How to Help Your Board Stay in the Governance Lane: Added Value Video
Does your nonprofit board meander out of its lane? Does it micromanage staff, and dive into operations issues? This video will help you lead your board to develop strategy, policy, and improve the CEO’s effectiveness instead.
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Guest Post: Which End of the Telescope Do You Use?
by Gail Bower
Twenty-first-century business life moves at a faster pace than ever before. Staying on top of information that guides your business decisions is harder than ever.
In some ways, you practically have to be clairvoyant to stay ahead.
And at the same time, you have to manage the day-to-day activities and results of your organizations.
So which end of the telescope are you using? The one that allows you to look farther into the future? Or the one …
What Does Money Have to Do with Nonprofit Entrepreneurial Leadership?
Less than you think.
But, still a lot.
Money is a tool. You need money to buy resources to support and further your entrepreneurial efforts.
Creating change is not free. If you’re an entrepreneurial leader, you need more resources than leaders satisfied with the status quo.
Money is Also an Outcome of Nonprofit Entrepreneurial Leadership
Revenue growth results from entrepreneurial leadership. Sometimes your income improvement is direct: you sell a …
Can We Still Get Donations If We Have Healthy Reserves?: Added Value Video
You have substantial financial reserves to protect your organization and follow sound business practices. What can you do so they don’t reduce your donations or impact your grant applications?
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Tweaking Employee Next Level Benefits | How to Create New Wins with Classic Philanthropic Approaches
As U.S. headlines turn to high employment, your interests turn to retaining your current employees. I’ve written a lot in this space about how corporate giving can help you keep top talent.
Today let’s zoom in on two common employee perks and how you might tweak them to:
How to Deal with Crazy Ideas from Your Favorite Supporters: Added Value Video
You love your supporter, but sometimes they come up with impossible, even dangerous ideas. Here are some tips on how to work with the challenge of bizarre ideas and to transform them into help for your nonprofit.
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Surviving Lost Rudders: Is it Time to Upgrade, or Replace the Way You Get Resources?
One political cartoon after Barbara Bush’s death illustrated a sailboat named, The Bush Family. Near it, a detached rudder labeled Barbara Bush floated away.
This is not an article about politics.
It’s a post about the necessity of dealing with inspecting and if necessary, replacing, upgrading, and otherwise improving your nonprofit rudder.
The cartoon brought to mind two recent conversations with executive directors with rudder problems.
The first conversation was about a lost rudder. The organization’s founders convinced a local …
by Gail Bower
As U.S. headlines turn to high employment, your interests turn to retaining your current employees. I’ve written a lot in this 
One political cartoon after Barbara Bush’s death illustrated a sailboat named, The Bush Family. Near it, a detached rudder labeled Barbara Bush floated away.