February 3, 2024
How to Use Your Nonprofit Strategic Plan Every Day (Without Overwhelm)

Are you you using your nonprofit strategic planning every day or once-per-year event at your organization? Or, like Neil Sedaka’s Calendar Girl song, does your[…]

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January 17, 2024
Lead More: How to Curb Your Board’s Micromanaging Habit

One way that board members behave in meetings comes from mirroring other members and the CEO. When nonprofit CEOs do too little leading, the board[…]

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December 29, 2023
Fundraising Myths Debunked: Helping Your Board Think Beyond the Bake Sale

Which one of the following most closely matches the content of your board’s income discussions? Let’s have a garage sale. Let’s get a grant. Let’s[…]

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December 7, 2023
Nonprofit Strategic Planning 101: A Practical Guide for Leaders

Nonprofit Strategic Planning Guide: This guide simplifies nonprofit strategic planning. It’s designed to clear confusion and focus on what’s important.

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December 2, 2023
The Best Free Board Member Assessment Tools for Nonprofit CEOs

Whether you’re new to board member assessments or looking for a fresh approach, these free tools will help your nonprofit board stay aligned, accountable, and[…]

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November 22, 2023
Optimize Your Nonprofit Board Meetings: Make Them Effective & Efficient

Board meetings take time and resources. You recruit, update, prepare, attend, and follow up. Your board members devote half a day per meeting, including prep[…]

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September 20, 2023
How to Overcome Risk Aversion in Nonprofit Boards

Perhaps you remember the Oscar-winning children’s film Frozen. Frozen tells the story of two sisters, Anna and Elsa. Elsa is an unusual child: she can[…]

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September 14, 2023
4 Tips for Effective Nonprofit Board Meetings: Maximize Time, Productivity

Struggling with unproductive nonprofit board meetings? In this quick video, I offers four practical tips to improve your meetings’ effectiveness. Learn how to make your[…]

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September 9, 2023
12 Ways to Enhance Your Board Member’s Experience

While we hope people will join our boards for the pure joy of giving, the decision to be on a board is more complicated. Most[…]

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August 20, 2023
Why Does Your Nonprofit Board Micromanage? Is it You?

Recently, as I waited with a nonprofit CEO of a social service agency for board members to join a virtual meeting, we quickly dove into[…]

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