In this webinar, Diane Leonard will teach you how to utilize the Scrum framework in your organization to significantly improve the fundraising team process. Full Transcript: - [Steven] All right, Diane, I got 1:00 Eastern. Is it okay if I go ahead and get this party started officially? - [Diane] [...]
Itâs a Monday afternoon and youâre researching e-learning solutions for your team. Maybe youâre looking for new ways to engage and develop your remote workforce. Or, maybe your supervisor has identified a pervasive problem across your team, and youâre looking for a training solution to help your staff overcome it. [...]
Higher salary. Nicer car. An assistant. Perks. Nonprofit C-level executives are compensated better than their coworkers. There is a definitely a wide wage gap between senior managers and fundraisers, program managers and those in the field. But does that automatically mean senior managers should be expected to donate at a [...]
A good nonprofit board is priceless and can serve many purposes. Board members can be the community âfaceâ of an organization, provide quality connections, help steer strategy and planning, and offer invaluable support and insight. Building a nonprofit board should not be overlooked, but who should you be looking for [...]
Is your organization prepared to respond if a prominent staff member or volunteer is accused of assaulting someone in your community? Four nonprofits found themselves in that position this week. Their responses can help other organizations contemplate responding to assault allegations â and how to better prevent them in the [...]
Rachel Bearbower will break down the three things youâre probably over complicating to help you become a more productive Executive Director. And by doing less, youâll have time to raise more! Full Transcript: Steven: All right, Rachel. I got 3:00 Eastern. Is it okay if I go ahead and get [...]
Never deprive someone the chance to become a philanthropist There are plenty of reasons to oppose employee giving: Pressure to give. Power dynamic. Staff already give through hours of unpaid overtime. Employees are underpaid. Disproportionately affects the lowest paid employees. In last weekâs post, I looked at five reasons why [...]
Iâm underpaid and overworked. You want me to donate as well?! Has the organization you work/ed for ever asked you to be a donor to them as well? How did you feel when they asked? Was the ask made in a respectful, polite way (like they would their actual donors) [...]
Weâve come a long way. Surviving the challenges of 2020 was difficult. Many nonprofits folded or were drastically injured. Some boards were frozen and lackluster in responding to the crisis we all endured. Poor performance in times of adversity will have long lasting effects that may take years to repair, [...]
They say, âIf you canât beat âem, join âem.â Hopefully your relationship with our board isnât adversarial, but if weâre being honest itâs not uncommon to have challenges! Thereâs a power differential between staff and the board, especially for staff further removed from the board. But when you join a [...]
Researchers have uncovered a key component of organizational agility, and it's not what you might expect. A study by Elaine Pulakos and Rob Kaiser published in Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research (2019) reveals stability as an essential part of agility. This finding seems counterintuitiveâisn't agility all about change? Yes, [...]
The nonprofit executive director's time and energy are precious commodities, particularly in small organizations where a single individual is often the director of HR, IT, finance, and, well...everything. It's easy to see how performance evaluations (not to speak of nonprofit performance management) can feel like another large spoonful on an [...]