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Volunteer Management: How to Get it Right
Nonprofits can lift up volunteers and VEPs. The key to success is visibly appreciating volunteers’ roles in contributing to your mission.
7 Ideas for Pushing Your Board Forward in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Practical ideas on how to get on board with DEIB for your nonprofit and stay committed to ongoing honest assessments and effective action.
The Expanded Matrix Map: Leveraging Your Triple Bottom Line for Fundraising
In today’s changing world, adding organizational values into the Matrix Map is crucial for nonprofits to demonstrate the impact of funding.
If Your Board Looked Like Your Community
Moving board diversity from a ‘problem to solve’ to ‘something to practice.’ Staff and board talk common hurdles and how to overcome them.
How to Cultivate Big Donors with a Small Staff
Six strategies that can help nonprofits when embarking on major donor cultivation, even if your development department is tiny.
Succeeding When You’re Small: Lessons Learned from DonorsChoose.org
Learning from the experience of those who started a nonprofit out of their basement and grew to be nationally recognized leaders.
Board Assessments with Sample Management Questions
Four reasons your nonprofit and its mission can benefit from conducting a board evaluation.
Nonprofit Mergers & Collaboration
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.
Is Your Nonprofit’s Mission Obsolete — Or Just Ready for a New Direction?
Measuring the dual bottom lines of sustainability and impact can help you determine if the time has come for your nonprofit to conclude your mission — or pivot to a new one.
Key Qualities and Skills to Look for in Potential Board Members
Nonprofit leaders answer the question, “What are the key qualities and skills you look for in potential board members?”
Vision Before Strategy: A Nonprofit’s Guide to Defining Success
Defining the desired outcome and what constitutes success in measurable terms helps stakeholders align their actions and priorities, ensuring that every effort is geared toward achieving this shared vision.
Recent Posts
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.
Too Many Nonprofits? Yes – At Least Too Many AIDS Organizations
Mark Ishaug, CEO of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, expresses concern about reduced support for the HIV/AIDS community.
Six of Our Board Members Are in Prison
How to involve board members in decision-making, staff mentoring of staff, and fundraising — even when they’re in unexpected circumstances.
Critical Path for the Board
A powerful approach to determining your board’s agenda and work for the year.
Is Your Nonprofit Ready for a Capital Project?
Is your nonprofit considering raising funds and investing in building or renovating a piece of property? Save time, money, and headaches.
Engaging Board Members: AAA Then and Now
Use AAA (Ambassador, Advocate, Asker) to engage your nonprofit board members who are not comfortable asking for money.
How can nonprofit leaders avoid burnout?
Leading a nonprofit can be an isolating and exhausting experience, so preventing burnout is key to an organization’s long-term success.
In These Turbulent Times for Nonprofits
There is so much potential out there to dramatically move the needle on social issues and drive impact, no matter the external environment.
In the Shadow of the Pandemic, Nonprofits Form Partnerships to Expand the Meaning of Healthcare
Nonprofits in healthcare are expanding services to their beneficiaries through partnerships and collaborations.