Tips and articles for entrepreneurs, nonprofit managers and group leaders on planning, grants and facilitation.
Team Building and Facilitation
- How to Conquer Three Money Hazards that Block Group Decision Making
- Why and How to Design Meeting Openers
- Items to Bring to Your Next Group Meeting
- How a Facilitator Creates Focus and Helps Teams Succeed
- New Partnership Tool: Setting Expectations
Planning For Your Organization
- How First Class Are Your Operations?
- How to Develop a Great Mission Statement
- Your Organization's Future. At What Are You Really, Really Good?
- 23 Free* and Fun Ways to Make Your Mission Visible
- Can Your Nonprofit Survive? A Quick Test — NEW!
- Must Your Nonprofit Settle for Junk? Seven Justifications for Purchasing Higher Priced, Greater Quality Items — NEW!
Growing as a Leader
- Need to Make a Tough Decision?
- How to Develop Exceptional Events
- How to Be More Successful with Your Brainstorming
- Identify Your Best Gifts
- 10 Time Management Tips to Help You Deal with Your Elephant-Sized Projects
- 20 Ways to Say Thanks
- Time Management Tips for Your Holidays
- Use It or Loose It , Event Follow-Up That Keeps You Fired-Up
Money
- Twenty Expense Items to Consider When Creating a Budget
- How Will We Pay for This? 14 Approaches to Obtaining Income
- Some Budget Categories - A List to Help With Grant Requests
Grant-Links: Grant Writing and Grant Funding
- How Can You Tell If Your Organization is Ready to Apply for (and Receive) a Grant?
- Competitive Opportunities - Who Gets Funded?
- Getting Current Information to Help Shape Your Grant Application
- Never Miss a Grant Deadline Again
- Where Do Nonprofits Derive Funding?
- Where Do Nonprofits, Excluding Healthcare, Derive Funding?
- Seven Lessons to Help You Increase Fundraising Success
- How Much? Five Factors to Consider When Deciding on Your Grant Request Size
- Your Grant's Background Section: Fifteen Points to Include
- What Funders Want to Know About You
- How to Prepare for Last Minute Grant Opportunities
- Sample Grant Management Form
- Five Frequently Asked Grant Questions
- How to Review a Draft Grant
- Sample Letter of Intent
- Can You Gain From a Grant "No"? Yes!
- A Dozen Positive Responses to a Grant "No"
- Extreme Grants Questions For Your Most Competitive Requests
- Your Best Grant Sources The Top Eight, In Priority Order, for Most Nonprofits
- Outcome Measurement Cheat Sheet — NEW!
- 20 Ways to Form (or Enhance) Relationships with Potential Grant Donors — NEW!
Consulting
- How to Introduce the Idea of Using a Consultant to Your Board or Boss
- How Can A Nonprofit Consultant Help? Part One
- How Can a Nonprofit Consultant Help? Part Two
- How Can a Nonprofit Consultant Help? Part Three — NEW!
Grant Sustainability