The Standards for Excellence Institute is pleased to announce its 2014 Class of Licensed Consultants. Recently completing the intensive, three-day training, class members are now licensed in every aspect of the Standards for Excellence program and are capable of assisting nonprofits nationwide.Read the official press release.Rob Levit, new Licensed Consultant, based in Annapolis, Maryland, offered, “In addition to the repository of benchmarks, educational materials and well-designed templates[…]

The Standards for Excellence Institute is pleased to announce its 2014 Class of Licensed Consultants. Recently completing the intensive, three-day training, class members are now licensed in every aspect of the Standards for Excellence program and are capable of assisting nonprofits nationwide.Read the official press release[…]

Thank you so much to everyone who completed our recent Standards for Excellence website survey! Your responses provided us with valuable insight as we work to improve your online experience. According to your responses, many of you would like our website to include: A reference section of best practices and commendations organizations receive during their Standards for Excellence accreditation, More clearly-defined portals for different types of visitors, Prominently showcased successes of[…]

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Read the editorial that states "we believe there is something to be learned from attending the three-day [Standards for Excellence] session...It's sure to be a learning experience for both agency directors and their boards."[…]

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We are pleased to bring you this article from Susan Detwiler, Standards for Excellence Licensed Consultant. Where there is no gratitude, there is no meaningful movement; human affairs become rocky, painful, coldly indifferent, unpleasant, and finally break off altogether. The social ‘machinery’ grinds along and soon seizes up.Margaret VisserThanksgiving is an obvious time to write about being thankful, and it’s nice to have a time to stop and consider all that we have to be grateful for. We[…]

We Value Your Input!As a valued individual of the nonprofit community, we would like to invite you to participate in this brief survey to let us know your thoughts about the current Standards for Excellence Institute website.Visit www.standardsforexcellenceinstitute.org,and then tell us your thoughts athttp://fluidsurveys.com/s/SFEI-WebsiteSurvey/Your anonymous answers will help us to improve our website and your user-experience.[…]

The Standards for Excellence Institute would like to congratulate several organizations who recently earned or renewed their accreditation under the Standards for Excellence: An Ethics and Accountability Code for the Nonprofit Sector: CSJ Ministries, Nazareth, Michigan Partners In Care MD, Inc., Pasadena, Maryland United Way of Central Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland[…]

Hire for passion and intensity; there is training for everything else. - Nolan Bushnell, technology pioneerSalsa Labs' Rebecca Wyatt recently wrote a blog as part of their recent series on nonprofit training. According to Ms. Wyatt, “a well-developed training program is a worthwhile investment which will improve the overall outcomes of your organization.”Citing the Harvard Business Review:Dissatisfaction with some employee-development efforts appears to fuel many early exits...[Workers are] not[…]