Being a board member, and especially a board chair, is a serious commitment, and there is a fiduciary role that can't be abdicated. The selection of board members and especially leadership is such a critical decision for your nonprofit.
When you engage in small thinking, your nonprofit is doomed to remain small. But if you want to raise a lot more money and help more people or make a bigger impact in the world, you have to start thinking bigger.
Again and again I see the same mistakes being made in nonprofit fundraising plans. Here are the seven mistakes to avoid.
Spookiness is just for Halloween, so let's be sure to always give our donors treats and not tricks.
Take time the next few weeks to get away from your day-to-day demands and create or fine-tune the fundraising plan that will take you to new heights in the coming year!
Ted Hart speaks with David LaGreca, executive director of VCG Governance Matters, and Nicole Sebastian, deputy executive director of VCG Governance Matters, about nonprofit governance on his Nonprofit Coach radio show.
We can't control what others are doing, but we can make sure what we are doing is squeaky-clean. At least then it will be easier to avoid shrapnel from the battle raging around us.
Money to build nonprofit organizations isn’t just lying around. But with a compelling argument for how money to build an organization can result in much greater impact, many more donors can become builders.
At the 2012 Bridge to Integrated Marketing and Fundraising Conference last month, three fundraising professionals shared essential leadership skills every major gifts team should have.
Few of us look forward to crisis situations, and having to make hard decisions that affect people's lives is stressful.
