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Everyone has a role in bringing revenue and resources to your organization. Let’s Raise Nonprofit Millions Together offers you a framework to inspire your board members, staff, and others who champion your not-for-profit to discover they can fundraise and actually enjoy it. Rally your team to raise remarkable revenue together.
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3 Board Chair Relationship Best Practices
Your relationships with your board chair can be better—much better. Why it Matters: You, the CEO, picked (or agreed to work with*) this individual to partner with you to lead your organization. The Board Chair partnership is a key to nonprofit success and your job satisfaction.** 1. Engage Regularly Running a nonprofit is a big[…]
The Unique Experiences of Women Nonprofit CEOs
Reality Check “Women make up about 60 percent of the leaders of small nonprofits. They account for only a quarter of the leaders of the largest groups.” The Chronicle of Philanthropy What’s Happening Karen’s Nonprofit CEO Conversation explores the superpowers women bring to the sector and the kryptonite they meet. Join your peers for a[…]
How to Have a Difficult Conversation with Your Board Chair
Working with a nonprofit board chair can be an excellent, growth-filled partnership—or not. Even great board chair and CEO relationships have pinch points. Not-so-great nonprofit board chairs and CEO relationships have more. Pinch points are opportunities to explore trust and get laser clear on the relationship. Running a nonprofit is a complex undertaking. Board chairs[…]
Did You Miss Any of These? The Top 2022 Posts
I’m happy to share the top 2022 posts . This year, working with your board, growing revenue, and your career were at the top of your mind. Guiding Your Nonprofit the Board When it comes to your board, you seek a Goldilocks partnership—neither too much engagement (micromanaging) nor too little. Here are some posts[…]
Help for When You’re Not the Board’s First Choice
An Excerpt from Karen’s CEO Conversation: The Best CEO-Chair Partnership What happens when you are an internal candidate for the CEO position and the board chooses another? And, when that falls through, selects you? In this clip, special guest: Lori O’Keefe, President & CEO of the Triangle Community Foundation, answers. Discover how Lori developed confidence[…]
How to Get the Right Person to Be Board Chair
How can you get the right person to be the board chair? –since the wrong board chair makes your life as a nonprofit CEO miserable. It’s not only hard to find the right person. You need to get them to say yes. Who can blame them for turning you down? Being a board chair is[…]