What’s an Appropriate Donor Conversation?
Over the past few months, it seems we are all continuously changing our playbook, especially when it comes to talking with your donors. In conversations with many nonprofit CEOs and development professionals, we have heard a great deal of concern about reaching out to your greatest supporters and ensuring that the timing, message and tone […]
Boost Donor Communications
Over the past two weeks our community, and our world, has shifted; and today more than ever the nonprofit sector must not retreat but advance their missions. Our sector has been the driving force through times of crisis, economic stress, and natural disasters and there are lessons we have learned throughout the years. First and […]
6 Tips to Leverage Your Board
Nonprofits should be gathering one of their greatest assets, the Board of Directors / Trustees, right now! Leadership should leverage the entire Board during a crisis like we are seeing today. Here are some tips to help your staff and Board members collaborate during this time and use each other’s greatest skill sets. Nonprofits should […]
Top 10 Nonprofit Coronavirus Check List
Times of uncertainty cause routines to change for safety and security. Nonprofits should create action steps to prepare and respond during emergencies. 1. Follow Your Crisis Communications Plan. If you do not have a plan, it is critical that your organization create one to detail your strategy for communicating with your clients, stakeholders, staff, donors, […]
Develop the #GivingTuesday Gratitude Plan
#GivingTuesday is just around the corner and most of us have big plans to engage our community. Executive Directors, CEOs, Development Directors and Development Committees spent time planning the #GivingTuesday strategies and now you are executing those key strategies. It’s time to check your plan to make sure that it also includes gratitude strategies. How […]
Internal Operations
Does this meeting scenario sound familiar? Your weekly staff meetings are probably up and running and back to normal after the holiday season. Leaders are wandering in 15 minutes after the start time and the meeting is running over by more than a half an hour. Someone realized that no one did an agenda. Most […]
Developing Your Case
A capital campaign sometimes sends organizational leaders into writing a case for support and asking questions about the different pieces that are included. Leadership oftentimes discusses philanthropic or campaign publications and communications including brochures, newsletters and letters with beautiful layouts and designs. However, your leadership should start with the different components needed to take the […]
Board Engagement: It Might Start With A Question
Do you ever wonder why your Board members aren’t engaged in the meetings? Or wish they were more involved with your nonprofit organization? Today most Board meetings are filled with staff reports and lists of mundane action items. This happens meeting after meeting and Board members loose further interest in being engaged. Board members often […]
Organization Files – Getting Started in 2018
Case Files or Resources aren’t words you might be using as we prepare to roll into the new year and they certainly are not top of mind for most development committees or your CEO / Executive Director. But, assessing your organization’s mission and putting together your case resource file should be part of your 2018 […]
Ten Central Master Planning Tactics for Nonprofits
Nonprofits today are realizing that long-term planning is imperative to thrive, grow and create the biggest impact. Typically, a master plan conversation is sparked because an organization begins to think ahead and wants to coordinate the use of physical space with its program and service needs, or its infrastructure is aging. With our philanthropic partnerships, […]
