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Does Your Organization Have a Governance Committee? Change Your Approach to Create an Engaged Board. Nonprofits often have nominations committees responsible for putting forward nominees for board membership and officer positions. After the rush to find and enlist suitable candidates,...

See How Easily You Can Get Donors’ Attention. Discover 10 Quick and Easy Ways to Attract Donors and Funds The number of nonprofits in the U.S. is increasing every year, now topping 1.5 million. When you’re a nonprofit leader, the...

Do Your Programs Fill Real Needs? Learn How to Measure Program Need. Effective program design and execution starts with verifying the need. Needs assessments are essential tools that aid organizations in ensuring the services they offer are necessary, welcome, and...

Does Your Workforce Embrace and Benefit from Racial Equity? Infuse Inclusion Throughout Your Team. For a nonprofit to truly embody racial equity, every member of your workforce needs to understand and embrace inclusion. They must not only denounce systemic racism...

Does Your Board Champion Racial Equity? Learn How to Implement Inclusive Practices and Pursue Equity. Your nonprofit’s board sets the tone for racial equity. To ensure your entire organization embodies this essential goal, the leadership of directors is vital for...

New Programs at Your Organization. Discover Unsurpassed Implementation Strategies. New programs require thoughtful implementation to be successful. Throughout program design, you need to consider the specific steps. To improve outcomes, you can use effective strategies, such as a soft launch...

How Could New Laws Help Your Organization? Discover How to Achieve Success With Lobbying Only 3% of all charities actively lobby for their organizations and the causes they hold dear. You can make life better for the people and communities...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

What Metrics Does Your Organization Track? Discover the Vital Indicators of Fundraising Success Fundraising performance expert Ellen Bristol will show you how to take advantage of simple, useful metrics. You will learn how to track and interpret valuable performance data.

Is Your Board Too Complacent? Find New Ways to Sustain Board Energy and Increase Impact Even the most dynamic nonprofit board can become complacent without occasional infusions of energy and ideas. You can apply creative tactics to stimulate thinking, introduce...

Who Is Your Worst Employee? Discover How to Finally Improve Their Performance Every nonprofit seems to have at least one particularly problematic employee. Bill might never show up for work on time, Tina may constantly say the wrong things to...

Does Your Organization Have Enough Leaders of Color? Learn How to Overcome the Racial Leadership Gap. Studies have shown that the percentage of people of color in nonprofit executive director/CEO roles has remained under 20% for the past 15 years....

Engage Parents to Help Address Behavior Concerns. Learn Seven Steps to Build Partnerships That Get Results. When a student presents problematic behaviors, the partnership between their parents and the school will either strengthen or weaken. Parent involvement ranges from nonexistent...

Discriminatory or Just Uncomfortable? Learn How Your Institution Can Create an Inclusive Environment. There is a line between uncomfortable environments and those that would be legally considered discriminatory. Despite this distinction, your institution needs to go beyond the bland legal...