How well are you meeting your nonprofit’s mission?
How big is your need?
Interestingly enough, a group that I am currently working with is in the process of conducting an outside needs assessment. I think this is such a wise move.
Over the years, I have led strategic planning and board…
Is Your Board Looking Through the Lens of Mission?
The lens of mission must guide everything that a Board of Directors decides in an organisation. Everything.
Board members are the vanguard of the mission. They develop it; they refine it, and they ensure it. They ensure that the organisation…
From here to minutia…Board of Directors and their committees
Ah, Board committees. Now, we get knee deeper into confusion. So, keeping the Board focused on governance is challenging work. Keeping the committees focused on governance seems at times almost impossible.
A few observations from the field.
Just…
Great expectations for Board Members
Last week, I noted how all-volunteer and small staffed organisations must engage in governance at the Board level. I pointed out that one of the first steps is to secure commitment to change. Some groups may not want to change and need to…
Corporate Governance is a Must Even in Your Small Nonprofit
Board governance is challenging work. It is especially difficult for smaller organisations. Even more so in all volunteer organisations.
When organisations lack staff including an Executive Director, it is the Board of Directors who often…
Do your nonprofit board of directors self-assess itself? Perhaps it should…
Does your board of directors periodically practice board self-evaluation?
If it doesn't, it should.
Self-evaluation is a great way to maintain board awareness around its responsibilities as a board member and the potential need for changes…
Board development got you down? I want to hear from you.
For the past several weeks now, I have been doing a lot of posting.
And, I have heard back from many of you.
It seems like there is an issue with our boards of directors. Many of you have had questions, comments, and concerns about your board…
Nonprofit board recruitment is key to fundraising raising effectiveness
Nonprofit board development is THAT important.
Not just to the organisation as a whole, but, how it directly impacts fundraising effectiveness.
A board dream team just does not appear. It needs to be systematically developed.It all starts…
Your nonprofit board members role in a capital campaign
Board Member Roles and Responsibilities During a Capital Campaign
In a capital campaign board members should make the organisation a priority through:
Reviewing their philanthropic priorities and committing to make a "stretch" gift to the…
Philanthropy is not a multiple choice question for your nonprofit board of directors
So often I have heard this one line uttered..."But I give of my time and that is my gift!"
Yes and no.
As a Board of Director, you are expected to give of your time. You are a volunteer. You have fiduciary responsibilities that you are…
Identifying new potential donor prospects for fundraising
As a consultant, I get asked this question all the time. How do I find new donors for my fundraising efforts?
Well, let me offer a few easy and cost-effective steps that don't require you to purchase or rent costly donor lists for your fund…
Let’s talk about board of directors giving…
Does you board of directors give?
This all important topic that is so hard to broach.
First, lets start where it all starts...
Does your organisation have board of directors expectations that you share with them even before they are elected?
Do…
