April 17, 2018
How Can Your Board Grow Your Corporate Sponsorships?

Board members can help nonprofits to grow corporate support in many ways. To develop and sustain corporate sponsorships, boards provide these three essential types of[…]

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April 2, 2018
How “Give, Get or Get Off” Damages Your Bottom Line

You’ve heard it said that board members should give, get, or get off. What if we offered a better option? What if, instead of reciting[…]

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March 5, 2018
Lasso the Future: Move Noncommittal Board Recruitment Candidates Off the Fence

Today’s the day. You plan to ask a candidate whom you’ve vetted and wooed for months to serve on your board. You plan what to[…]

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February 16, 2018
How to Ask Your Board for Fundraising Help

Your board wants to help lead you to greater fiscal health. You want the same thing. Why then do so many CEOs tell me they’re[…]

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February 6, 2018
3 Fresh Approaches to Recruiting a Diverse Board

In Casablanca, corrupt Captain Renault, ensnared in Nazi-controlled Vichy France, needs to arrest someone. Instead of hand-cuffing the hero, he turns to his inferiors and[…]

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January 24, 2018
Grow A More Diverse Board, A Fresh Approach

Increasing board diversity provides opportunities to grow revenue. Besides enhancing grant requests, diversity stimulates revenue growth. It generates: Doors to new donors and income this[…]

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January 4, 2018
Boards That Fundraise, 3 Easy Ways for Boards to Fundraise without Asking for Money

In a recent article, I wrote about Boards Who Won’t Help Fundraise. This time, let’s talk about boards that do. What actions do board members[…]

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December 6, 2017
Boards Who Won’t Fundraise: 3 Shocking & Familiar Scenarios

Nonprofit leaders spend an inordinate amount of time trying to change boards that won’t fundraise. Will your board help you fundraise or are they a “never” board?

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October 27, 2017
How to Grow Revenue: 7 Actions to Challenge Your Board

Fundraising is for everyone. Who is everyone? Development staff, of course, but also the board, CEO and other leaders, staff, volunteers, and even donors. We[…]

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August 30, 2017
How to Inoculate Your Board Against Quick-Fix Fundraising

Which quick fix fundraising trend has caught the attention of your board? Peer-to-peer fundraising? Ice bucket challenge? Dinner out? Give days? Mobile giving? March Madness?[…]

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