Boards - NonProfit PRO

What Is Your Nonprofit Board Hiding?

December 11, 2019 Mike Burns

The board meeting has ended. The results included discussion and action around program results, finances, strategy, compliance, risk reduction and board development. The results also included: 43 likes, 12 comments, 4 shares.

How to Effectively Cultivate Board Roles and Responsibilities

December 10, 2019 Jen Pendleton

You just elected a handful of new board members. What’s next? Giving them a big white binder? Conducting an orientation?

Create Gratitude and Energy by Focusing on the Most Painful Truths

November 27, 2019 Renee Rubin Ross

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When leaders and teams feel seen and recognized with their pain and their strengths, organizations move forward, relationships deepen and genuine gratitude emerges.

Giving Tuesday Ideas to Engage Your Nonprofit Board

November 20, 2019 Wayne Elsey

It’s vital to engage in nonprofit board fundraising, especially to execute on your Giving Tuesday ideas. Find out ways to get your board fundraising.

6 Tricks for Effective Capital Campaign Committee Meetings

November 11, 2019 Andrea Kihlstedt

In capital campaign fundraising, excited, engaged volunteers are the fuel for success. And there’s no better way to drain all that excited energy than by having capital campaign committee meetings that waste everybody’s time.

Do Your Nonprofit A Favor: Start Board Self-Assessments

November 6, 2019 Jeb Banner

A board self-assessment is one of the most impactful things a board and its members can do to support a nonprofit.

Nonprofit Governance Is Not Intuitive

October 14, 2019 Mike Burns

Nonprofit governance is not intuitive. Few, if any, folks are “born” to be the volunteer leadership of a nonprofit, never mind the leader of the volunteers who are governing. So what are helpful approaches to support the 99% of us for whom nonprofit governance is not intuitive?

Tough Love for Nonprofit Board Member Fundraising

October 7, 2019 Jeb Banner

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Engaging nonprofit board members in fundraising is one of the most persistent challenges that organizational leaders face. Sure, we can hire and train better staff members, find contractors to produce beautiful promotional materials and design the most impactful programming possible.

Achieving Fundraising Goals With Board Members

September 20, 2019 Duke Haddad, Ed.D.

Board members for any nonprofit represent a team dedicated to advancing a nonprofit through the acquisition of time, talent and treasure. Every nonprofit board member before agreeing to serve on a board must agree to their role in the fundraising process.

Is It Time to Scale Your Nonprofit?

September 5, 2019 Jeb Banner

You have a mission in mind. You’ve drawn up your bylaws and values, you understand your business model and what you’re trying to achieve, you have a few people working on the internal team and there are a handful of trusted advisors acting as your board.

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