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It’s Okay If You Don’t Know All the Answers: Learn How to Be an Authentic Executive Director Executive directors hate to say “I don’t know,” because they feel they are expected to have all the answers. They occasionally feel they...

Do You Know How to Make Change at Your Organization? Build Capacity From the Inside Out Your team members possess a distinct combination of talents, skills, and personality traits that allow them to contribute to productivity and drive innovation. It...

Respond to Conflict at Your Organization Effectively. Learn How to Resolve Disputes and Increase Collaboration. Conflicts are costly and lead to decreased social impact when not appropriately addressed. You need to respond and relate to conflict within your organization effectively...

The Essential Elements Your Nonprofit’s ChatGPT Policy Must Include. Leverage Generative AI While Limiting Risk. Generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications such as ChatGPT can reinforce your nonprofit’s stretched staff and skimpy budget in ways previously unimaginable. At the same time,...

Connect and Support Your Team. Discover Staff Meeting Engagement and Productivity Techniques. Your staff members are on the front line every day, accomplishing your organization’s mission. Nonprofit employees are too often overworked and underpaid. They are often burned out. The...

What Laws Do You Want to Change or Create? Learn How to Use Lobbying to Further Your Mission. Lobby? Ewww! Really? To many people, the word lobbying conjures up images of people in designer suits passing around $100 bills as...

Do Your Board Meetings Inspire Fundraising Results? Learn New Techniques to Engage Directors to Win Donations Board meetings should not be just a series of agenda items and financial reports. They need to be inspirational shows that will fill up...

Create Remarkable Programs for Your Organization. Use a Proven Process to Ensure Quality. Designing successful programs requires data and strategic thinking. Once you have verified the need for your program and conducted a needs assessment, the next step is to...

Your Organization Board Can Use Generative Thinking: Discover How to Make Better Decisions. Your board can use generative thinking to produce more innovative ideas. This approach inspires new directions and fosters effective strategic decisions by veering away from the fiduciary...

Transform Stalwart Supporters Into Board Leaders: Engage Directors and Eliminate Tension Strong board development is the solution to all board struggle challenges. Boards are made up of well-meaning, passionate volunteers who unfortunately aren’t always clear on their roles or their...

Are Policies Destroying the Culture at Your Organization? Discover New Approaches to Human Capital Management. While human resources policies and procedures help your organization maintain good legal standing, they can serve as barriers to change, growth, and peak performance. You...

Improve Culture for Your Team: Learn How to Relieve Pressure on Employees. As external demands on your organization increase, your personnel experience more pressure. The nonprofit sector’s vital work often places an outsized mental, emotional, and fiscal burden on employees. ...

Maximize Federal Stimulus Benefits for Your Organization: Get the Funding Your Nonprofit Deserves. There are several pathways to stimulus funding support for your nonprofit: Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Round 2 Employee Retention Tax Credits EIDL Families First You need to...

Leading the Change for Volunteer’s Week! Secure Your Spot for Volunteer Mastery. This is the perfect time to recruit, support, and recognize volunteers. You can assemble a powerful team to take your nonprofit to new heights without high costs. Volunteerism...

The Ultimate Guide to Getting More and Bigger Donations: Learn How to Use A/B Testing to Optimize Your Pages. As your organization emerges from the pandemic and prepares for the year-end giving season, you need to be making website updates....

Racial Equity – In Your Mission? Discover How to Rebuild the DNA of Your Mission and Vision. As your nonprofit responds to the world’s great awakening about social justice, the next step is to move beyond statements and examine your...

Put Your Donors at the Center. Discover a Sure-Fire Strategy to Raise More Money Putting your donors front and center will enable your nonprofit to raise more money. By engaging all your contributors and highly valuing their relationships, you can...

Hackers Are Targeting Your Organization: Learn How to Mitigate Ransomware Attacks and Protect Data Ransomware attacks are very real and becoming more prevalent among nonprofits. Hackers often hone in on confidential personnel, donor, and client data, targeting files that include:...

Keep Your Organization's Team Happy and Stable. Learn Effective Tactics for Staff Retention. A new study from Nonprofit HR reveals that 45% of nonprofit employees will seek new jobs in the next five years. Staff member departures have a significant...

Bring Your Excellent Program Idea to Life at Your Organization. You are likely inundated with innovative programming ideas, including those you devise yourself and ones you hear from stakeholders. Transforming those concepts into reality is not as difficult as it...

Get More Support From Your Network. Develop Stakeholder Relationships. Strong networks of support are essential for nonprofit health. You need to build and continuously cultivate relationships with stakeholders and funders. You can develop a diversified funding portfolio by capitalizing on...

Increase Donations With Compelling Appeal Letters. Learn How to Create an Urgency to Give A stunning appeal can get donations pouring in quickly. Letters that create urgency generate the most funds. Every attribute of your direct mail package, from the...

Teamwork. Make Your Team Even More Successful. Engagement and collaboration are even more crucial to success now, as people work in more distributed and socially distanced ways. You can use discussion and shared decision-making to keep your team focused on...

What is the Profile of Your Organization's Donors? Hone Your Funder Profile to Increase Giving. More than 80% of nonprofit organizations lack a documented ideal funder profile that includes giving motivations. You can win the competition for contributions by creating...