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.
Why Can’t We All Get Along?
It’s time for all of us to start working together, both inside our nonprofits and across our sectors. Let’s just stop with the competition. It helps nobody.
Dear Joan: HELP! Our Entire Staff Quit!
“I am a board member for an organization where the entire staff has resigned. What is the best way to resolve this with no staff and no resources to hire any?”
Should You Run Your Nonprofit More Like a Business?
As a nonprofit leader, have you ever been told to run your nonprofit “more like a business”? What does that even mean? And do they have a point?
Small Nonprofits Move the World
Working at a small nonprofit can be especially challenging. Come join my free online workshop called “How to Build a Thriving Nonprofit” on October 4, 2017.
The Best Way to Sabotage Your New Executive Director
I hear a lot of crazy stories from readers, listeners and clients. A lot of them are about Executive Directors who feel undermined. This is not a good thing.
Stop Driving Your Board Chair Nuts!
Every thriving nonprofit has a strong and effective board chair. It’s critical. So then why are so many outstanding board chairs being driven nuts?
5 Signs It’s Time to Quit Your Job
Do you? 5 Telltale signs that it might be time to polish up the old resume. Or just try to remember it’s a privilege.
Dear Joan: The Board Fired the CEO and Took Over!
Never hesitate to shoot me an email with questions you have or blog post ideas. Ideas from my readers drive most of my content.
How to Keep Board Members Engaged Between Meetings
When I was an E.D. my board was often absent between meetings. I get it. They had day jobs. I needed an idea to engage them. I call it “The Goosebump a Week Solution.” Try it.
7 Questions Every Nonprofit Should Be Asking Now
Imagine you’re about to ask somebody to make a sizable donation. Write down the one word that describes how you most feel. I bet I can guess… anxious?