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Managing & Staffing and Organization

Find resources here on workplans and budgets, strategic planning, employee handbooks and manuals, job descriptions, contracts and agreements, and performance reviews. This area contains many samples from Alliance organizations that you can use as models for your organization.

Audits

All the information you could ever want about audits and the 990 process.

Budget & Workplan

In this folder you will find templates and models you can use to create your organization's budget and workplan.

Contracts & Agreements

In this folder you will find sample contracts and agreements including ED Agreements, a chapter affiliation agreement, contract agreements and announcements, and sample request for proposals (RFPs).

Employee Handbook & Manuals

Employee handbooks and manuals set forth your organization's personnel policies including benefits, paid leave and time off, appropriate code of conduct, and other expectations. Developing an employee handbook or manual is important for organizations with two or more staff so that you maintain consistency with all employees and so that expectations are clearly established at the time of hire. In this folder find model employee handbooks from several Alliance organizations.

Evaluation & Performance Review

This folder contains resources for evaluating employees and evaluating programs. Evaluating employees is important for a number of reasons. It gives supervisors an opportunity to share feedback with employees and can also be helpful for assessing raises and promotions. Included in this folder are instructions and models for evaluating employees, models for program evaluation, and the most recent salary survey from Nonprofit Times to help you evaluate salaries for your organization's staff.

Job Descriptions & Announcements

A clear and detailed job description is a necessary first step in building a strong staff for your organization. In this folder you will find a number of sample job descriptions and announcements from Alliance Member organizations listed by the job title. Your organization may also want to announce new hires with a press release. Included here are sample press releases announcing new staff.

Planning - General

Every organization must spend time each year on planning. Developing solid workplans will help you steer the course towards meeting your goals and delivering your mission. In this folder you'll find resources for developing business plans, work plans, and budgets. Also included is a Healthy Organization checklist from the Alliance to help you evaluate your organization's strengths and weaknesses.

Planning - Strategic & Long Term

If your organization is looking for more direction, ready to move to the next level, or unclear on your priorities and goals, then you may want to think about undergoing strategic planning. In this folder you will find resources on strategic and long-term planning for bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations including sample plans from Alliance organizations.


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