Jan Masaoka
Posts by Jan Masaoka:
Speed Up the Board Recruitment Process!
Three easy ways to accelerate the nonprofit board recruitment process by pre-qualifying prospective candidates.
Too Many Nonprofits? No — There Aren’t Enough Good Nonprofits
A vibrant, rough-and-tumble ecosystem of nonprofits serves our society best — rather than bemoan its complexity, we should treasure it.
The Secret to a High Impact Annual Report
There are only four things people look at in a nonprofit’s annual report. Focus on what people actually read.
Nonprofit Embezzlement: More Common and More Preventable Than You Think
Embezzlement is especially painful for community nonprofits. Here are the most common types of nonprofit embezzlement and how you can deal with them.
The Board Builds Its Sense of Self: Body-Building for Nonprofit Boards
Perhaps the single most important attribute of an effective board is also its most intangible: An independent sense of itself.
Closing Down the Right Way
Blue Avocado shares steps for how a nonprofit organization can shut down its operations and ride into the sunset gracefully.
Thinking the Unthinkable: Maybe We Should Shut Down
For nonprofits, it’s hard not to think that closing down is the ultimate disaster. But sometimes a lack of money or energy forces the issue.
How to Take a Public Policy Stand, with Sample Criteria
Would it support your cause if your organization took a stand on a public policy issue? Is it legal to do so? And how would you go about it?
Should the Board Hold Executive Sessions?
Executive sessions can help nonprofits have frank discussions about staff performance, and help the board develop a sense of itself.
Boards of All-Volunteer Organizations
All-volunteer organizations (AVOs) are a major social and economic force, but are seldom given credit for their work.