What Trait Is Most Important in Board Member Recruitment?
Do you want to recruit nonprofit board members? What is the most important characteristic to seek? The ability to write large checks? An extensive network[…]
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Can You Cure Your Board’s Resistance to Fundraising?
Probably yes. Board resistance arises from four sources. Which one is healthy? Which three are unhealthy? By analyzing the sources, you can determine how to[…]
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2 Hard-boiled Eggs & the Importance of Value Ranking
Behind five travelers and their roll-aboards in Hudson News in the Denver airport, two hard-boiled eggs sat in a refrigerator case. After jiggling to the[…]
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Your Board’s Magic Circle of Next
How to help your board expand your circle of influence. In Funny Girl, Fanny Brice sings that people who need people are the luckiest people[…]
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Get Your Board to Buy-in to Expanding Your Capacity
We once wrote a contract to buy a house and failed to sign the deposit check. We thought we were committed. The unsigned document told[…]
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Using the Discovery Process for Better Sponsorships
How to shift your thinking to increase your returns. “How are you, honey?” the voice said. Ah, I thought, a call from a loved[…]
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Help! My Board Won’t Help Raise Revenue
“We ask our board to get five people to donate, and they do,” the speaker said. “How do you do that?” came an incredulous cry[…]
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Board Conflicts: How Might Strategic Planning End Them?
As I write this, California’s ablaze with thirteen fires. We have family near one, so I’m watching closely. Reporters tell us that this fire rages[…]
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How Can You Thank Your Donors So They Give Again?
You’d like your donors to give again and again. How can you thank your donors in a way that maximizes their future gifts and involvement?[…]
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The Board vs. Staff Game: Who is Doing the Fundraising?
It started with a threat, from a board member in the midst of a board meeting. “If she doesn’t produce in a year, she’s out[…]
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