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Neither supervisors nor employees think that the current process for performance appraisals is working. In this article, our author uses her experience as a trainer and coach with more than 2,000 managers, direct service staff, board members, and other volunteers to present a 6-pointed, human-centered approach that supervisors can use to fix the performance appraisal process.

To understand how resignation trends impacted nonprofits, sector leaders must look below the headline figures to understand employee motivations.

Borrowing from her own experience of losing her husband from cancer, the author presents five strategies to help employees work through grief.

Nonprofits can learn from the for-profit sector’s efforts on ESG and begin to think about how these corporate strategies can apply to their work as well.

10 concepts that both public speaking and fundraising have in common: Goal setting, knowing your audience, visualizing success, and paying attention to the details.

How to handle termination of employment at their nonprofit properly and with due regard for all concerned.

How understanding the sensory funnel can help nonprofits better take care of their employees and volunteers.

Best Thing Ever? Or the Swan Song of a Dream? See how one nonprofit merged with another and learn concrete steps nonprofit EDs and boards can use in their decision-making process.

A case study that shows how valuable hard and soft data can be used to turn around declining contributions, and build stronger relationships with donors.

To counteract NIMBY attitudes, a two-step framework is presented for proactive community engagement that will build local support.

How nonprofits can work with public, educational, or governmental TV stations to raise visibility and get the word out about their great work.

Nonprofits often struggle to connect with the next generation of donors. An Associate Board might be the answer to keep your nonprofit moving forward.

Nine areas of grant writing that are critical for nonprofit executives to understand if they are going to move from a merely transactional to transformational grant writing program.

Nonprofit leaders must be proactive in identifying risks, take steps to prevent them, and be prepared with a communications plan in the event of a crisis.

Regenerative thinking is an ideal approach to reorient our perspective from ‘What’s in it for me’ to asking ‘How can we all benefit?’

Entities that do the work of meeting human needs are called nonprofit organizations, but altruistic business enterprise might fit better.

Nonprofits have been leaders in building sustainability for generations. Nonprofits can be the catalysts for the systemic change in consciousness we so desperately need by advocating for a community-benefit approach in our economic system.

Many nonprofit leaders don’t know that lobbying is 100% legal for nonprofits. Here are four steps nonprofits can take now to get smarter about lobbying: accept the importance of lobbying, get the facts, meet with officials, and join a trade association.

Planned giving scares many who work in nonprofits. We think it’s too technical and takes too much time. Here are 10 easy steps to follow to get started with creating a planned giving program at your nonprofit.

Giving collectively (collective giving) helps nonprofits address community needs by giving unrestricted (& sometimes unsolicited) grants.

Key lessons from the pandemic that can help other nonprofit leaders proactively anticipate the next big jolt.

What happens if an employee who is filling in for another employee out on FMLA turns out to be better in the position? What are our options?

Everyone wants to innovate, but few of us have the time and energy. But what if there was a way to add value despite limited resources?

Practical ideas on how to get on board with DEIB for your nonprofit and stay committed to ongoing honest assessments and effective action.