It’s Time to Step Up and Join a Board
Can I ask you to stop for just two minutes and think about something? I want you to consider joining a nonprofit board.
How Effective is Your Board? Here’s a Simple Test
Most boards are dysfunctional because board members don’t know any better. They don’t know what ‘functional” looks like. Here’s a simple board assessment tool you can use to help you figure out how to fix the dysfunction.
How Nonprofits Should React to the New Tax Law
Is the new tax law making your anxious? You’re not alone. Will our worst fears be realized and way fewer people will donate? Or simply donate less? Or will philanthropists now have more to give? Time will tell. But here’s some advice on how you can get proactive and put yourself in the best position to succeed…
The Roles and Responsibilities of the Board Chair and Executive Director
Let me break it down for you: The roles and responsibilities of the Executive Director, the board chair, and the grey area where you need to work together.
10 Truths Every Board Member Should Know
You’ve just joined a nonprofit board. You love the work the organization does. But you’re also not sure what exactly you got yourself into. Some advice…
How to Know When You Are Overdoing It
I recently attended a 2 week “health bootcamp” and want to share some lessons I learned. Some are personal. Most are unflattering. All are educational…
How to Be a Great Board Member
Gloria is a former board chair. She wants to be a GREAT board member. But unless she changes her approach, her board will never get its act together.
3 Tools Every Remote Staff or Board Member Needs
Here are the 3 more important tools we use to help facilitate communications and project management when people aren’t in the same physical space.
Lessons on Creating a Legacy
Kari’s and Todd’s stories can help us make sense of those times when we ask ourselves: How can I make sure that some good comes from this tragedy?
9 Nonprofit Blogs You Should Follow
This blog is hardly the only one you should read. There are a whole lot of really smart folks in the nonprofit sector that have an awful lot to share.
5 Ways to Expand Your Pool of Donors and Volunteers
Ever feel like you’re always fishing in the same pond? Here are 5 ways you can expand your pool of donors, volunteers, staff members, and board members too.
How to Keep the Right People On Your Bus
Here’s a quick and easy way to assess the folks on your staff and your board, along with actionable steps to make your “bus” a whole lot stronger.