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Navigating the nonprofit world can be challenging. Blue Avocado offers expert guidance on a range of topics — from building strong boards to maximizing your fundraising impact. Explore our latest posts for practical tips, strategies, and solutions to common issues facing nonprofit organizations today.
Nonprofit board members tell their tales of woe or whoa: Funny, sad, silly or gut wrenching stories.
A survey of 906 nonprofit finance professionals reveals some surprises about these crucial-but-often-overlooked staff.
The sustainability question at nonprofits: How will you sustain this program or project when funding from the So-and-So Foundation runs out?
Is it a good idea to have insurance for volunteers? I thought volunteers had immunity in both federal and state laws.
Workplace policies that describe prohibited conduct types help manage the distinction between a spurious complaints and bullying situations.
Advice to nonprofits on managing their ratings, and commentary on the impact of the raters as a whole.
Executive directors are problem solvers. But why keep it to just nonprofit problems? We would make great advice columnists!
Executive directors often say that their boards need training. The most effective way to change a board is to change the people on it.
In most states, it is legal to have board meetings by telephone if everyone can hear one another at the same time.
There is no law that mandates employers conduct performance reviews. But most employment attorneys always say, “document, document, document.”
Having 100% of board members make personal donations is a cliché. But, if you have this requirement, make it as easy as possible.
A list of 13 guidelines and practices that you can heed, if you want avoid recruiting terrible nonprofit board members.
A look at six charity raters, who they rate, and the criteria they use to rate them.
Beyond helping nonprofit leaders understand the business model, the Matrix Map can help you strengthen it.
Nonprofit executive directors often want boards to have lively discussions followed by votes that agree with the executive director.
You may have heard of the Dual Bottom Line: the idea that strategic choices must serve both mission impact and financial viability. But how do you turn this idea into a quantitative decision-making tool?
The Affordable Healthcare Act creates sweeping changes in health care law. There are two key provisions which may help your nonprofit.
Nonprofits spend way too much time navigating the complex maze of funding restrictions, time that could be spent delivering services.
The challenges of writing a grant proposal and getting funded evidently go back to colonial times.
“To err is human,” and as we all ruefully know, nonprofit board members and executive directors are typically human.
Organizational problems can bring out the best in people. Through it all, life goes on. It’s your choice how to embrace everchanging moods.
Often, conflicts of interest in nonprofits do not involve personal financial gain, but conflict of loyalty.
Humor columnist Vu Le comments on the joys of meeting scheduling with The Official Rules for Scheduling Nonprofit Meetings.
What you need to create a more nuanced and fair hiring policy regarding criminal background checks and convictions.