When Should You Hire Your First Development Director?
While making any hire is often as much art as science, here is my three-question checklist to decide if it’s time to make your first development hire.
How to Make Your Donors Feel Like a Million Bucks
When people give to causes that are deeply meaningful to them, they feel like a million bucks. Here’s how to create true donor love.
A Planning Guide for Board Meeting Agendas
Board meetings should not sneak up on anyone. In fact, you should be able to plan the meeting agendas for an entire year, in advance! Here’s how to…
What Development Directors Should Say In An Interview
The 3 components to hiring a great Development Director: 1) Get a good candidate pool. 2) Ask the right questions. 3) Recognize the right answers…
10 Books Every Nonprofit Leader Should Read
Even if you read only 1 of these, it will be a real investment in your professional growth and will help make the work you do even more remarkable.
Why Nonprofits Never Have Enough Money
Here’s a budget process that will engage and inspire your board to raise even more money than you were planning to budget for in the first place.
How to Hire a Great Executive Director
How do you go about finding the right fit for the organization? Here’s what you need to do to find your next great Executive Director….
Dear Joan: Do We Need a Deputy Director?
Dear Joan: Here’s a question for you. Is it time for a Deputy Director? Wouldn’t that solve the problem and compensate for our Executive Director’s financial liabilities?
Why Hire a Mediocre Employee?
You need to fill a position. You have a candidate. She’s OK. Not a rock star. Here’s the best advice I have for you. STOP! Read this first.
No Board Development Committee? No Problem!
Every fundraiser dreams of a high functioning board development committee. But what do you do if your board has no such committee? Here’s the answer.
Transition Plan Template for Executive Directors
Here is my 8-step transition plan template for how to depart from your nonprofit organization the right way.
A Crazy Simple Trick to Help Your Board Members Fundraise
Here’s a nifty tool that was game changing for us. Let’s just say if you do this, I can guarantee that success will be in the cards for you and your Board.