Everyone who loves meetings, raise your hand. Yeah. I will never forget when I was doing some calendar work with 3 board members. As soon as I mentioned that we needed to schedule some regular committee meetings, I got an eye roll, a sigh and an outright “aarrrrrggghh!” as she slumped in her chair. Yikes! [...]
Are nonprofit organizations really a bunch of sad saps? All this time I thought it was just a tax code. But the first time I asked a group to share what thoughts came immediately to mind when they heard the word nonprofit, I nearly fell over. They said things like “poorly run.” “under-resourced,” “behind the [...]
I was the Executive Director of a thriving and very busy nonprofit Y. I wanted to go to Hawaii. It was fundraising season and we were gearing up for the annual campaign that lasted 5 weeks. Time for all hands on deck. But I wanted to go to Hawaii. So I booked the non-refundable flights. [...]
Yep, it’s true. Your human resources are the greatest source of abundance you have. And it may be time for a big shift in thinking. You may be too focused on other things in your nonprofit - you may feel you’re short on money or time or space or technology, for instance. But there may [...]
The dynamic between the nonprofit Executive Director and the Board Chair can be interesting! The Executive Director is hired as an expert in the nonprofit field, and the volunteer serving as Chair/President supervises and evaluates the Executive Director’s performance. The Chair typically rotates out after a year or two, and many times is not an [...]
4 Steps to Achieve the Growth You Want You’ve heard the phrase "you can expect what you inspect." That goes for your nonprofit’s growth curve also. Do you ever feel like you’ve used up all the available resources, you’ve struggled to build capacity, and no matter how many hours you and the team work, you [...]