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Nonprofits are formed to solve significant social problems. The promises of their mission statements tells how the world will be transformed by the nonprofits’ efforts. Does your community know how your nonprofit plans to transform it? Do your services create the transformation your mission promises? How significantly your nonprofit transforms your community depends on […]  How flexible is your board’s attitude toward rules? Every successful experiment breaks and rewrites one or more rules. Every successful experiment also increases the effectiveness of your mission, the sustainability of your nonprofit, and its competitive stance in your community. Is your nonprofit breaking enough rules to create the operational strength, sustainability, and effectiveness your […] A nonprofit solves a pressing problem for its clients and community through its services. That wonderful process strengthens the community. It also means that the community needs the nonprofits to continue for as long as there are problems to be solved. Does your nonprofit have the strength to survive as long as it is needed? […] Most nonprofit boards abhor having a vacant seat on the board. As a result, they are willing to keep the standards of board membership reasonably low. Clients, donors, employees, and missions benefit from being more selective. Board members should be focused on the nonprofit’s future and believe that a long-term plan for the future is […] Nonprofits must follow laws, accounting standards, accreditation standards, guidelines, best practices, codes of conduct, and traditions. Yet it is when a nonprofit breaks the rules that its sustainability improves. Part of a nonprofit board’s responsibility is to monitor activity and ensure the nonprofit stays on the straight and narrow. The regulations and rules are […] Here are the qualifications for great executives and board members: Education – A good education is valuable. However, education is a shortcut. Your executive must be someone who has grown in knowledge constantly since entering the workforce. Humble – The ability to admit one is wrong is the key to learning. Someone who has never […] Your nonprofit’s budget has the potential to lift your nonprofit to new heights by increasing your reputation and sustainability, clients’ successes, and mission effectiveness. It also has the potential to lower your nonprofit’s sustainability and reputation as well as undermine the perception of your mission’s relevance. It all depends on how your budget is developed. […] Creativity and innovation are most successful and effective when they are limited. Creativity is often seen as far-ranging, unrestricted activity. While it can be, it is more effective when there are boundaries but very few constraints. Significantly out-of-the-box creativity receives most of the attention because it is rare. Most innovations and inventions center on an […] When board meetings consistently last longer than planned, it indicates that there is more work for the board than it has time for. One way to help the board is to expand it without adding members. The other is to develop more leaders. Recruit non-board volunteers to serve on board committees. Since the additional volunteers […] Three things are more important than goals: staff members, donors, and clients. Your nonprofit probably says that these three are more important than anything else. Do your nonprofit’s actions align with its intentions? There may be several things your board’s actions indicate are more important than people. Finances play an important part in a […] |
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