NonProfit Leadership Center

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

when she thinks about the Certificate in Nonprofit Management graduate program at the University of Tampa. It’s Never Too Late to Make a Change (or Be the Change) “I took a very untraditional path to get into the nonprofit sector,” Erin says. I felt like I was being called into the nonprofit sector.” Empowering.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Law Universities Leadership 98

The Charity CFO

APRIL 22, 2024

In many nonprofits, burnout is the emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion of employees due to prolonged stress. Keep reading to learn how burnout can happen and get tips for implementing a burnout prevention strategy for your organization. Understanding Burnout in Nonprofit Organizations Burnout at work can happen to anyone.

Public and Nonprofit Management 52

Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Social Policy Culture 52

Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In my four decades as a senior fundraising executive, part-time consultant, and nonprofit CEO, I have worked with (or served on) 20 nonprofit boards. Having been the only one in my business school class who chose a career in the nonprofit sector, I was able to use my MBA training to lead change and turnarounds.

Nonprofit governance and management 96

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Leadership Finance 96

Candid

MARCH 11, 2024

In late January, the Building Movement Project (BMP) published our newest Race to Lead report on leadership aspirations among those working at nonprofit organizations. BIPOC EDs and CEOs continue to report less support from boards and staff—both before and after their transition—than their white counterparts.

Leadership 69

Leadership Nonprofits Nonprofit Leadership Associations 69

Selfish Giving

APRIL 14, 2021

They will be answering your questions about how to finally get your board to help identify, cultivate and sell corporate partnerships. She has written two books on the subject, including Holding the Gavel: What Nonprofit Board Leaders Need to Know. Over 200 nonprofits will benefit from the fundraiser. Brain Food 1.

Recruitment 130

Recruitment Governance Food Culture 130

Clairification

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Have you put your job search off, wondering how your skills translate to what you’d really like to do? All you need to do is formulate them into a pitch format you can use when you interview for a job. If you learn to talk about yourself this way, you’ll be well on your way to landing your next job.

Fundraising 65

Fundraising Fundraising Culture Philanthropy 65

Selfish Giving

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Try to recall how much you pay on a loan bill. Give it a try and let me know how it goes! ?? Your #1 job is to make sure they remember YOU when they are ready to partner with a nonprofit. If it's not, here's how to convince your board to scale back events. ?? Cool Jobs in Cause 1. Kristen explains.

Psychology 130

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The top 10 posts on Nonprofit Tech for Good in 2023 reflect the trends that nonprofits were most interested in this past year. Thank you for being a part of the Nonprofit Tech for Good community in 2023. Social media still dominates the list as it has every year for the last decade.

Nonprofits 84

Nonprofits Marketing Marketing Fundraising 84

Get Fully Funded

JULY 16, 2023

When you hear the words “Nonprofit Board Meeting,” what comes to mind? How do you feel? If you are like most nonprofit leaders, the thought of a Board meeting creates feelings of dread, the blahs, the “let’s get it over withs”, the “I don’t have time for this” mindset, or the “I don’t know why we even bothers”.

Production 98

Production Law Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management 98

Selfish Giving

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Dan wrote: "I love this article because we focus so often on how to get through to and connect with people, but we rarely talk about when the best course of action is to move on from a prospect. Paul talked about his new book, Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive By Giving More Than They Take. Cool Jobs in Cause 1.

Retail 130

Retail Public and Nonprofit Management Food Associations 130

Selfish Giving

OCTOBER 27, 2021

They'll be answering all your questions on how to effectively grow your partnership team. How can we structure our team to drive more collaboration while still encouraging individual fundraising goals? How can we structure our team to drive more collaboration while still encouraging individual fundraising goals? Brain Food 1.

Marketing 130

Marketing Marketing Associations Children 130

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Whether you are about to embark on your fundraising career or are a seasoned veteran looking to take that big leap into a leadership position, looking for that “just right” fundraising job is likely to create enthusiasm. and the actual job, or in this case the fundraising job posting (because that’s all you can go on right now, right?).

Nonprofit governance and management 69

Nonprofit governance and management Fundraising Fundraising Law 69

NonProfit Leadership Center

DECEMBER 18, 2023

During the past year, nonprofit professionals turned to the Nonprofit Leadership Center for resources and support to strengthen their organizations and communities. Nonprofit Leadership Center trainer Margarita Sarmiento , says the key to leading effective meetings is to be more intentional before, during and after each meeting.

Nonprofit Leadership 94

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Nonprofit Finance Culture 94

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

Growing a nonprofit takes more than just passion: you also need creativity, persistence, and a handful of nonprofit leadership skills to guide your organization through the growth years and fulfill your mission. Without leadership, a small nonprofit may never reach its full potential.

Nonprofit Leadership 119

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits 119

Selfish Giving

APRIL 28, 2021

We had a great Cause Docs clinic last week on Engaging Your Board in Selling Corporate Partnerships! A sample sponsorship letter for events and nine other sponsorship request letters every nonprofit needs. Here's how to use pop-up forms to build your list. Cool Jobs in Cause 1. I'm happy to post it here for FREE. ????

Food 130

Food Foundations Associations Nonprofits 130

The Charity CFO

JANUARY 4, 2024

Imagine this: your nonprofit is busier than ever with fundraising events and field work to help make your community a better place. But despite your job postings, you’re not recruiting as many candidates as you hoped. In this article, we’ll look at three reasons you’re not recruiting the talent you need and how to fix it.

Recruitment 52

Recruitment Insurance Finance Values 52

Selfish Giving

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Whether you are a one-person department or a team of ten, Phil and Charisse will be answering your questions on how to effectively grow your partnership team. They'll be sharing their prescriptions on: How to make the business case to your boss for expanding your team. Is this an issue for your board? Cool Jobs in Cause 1.

Children 130

Children Management Collaborations Universities 130

Nonprofit Fixer

APRIL 22, 2024

As a nonprofit leader, the day-to-day can start to feel like a slog. Between board meetings and fundraisers and staff management, it’s easy to forget why we’re working so hard (hint: to change the world!). So, I invite you to take a step back and reconnect with your purpose with 40 inspiring quotes for nonprofit leaders.

Nonprofit Leadership 111

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Fundraising Fundraising 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 19, 2023

By Armando Zumaya While I have seen a great many articles on the decline in charitable giving, it is striking how rarely the work of fundraising itself is mentioned as part of the problem. If this is a harsh thing to say, I want you to remember one statistic: fundraisers have an average tenure in their jobs of 16 months. Amazing right?

Fundraising 82

Fundraising Fundraising Culture Agriculture 82

Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Fundraising in a small nonprofit can be tough. Since today is Halloween, let’s look at the top 10 scary things about fundraising in a small nonprofit, especially when you’re the one in charge. It can be really nerve wracking to stand up in front of a group of people and explain what your nonprofit does. Speak in public.

Public and Nonprofit Management 105

Public and Nonprofit Management Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits 105

Nonprofit Fixer

JANUARY 31, 2024

Mistakes as an Executive Director One of the things I am most passionate about in this world is nonprofit leadership development. I have served as an executive director five times and believe that the nonprofit sector is largely not doing a great job of training and preparing people to lead charitable organizations.

Public and Nonprofit Management 52

Public and Nonprofit Management Leadership Finance Nonprofit Leadership 52

Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

If you’re a fundraiser bemoaning the lack of your nonprofit’s culture of philanthropy , you don’t get off that easily. . It’s in your job description. It’s a big job, serving as a development officer. Bigger than far too many development officers (or their bosses and boards) think. You’re part of the problem.

Culture 123

Culture Philanthropy Public and Nonprofit Management Organizational Development 123

Candid

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

A group of concerned nonprofit leaders in the Washington, D.C. area have been discussing a disconcerting trend: Black women and Black gender-expansive nonprofit leaders are leaving their positions, some exiting the nonprofit sector altogether. This, in turn, exacerbates the absence of trust in their leadership.

Leadership 98

Leadership Recruitment Foundations Health 98

Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 3, 2024

Are you heading into 2024 with fundraising tools that make your job easier? It seems to be a common struggle in nonprofit organizations – the complaints about recruiting qualified staff, keeping great talent, and increasing diversity in a sector where more than 80 percent of nonprofit board members are white (BoardSource).

Energy 57

Energy Recruitment Retention Nonprofits 57

MNA Association

MAY 3, 2023

Montana Nonprofit Association (MNA) invites your proposal for our 2023 Annual Conference. How can we cultivate a strong personal, organizational, and community-wide approach to a brighter, stronger, future for Montana? Sessions that explore timely topics and/or dimensions of equity and diversity within their topic area are preferred.

Associations 98

Associations Values Nonprofits 98

Selfish Giving

JUNE 23, 2021

The circle nonprofits struggle with the most is suspects because they are cold leads??(unlike Nonprofits ask: "How do I get a cold prospect to talk to me?" How many scuzzy, low-quality outreach pitches come to you by way of someone (even a relatively distant connection) making an introduction? Cool Jobs in Cause 1.

Medical 130

Medical Food Philanthropy Nonprofits 130

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

MARCH 30, 2023

Momentum Adds new policy limiting salary ranges in job postings under $100,000 In 2017, Momentum Nonprofit Partners made headlines as one of the first nonprofit associations to require disclosure of salaries on our job board. We wrestled with how to handle this for several years. Kevin Dean, Ed.D.

Nonprofits 52

Nonprofits Associations Leadership Education 52

Blue Avocado

MARCH 5, 2024

Stepping away is part of the nonprofit circle of life. But for those toiling away in young nonprofits, it is often grueling and sometimes even cruel. And after all the difficulties of starting a nonprofit, the end of the beginning rarely goes well. So how can you avoid this fate? Not all survive.

Children 84

Children Nonprofits Finance Leadership 84

Selfish Giving

MARCH 24, 2021

Mike will be answering your questions on how to turn your boring web site into a digital magnet that attracts and converts visitors into partners. ?? Just think how much digital toilet paper would have sold for this time last year! how it's supported charities and the awful thing it exposes about our society. Corrected Link] 3.

Food 130

Food Management Leadership Marketing 130

Bloomerang

AUGUST 22, 2022

It’s all their fault, because it was their job – not anyone else’s. So, the fundraiser is looked upon as someone who did their distasteful job (no big deal), and now is asked to do even more next time. The average new fundraiser leaves their job in only 16 months. How to Reframe the Narrative. Because… money. The “Helper.”

Philanthropy 120

Philanthropy Culture Non-Profits Values 120

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Writing job descriptions is essential to building your nonprofit’s organizational structure and ensuring that employees understand their responsibilities. Job descriptions outline what is expected for employees to do their best work. Make Adjustments As Needed Job Description vs. Job Posting: What’s the Difference?

Associations 59

Associations Nonprofits Management Education 59

Bloomerang

JUNE 15, 2021

I doubt these same nonprofit CEOs and/or board members would brazenly walk into an operating room and try their hands at surgery. . swapping out the plain English for cold, sterile nonprofit business jargon terms like “food insecurity.” . 5 Tips to Overcome Meddling Nonprofit Management & Boards . #1:

Nonprofit Management 124

Nonprofit Management Management Non-Profits Recruitment 124

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Finding that perfect balance of power and productivity is one of the most common challenges that nonprofit leaders face. . The board governance model is one of four primary nonprofit governance models. The Board’s Top 5 Responsibilities For Executive Director Management: 1. Compass Point 2019 Nonprofit Study).

Management 90

Management Nonprofit governance and management Governance Leadership 90

Selfish Giving

JANUARY 6, 2021

How to 10X Your Cause Marketing with Content Marketing: 3 Strategic Approaches What’s Wrong With Tom Brady’s Partnership With Best Buddies? Become a Nonprofit Thought Leader Blogging 30 Minutes a Day. Nonprofits, Your Sole Goal is to Pick a Fight with Trump! How the Hell Did Kmart Raise $22 Million for St. Everything.

Food 130

Food Retail Philanthropy Technology 130

Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

You might be inspired to bring your idea to life by starting a nonprofit. million registered nonprofits in the United States, making these charitable organizations a staple of modern society. However, any new nonprofit needs a strong foundation to thrive. Around 30% of nonprofits cease to exist within 10 years of their founding.

Public and Social Policy 80

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Charitable Organizations 80

Candid

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

As a nonprofit management student, preparing to enter this field can be challenging because it’s still developing. The University of San Francisco was the first school to offer a Master’s in Nonprofit Administration less than 40 years ago, and the first School of Philanthropy was created just nine years ago at Indiana University.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 119

Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Philanthropy Foundations 119

Bloomerang

MAY 16, 2023

Nonprofit organizations rely heavily on the support of their board members to achieve their missions. While many board members give freely and openly of their time and talents, getting board members to engage in fundraising can be challenging. One way to do this is to incorporate training into board meetings.

Fundraising 102

Fundraising Fundraising Education Education 102