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A Nonprofit Leader’s Path to Becoming a Diversity and Inclusion Champion
You have decided to make diversity and inclusion an organizational priority. What first steps should you take to ensure success? What mistakes can you avoid? As CEO or executive director, your actions will have a significant impact …
Readers’ Thoughts: Secrets to Successful Succession
In the article “Whose Nonprofit Is It Anyway?” we included a survey to gather reader’s thoughts about the challenging topic of transitioning from a founder to new leadership. After taking time to collect and digest the results, here we report back on t …
Top 10 Nonprofit Board “Worst” Practices
Hey board members, let’s face it, navigating your position can be tricky. On top of your day job, you’ve agreed to contribute your best thinking to a nonprofit. If you don’t have much experience in the nonprofit world, it has its own set of rules, and …
Political Polarization & Nonprofits: How Can You Bridge the Divide?
Is the world more divided or does it just seem like it? Most importantly, how does political polarization impact your nonprofit? Research shows that the ideology of our country’s two major parties is further apart than it has ever been, and animosity b …
Managing Big Change: Top Tips for New Executive Directors & CEOs
Congratulations! You’re a new CEO at a nonprofit or social enterprise hired to increase impact. Whether your organization is small, medium, or large, many of the obstacles you’ll have to navigate are the same. In this article, find out the steps you ca …
Community Development: Strategies That Serve
After working for decades in international development, we’ve learned a lot that applies to nonprofits of all kinds, especially those passionate about building resilient communities. Let’s begin by looking at how things can go sideways if you neglect t …
Funding Innovation: Top Tips
In the business world, innovation is seen as part of everyday business—it’s necessary for a company’s survival to stay ahead of the curve. In the social sector, innovation is just as important since nonprofits solve complex social problems, yet getting …
How We Built a Nonprofit from Our College Bedroom and What We Wish We Knew
A couple years ago during our sophomore year of college, we were sitting in our tiny bunk beds discussing the profound lack of access to educational tools for young, sick children after witnessing it all summer long in a pediatric clinic. We decided to …
The Best Way To Put Clients First Is To Let Them Lead!
Those of us who work at nonprofits are drawn to a particular mission and a desire to do good and give back. Most of us have navigated our careers thoughtfully and intentionally and have worked hard (perhaps even tirelessly). Yet often, despite our good …
You Can’t Fire Me, I’m a Volunteer!
If you’ve worked in volunteer management for any length of time, you’ve probably heard some version of this fear-inducing refrain. Your first encounter with it may be as a direct threat, a mild joke, or overheard when the volunteer speaking doesn’t kno …
