How Important Is Relevance?

Relevance is a common topic of conversation. How important is it to a nonprofit? [...]

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Positive Improvement

What is the positive improvement promised by your mission statement? Does the community want the positive improvement you are promising? [...]

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Tradition Versus Innovation

In our modern times, innovation is king. However, some innovations are a distraction. How do you decide when to adopt something new? [...]

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Board Engagement

The best boards are engaged, deliberative, and forward-looking. Here are ideas to help your board become all that you want it to be. [...]

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Significant Transactions

One of the reasons to have a board is to have a group of people who are going to carefully deliberate over important issues. What issues are important enough to require board attention? Let us refer to the important issues as “significant transactions”. [...]

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Growing VS Expanding

Every nonprofit board should focus on growth. Not every organization needs to grow. Do you know the difference? [...]

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Responding to a Crisis

Even the best run organizations experience tough going from time to time. How a nonprofit responds to the tough times determines how it exits the difficulty. [...]

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Formula for Sustainability

If you want your nonprofit to be more sustainable, what are the major areas you should focus on to create a more sustainable organization? [...]

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Objectivity Matters

It is wrong for a nonprofit board to micromanage. A board must monitor the nonprofit’s activity. Where is the balance? [...]

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Board Performance Vs. Board Recruiting

It is generally accepted that the performance of a group depends heavily on the skills of its members. Small nonprofits need a high-performance board but often find it hard to recruit the highly skilled. [...]

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