Strategic Planning: The Key to a Supportive and Aligned Workplace
In the nonprofit world, the only constant is change. The daily changes in the workplace - personnel turnover, fluctuating funding, and shifting community needs - can feel overwhelming.
The Transformative Role of the Board: Empowering Nonprofit Leadership
A board has the power to shape the future of any nonprofit, and strong leadership from the board chair is often the deciding factor in whether that impact is positive and lasting.
The Vital Connection Between Strategic Planning and a Board’s Fiduciary Responsibilities
One of the core fiduciary responsibilities of a nonprofit board is the duty of care. This duty requires board members to act thoughtfully, responsibly, and in the best interests of the organization in all their decision-making.
Catalyst for Change: The Board Chair's Transformative Influence
We’ve recently observed several troubling trends in the nonprofit sector. We've witnessed multiple organizations grappling with leadership crises – either through the departure of key executives or mass resignations from dysfunctional boards (or worse, they don’t leave and stick around to cause trouble).
Brilliant at the Basics: A Nonprofit's Path to Sustainable Success
In the fast-paced world of nonprofit organizations, it's easy to get caught up in the excitement of growth and innovation.
Strategic Planning: Creating a Process of Becoming
Should the goal of a strategic planning process be to create an inspiring vision, establish a environment rooted in positivity, and emphasise strengths - or to identify and fix problems, and thereby creating a robust and impervious organizational model?
The Emotional Lifecyle of Nonprofit Leaders and Their Teams
The concept that organizations progress through fairly predictable stages of growth and decline is generally understood and accepted.
Maximizing Fundraising Potential: Working With a Grant Writer
Benefits of working with a contracted grant writer...
Women's Equality Day and the Nonprofit Sector
Women’s Equality Day marks the certification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution which granted women the right to vote - white women. Pointing out the irony implicit in the name given to this day isn’t perhaps necessary - but it is important.
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Board members are a critical (and necessary) component of a nonprofit organization. Board members are crucial volunteers who share important responsibilities.