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Business Process Analysis
102 KPI for Healthcare Volunteer Leadership
A list of 102 KPIs to help healthcare volunteer leaders—and nonprofits—measure impact, engagement, and effectiveness.
Business Process Analysis
Volunteer Program Recruitment Plan Example
An example of a focused volunteer recruitment plan. This downloadable document can be used as a template. Includes sample timeline.
Data Storytelling Essentials
Data Communication Planning Worksheet
A hands-on worksheet to help you develop a Precise Plan for a data story. A companion to Data Communication Planning.
Data Storytelling Essentials
Data Visualization Mini-Lesson
A brief and practical video introducing you to the easy to remember three-step S-E-E process for creating effective data visualizations. Select the right tool, eliminate the noise, and emphasize the key takeaway.
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Healthcare Volunteer Coloring Book
Compassion unites us, volunteers elevate us. Recognize healthcare volunteers with this delightful 12-page coloring book celebrating the role of these selfless community caregivers in the delivery of patient-centered care. For best results, print as a booklet on uncoated tabloid size (11x17) paper.
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Recommended & referred learning resources
Resources for learning and skill development that can be found on other websites.
Data Literacy
These are resources that will help you gain additional data literacy skills.
Data Camp. Data Camp provides hundreds of courses in data science. They have online courses for all levels.
A great resource for developing and building a data culture. I'm a fan of their free webinars,
Data Visualization & Storytelling
These are resources that will help you create more effective data stories.
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Annotation Toolkit. This chart annotation toolkit from Duarte.com is free. It is 155-pages full of visualization ideas.
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Big Idea Worksheet. This worksheet from Storytelling with Data is a helpful starting point in planning your data story.
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Data Story by Nancy Duarte​. A resource rich work on data storytelling. Nancy Duarte provides clear direction and many example. Anyone creating data visualizations needs this in their library.
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Effective Data Storytelling by Brent Dykes. This book goes deep into the storytelling well. Brent Dykes explains the psychology of storytelling and makes the relevant connections to data. A must read.​
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Storytelling with Data by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic. A hands-on text that provides great reference material on the design elements of data stories. The book provides many excellent examples of design principles at work.
Volunteer Leadership
These are resources that help you be an effective leader of volunteers.
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AL!VE. The Association for Leaders in Volunteer Engagement is a membership based site that provides education, resources, and services for promoting an engaged volunteer experience.
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VSys One by Bespoke Software. VSys One is an exceptionally robust and stellar volunteer management solution.
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VSys Voices. VSys Voices is the professional development service of VSys One providing valuable advice for volunteer managers. Webinars and downloadable templates are available.
Website and B2B
These are tools that have or are being successfully used in the development of this website.
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Mangools. This has been a great resource to learn and apply SEO knowledge.
