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What's the Single Best Sign of a Healthy Nonprofit

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Founder's Syndrome Can Take Down a Nonprofit

WEBLet me tell you the story of Manuel, a brand new nonprofit Executive Director, and Maria, the nonprofit’s founder. This is based on a completely true story, changed …

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How to Know When You Are Overdoing It

WEBTry this sometime. If you have a Fitbit or something with a heart monitor function, take a look at your heart rate after a stressful meeting with a donor, board …

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Ep 134: An Alternative to Strategic Planning (with Lindsay Hoffman)

WEBAbout: Lindsay Hoffman is a nonprofit consultant whose practice combines organizational development, strategic visioning and planning, program design, and fundraising …

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Here's a Simple Executive Director Performance Review Example

WEBStep 1: DO NOT FORGET your E.D.’s anniversary date and mark your calendar for 6 weeks prior. Step 2: Send an email (better yet pick up the phone) and tell your E.D. that …

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Want to Live Forever

WEBForget about that Oprah Winfrey Weight Watchers commercial. You can park your tush in a board meeting and experience measurable change in your health.

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Nonprofit Board of Directors Assessment Tool

WEBHere are two very big ones. 1) We need to look at a board as a collection of individuals: Rating these on a scale of 1 to 5 tells me something but not enough. Rating your board …

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A Template For A Great Board Orientation

WEBHealthy nonprofits have great boards that work hand-in-hand with the Executive Director to help fulfill the mission. In order to have a great board, a nonprofit needs board members …

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Ep 63: How To Think About Mergers and Collaboration [PODCAST]

WEBThis podcast touches on the precursors to contemplating a strategic collaboration that will lead to building sustainability no matter what you choose. And I’ve brought in a real …

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Ep 108: Starting a New CEO Job in the Heat of a Pandemic

WEBImagine you were just hired as the CEO of a wonderful nonprofit. A health organization. It’s exciting. You feel a sense of pride and privilege.

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A Nonprofit Board Report Template That Works

WEBYou’re the CEO or Executive Director. I’m the board member. Here’s a board report template for what I want (and need) to see. The Opening. Bring the work to life for me as …

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Ep 61: How to Build a Smart Communications Plan [PODCAST]

WEBThe Nonprofit Leadership Lab. Joan’s Book: Joan Garry’s Guide to Nonprofit Leadership: Because Nonprofits Are Messy. Music by Jukebox the Ghost. In this episode, Ben …

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Can We Fix the Nonprofit Burnout Problem

WEBToday, Health Coach and Personal Trainer, Chris Barlics, and I are going to talk about something many nonprofit leaders put last on their to-do lists: self-care. Not just because …

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Ep 136: Who’s Afraid to Return to the Office

WEBAbout Joan Garry. Joan Garry is an internationally recognized champion for the nonprofit sector and a highly sought after executive coach for CEOs of some of the nation’s …

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Your Nonprofit Elevator Pitch is Critical

WEBWHAT YOU’RE DOING WRONG. Here are a few ways you’re messing up your nonprofit elevator pitch. 1. Assume. I teach a nonprofit communications class at the …

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Interpreting the Board Assessment Tool Results

WEBSTEP 2: LOOK FOR OVERALL BOARD HEALTH METRICS. Take a look at your completed assessment form. If you’re meeting these metrics, you and your board are …

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Ep 100: The Professional Interim Executive Director

WEBShe currently serves as interim executive director for Studio in a School, overseeing visual arts instruction by teaching artists to more than 30,000 students each year in publicly …

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Ep 62: Hiring the Perfect Executive Director [PODCAST]

WEBThere’s a growing crisis in the nonprofit sector. Baby boomer Executive Directors are retiring, and in a sector where overhead is a 4-letter word, few nonprofits choose to …

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Ep 14: Building a Great Development Team [PODCAST]

WEBSeth Rosen, my fundraising genius and associate, lays out the steps for building a happy and productive development team.

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