walk away knowing:

• How to ensure that your people are paid equitably and competitively
• How job responsibilities should be written (a list of tasks vs. outcome-based)
• What to include in job descriptions (i.e., job summary, responsibilities, experience, competencies, etc.)
• How to define your organization’s compensation philosophy, salary surveys and market price your positions

With over 300 million COVID-19 vaccinations administered, many organizations that transitioned to virtual and in-home workspaces are beginning to return their daily operations to physical workplaces. Each organization’s plans to safely return employees to physical workplaces are unique to their needs, mission and geography. Tune in to this recording of the Return to Workplace Pulse Survey Overview webinar during which we will explore the findings of this survey.

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 2 p.m. ET

Speaker:
Lisa Brown Alexander — President and CEO, Nonprofit HR

You will walk away with insights on:

• Primary reasons why organizations decided to return to the workplace
• Critical organizational concerns on maintaining or planning to implement a partially virtual workforce strategy
• Safety parameters organizations did, or will, implement to support return-to-workplace plans
• How successful remote work has been for organizations, lessons learned and unexpected positive outcomes

Do your organization’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts align with its overarching strategic plan? As DEI takes center stage, bridging the gap by integrating DEI throughout all your organizational systems is essential to ensuring the long-term sustainability of DEI efforts. Bridging the gap, however, requires an integrated DEI strategy that is grounded in transparency, encourages power-sharing and supports accountability. In this webinar, you will hear from an esteemed panel of Nonprofit CEOs as they share how they have implemented these integral elements to transform the culture of their organizations. Successful implementation of these critical components foster a climate where your organization’s people are seen, valued, heard, respected and empowered to flourish in their roles. Join us for an authentic and engaging conversation on the realities of bringing DEI to life in a meaning way.

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 at 2 p.m. ET

Nonprofit CEO Panel:
Andrea Lovanhill, CEO, Committee for Children
Bertram L. Lawson II, President & CEO, YMCA of Central New York
William Schimmel, Executive Director & CEO, PTCB
Shalimar Gonzales, CEO, Solid Ground

Hear from our CEO Panel and Nonprofit HR’s Managing Director of DEI about:

• What transparency means and where to start when communicating transparently with staff
• Why power sharing is a critical component of integrating DEI
• The scope of accountability and how to measure progress toward goals

The need to shift to working from home came without notice for many organizations. This unpredictable turn led many employers to pivot to a virtual workforce at the start of the pandemic, and most that shifted are still managing a virtual or hybrid workforce. From higher productivity to increased work-life integration, some organizations have reaped positive outcomes in spite of this unplanned shift. However, others are struggling with issues such as inadequate technology solutions, lower staff engagement and morale as well as the impacts of social isolation and distractions at home. In this panel discussion, leaders will be given solutions that have worked for other organizations that have championed this shift to a virtual environment.

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 2 p.m. ET

Presenters

Dr. Tracye Weeks — Team Leader and Senior Consultant, Nonprofit HR

Tamika S. Hood, CPDC, PHR, SHRM-CP — Consultant, Nonprofit HR

Michael McElroy — Associate Consultant, Nonprofit HR

Aimee Wood – Associate Consultant, Nonprofit HR

Hear considerations as well as positives for organizations deciding whether or not to go 100% permanently virtual:

• Develop effective plans and engagement for virtual operations long term while enhancing the virtual working experience
• Create a virtual workforce that offers far-reaching and positive effects on operations, talent attraction and employee morale
• Prepare your leaders to operate their organizations during a shift to a virtual and develop strategies to re-integrate remote workers when there may be a shift back to workspace

Welcoming a new C-suite executive into your organization can be both an exciting and daunting task. Set your new executive up for success by preparing strategies at every stage of the pre-boarding and onboarding process to ensure a successful integration and a positive early experience. A recent global study found that when grading onboarding experiences on a scale of 1 to 100, executives in the U.S. rate their experience as mediocre, with an average score of 59. While many organizations are working to improve the onboarding experience, the survey findings point to a gap in new executives’ expectations and subsequent experiences. Fostering trust among leaders, staff and board members through work-culture acclimatization, reiterating priorities early on and adapting to new virtual considerations will be key in helping the executive start off on the right foot. This discussion will highlight the essential considerations before day one, in the first 30 days, throughout the leader’s first quarter and beyond.

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 2 p.m. ET

Nonprofit HR Speakers:
Danisha Martin – Consultant, Search, Impact Search Advisors
Jami Armstrong – Consultant, Search, Impact Search Advisors

Hear specific insights from our Impact Search Advisors on:

• Connecting the dots between the search experience, the onboarding experience and retention​​​​​​​​​
• Collaborating with your recruiting team (whether internal or external) to ensure a smooth transition ​​​​
• The importance of a clear strategy for internal and external communications  ​​​​​​
• Best practices to ensure a high-touch approach during the orientation stage

The past few years required HR professionals to quickly adapt to an ever-changing landscape, but the unprecedented events of the last year prompted an even more rapid shift away from traditional HR practices. From compensation and benefits to HR technology, traditional approaches to total rewards have been expanded to include more flexible, equitable and efficient people-focused solutions.

The rise of remote work now requires that compensation practices are flexible enough to accommodate increasingly mobile workforces while remaining compliant to the unique restrictions mandated by different jurisdictions. Benefits practices are being shaped by new COVID-19 legislation, rules and guidelines and a wider effort to improve the employee experience through low-cost perks and equitable policies. From an equity standpoint, these changes are meant to accommodate differences in individuals and family structures. HR technology is propelling organizations to enhance the service-oriented nature of HR while increasing efficiencies and ensuring equitable practices. Taken together, these trends have resulted in total rewards practices that are people focused and service oriented. But, these changes are merely the tip of the iceberg!

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 2 p.m. ET

Nonprofit HR Panelists
Lisa McKeown — Managing Director, Total Rewards
Eric Salyers — Senior Consultant, Total Rewards
Tina Twyman, SHRM-SCP, CCP — Consultant, Total Rewards
Stuart Wales, MS, SHRM-CP, PHR — Consultant, Total Rewards

Hear firsthand some of the most significant HR trends, including:

• Elevating diversity, equity and inclusion strategies in total rewards
• Adopting compensation practices that are transparent and informed by an overarching compensation philosophy
• Using HR technology to transform HR into a service-oriented practice
• Improving the employee experience with low-cost perks and unconventional approaches to benefits

The social enterprise ecosystem is a vibrant example of how impactful missions can be when the investment in people is prioritized. The success of this emerging fourth sector proves that when leaders are dedicated to their people—to their growth, development and fulfillment—their return on that investment is greater mission impact. Recognizing even more impact means that social enterprises must now unlock the potential of their people, and this winning strategy must be collaborative. If you are a social enterprise leader of a start-up, growth creator or an established organization, it is paramount to lay the structural and cultural groundwork within your organization to maximize the potential of those passionate people you brought on board. Listen to this recording and hear how to harness your people’s potential and learn about the Aha Effect.

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 2 p.m. ET

Speakers
Patty Hampton, CSP — Chief Social Impact Officer / Managing Partner, SITA by Nonprofit HR
Tracye Weeks — Team Leader and Senior Consultant, Nonprofit HR

Walk away knowing how to:

• Align your social enterprise’s purpose, mission and vision while maintaining your people as a focal point;
• Apply/codify the tenets of leadership in service to the people who choose to invest their time, skills and passion in your mission; and
• Build an intentional and collaborative culture that attracts and retains high-performing talent.

Call it a Performance Management Revolution or the end to annual reviews, organizations are transforming their performance management programs to allow for increased opportunities for feedback. Feedback-driven models (often referred to as continuous feedback) encourage people managers and their teams to participate in ongoing conversations about both performance and growth opportunities. However, a continuous feedback model falls short without establishing and intentionally building a culture of trust.

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 2 p.m. ET

Nonprofit HR Speakers
Lori Kipnis, SPHR, SHRM-SCP — Managing Director, Strategy & Advisory
Laura Green, SHRM-CP — Team Leader and Senior Consultant

Tune into this webinar recording to understand how to:

• Develop a culture of feedback that increases your organizational capacity to deliver on your mission
• Provide increased opportunities for bi-directional feedback in support of employee engagement and development
• Boost career development conversations as part of your workplace culture

The people you attract to your social enterprise are just as important as the mission itself. Identifying the qualities of the team you want to build is just as important, as is creating space for your people to develop can ultimately lead to a high-performance culture. But how does one make time for this necessary component of running a social enterprise while simultaneously juggling other critical business priorities?

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Date of Recording: Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 2 p.m. ET

Speakers
Patty Hampton, CSP — Chief Social Impact Officer/Managing Partner, SITA by Nonprofit HR
Rebecca Peel — Principal, Talent & Human Capital Advisory
Cedric Nwafor — Social Entrepreneur, Public Speaker & Founder, Roots Africa
Rebecca Dray — Executive Director, BuySocialUSA

Listen now to hear from social enterprise advocate and champion, Patty Hampton. Hampton and other speakers will uncover:

• Why your people are key to the success of your social enterprise
• Best practices in attracting a mission-focused workforce
• Actionable steps to engage and sustain a culture that will help meet your business priorities
• Characteristics of high-performing people who own their results

In collaboration with Nonstop Administration & Insurance Services, Inc., Nonprofit HR hosted a special conversation about how employee health benefits, when viewed through a lens of equity, can positively impact employee recruitment and retention, and also employee productivity and engagement.

Over half (63%) of 675 respondents in Nonprofit HR’s 2021 Nonprofit Diversity Practices Survey indicated that their organizations have made adjustments to prioritize/reprioritize diversity objectives, programs and/or initiatives. While compensation equity remains a focal point for employers, turning to employee health benefits as a tool to tackle health equity also came to the forefront.

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Date of Recording: Tuesday, May 9, 2021 at 2 p.m. ET

Speakers

Lisa Brown Alexander — Founder & CEO, Nonprofit HR
David Sloves — CEO, Nonstop Administration & Insurance Services, Inc.

Listen to the recording and hear:

• Why leadership should care and champion health equity internally and among peers;
• How health equity impacts nonprofit organizations and why the social sector employers should attempt to exceed the health benefits status quos;
• Why quality affordable healthcare is critical to recruiting and retaining staff; and
• How an organization’s approach to its employer-sponsored health insurance plan design can reflect and also impact its values and mission performance

	Leadership & Culture in Nonprofits Are your leaders truly ready to foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce? Closely examining how your leaders manage your workplace culture can have a critical impact on your success. The 2019 Nonprofit Talent Retention Practices Survey revealed that 21% of respondents prematurely left organizations due to dissatisfaction/disengagement with current leadership. From recent headlines, it is clear that employees are seeking more outlets to voice their perspectives. What’s also clear is that employees of all backgrounds are holding organizations and their leaders accountable for living the values they preach. Date of Recording: November 18 at 2 p.m. ET Speakers: Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder in Residence, PolicyLink
	Employee Engagement & Belonging Practices in Nonprofits How high on the scale would your employees rank their sense of belonging in your organization? It is not enough to assume that your employees feel connected and like they belong at work. The third-highest driver for voluntary turnover in organizations, 26.2%, was dissatisfaction and disengagement with current organizational culture according to Nonprofit HR’s 2019 Retention Practices Survey. Belonging is linked to increased job performance and can strengthen employee engagement. Understanding the extent to which your diverse staff feels a part of the culture is critical to your DEI efforts. Date of Recording: Tuesday, October 20 at 2 p.m. ET Speakers: Antonio Cortes, PhD, Senior Consultant, DEI, Nonprofit HR Beth Taylor Mack, PhD, Senior Consultant, Health & Wellbeing Innovations Melissa Phillippi, Co-Founder & President, Performance Culture Webinar Slides Webinar Transcript  Bonus Resource   Case Study   Article
	Equity in Total Rewards Practices in Nonprofits  When was your organization’s last compensation review, and was it reactionary or strategically developed to create a more equitable workforce? The 2019 Diversity Practices Survey revealed that only 16% of respondents track pay gaps through the lenses of equity and diversity. Additionally, only 9% said their organizations changed their total rewards practices to realize greater diversity. Today’s digitally-savvy, vocally-empowered employees have many tools at their disposal to publicly share their career experiences and to benchmark how they are compensated and rewarded. Date of Recording: September 22, 2020 Panelists Lisa J. McKeown, Managing Director, Total Rewards, Nonprofit HR Tina Twyman, Consultant, Total Rewards, Nonprofit HR Eric Salyers, Sr. HR Business Partner/Benefits, Nonprofit HR Ofronama Biu, Sr. Research Associate, Building Movement Project, Nonprofit HR Moderator: Alicia Schoshinski, Senior HR Business Partner, Knowledge Practice Co-Leader, Nonprofit HR Webinar Slides  Webinar Transcript
	2020 Nonprofit Diversity Practices Survey Results Overview Webinar For the second consecutive year, Nonprofit HR surveyed nonprofits in North America about their diversity efforts and collected data from for-profit social enterprises for the first time. As a leading talent management firm in the social impact sector for more than 20 years, we have worked with thousands of organizations to help advance their missions through their most important asset, their people. Date of Recording: September 21, 2020 Nonprofit HR Presenter Lisa Brown Alexander, President & CEO Webinar Slides   Webinar Transcript
	Talent Attraction & Diverse Recruitment Practices in Nonprofits The 2020 Nonprofit Talent Management Priorities Survey revealed that 45% of respondents are prioritizing “attracting and hiring diverse talent” this year, across all demographics including race. But what will social-impact organizations need to look like to the “woke” jobseeker? And, will nonprofits be able to reflect the cultures of diversity, equity and inclusion that candidates are seeking when evaluating where to lend their time and talents? Date of Recording: August 25, 2020 Nonprofit HR Panelists Myra Briggs, Practice Leader, Executive Search Sophia LaFontant, Recruitment Business Partner Antonio Cortes, PhD, Senior Consultant, DEI Moderator: Alicia Schoshinski, Senior HR Business Partner, Knowledge Practice Co-Leader, Nonprofit HR Webinar Slides Webinar Transcript
	Inclusive Workforce Planning & Diversity Practices In Nonprofits Strategic workforce planning connects HR strategy to overall organizational strategy. It ensures that social impact organizations have the right people in the right place at the right time. However, only 5% of 2019 Nonprofit Diversity Practices Survey respondents initiated a diversity strategy due to less than optimal organization performance. Will this number increase in 2020? Date of Recording: July 28, 2020 Presenter: Lisa Brown Alexander, SPHR, President and CEO, Nonprofit HR Moderator: Atokatha Ashmond Brew, Managing Director, Marketing & Communication, Nonprofit HR Webinar Slides Webinar Transcript
	Race and Diversity Practices in Nonprofits Are you struggling with discussions about how race, racism and racial equity show up in your workplace? You’re not alone. Nationwide, the civil unrest and renewed demands for racial equality have created new opportunities for organizations to thoroughly assess their approach to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. Date of Recording: June 30, 2020 Presenters: Lisa Brown Alexander, SPHR, President and CEO, Nonprofit HR Webinar Slides    Webinar Transcript

Additional Resources for Immediate Access!

Plan on Facilitating a DEI-related conversation? See seven ways you can host a brave space talks.

New Webinar Transcript: Virtualizing Your Recruitment & Onboarding Experience – Read it now!

Anxious to launch a diversity, equity & inclusion program at your nonprofit? Here’s how to determine if you should wait!

Access more DEI&B resources from Nonprofit HR at https://www.nonprofithr.com/deinow

External Resource:

Project Implicit is a non-profit organization and international collaborative network of researchers investigating implicit social cognition – thoughts and feelings that are largely outside of conscious awareness and control. Project Implicit is the product of a team of scientists whose research produced new ways of understanding attitudes, stereotypes and other hidden biases that influence perception, judgment, and action.

Check out Harvard’s Project Implicit Site: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/

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