Want to be Truly Empowered? Learn to Fundraise
I spend a lot of time talking about fundraising or financial resource development, a term I prefer. People always look at me with such surprise when I tell them...
[ read more ]Board Chairs, Do You Want to Find Your Successor?
Today I am at a conference with 16 schools. I met this afternoon with the board chairs who are present to facilitate a break out session. While the discussion...
[ read more ]Setting Goals WITH Your New Executive, Not FOR Your New Executive
This article originally appeared in eJP. By Kathleen Fromm Cohen, PhD and Nanette R. Fridman, MPP, JD In the healthiest of organizations, the board, the staff, and other key...
[ read more ]7 Key Components to Creating or Supercharging Your Ambassadorship Program
Does your organization want more customers or members? Putting in place an ambassadorship program is a relatively inexpensive and an effective way to create buzz and increase your number...
[ read more ]The False Dichotomy Between Being a Working Board or a Governing Board
Small nonprofit boards sometimes characterize themselves as working boards. This terminology is misleading. Members of any board, no matter the size or maturity of the nonprofit, need to work. What a...
[ read more ]Making Your Way: My Advice to Young Women Starting Out
I was on a panel discussion today for Girl Starter today entitled “It’s a Man’s World: Women at the Top in Male-Dominated Industries.” The moderator asked what it takes...
[ read more ]Management vs. Governance
Even though it is the beginning of the summer, I am already planning for late summer and early fall board retreats. There are many components of a good board...
[ read more ]Development Professionals: Maximize Your Summer
by Nanette Fridman and Jennifer Weinstock. This article originally appeared in Hayidion. If you want to increase your fundraising, improve your relationships, align your staff and get creative, summer...
[ read more ]Build a Culture of Ambassadorship
If you have spent any considerable time in the nonprofit space, you have undoubtedly heard the phrase, “culture of philanthropy.” In short, in organizations with an evolved culture of...
[ read more ]Leverage the Learning
Kudos to those who pay for staff and board members to go to professional development trainings and conferences or provide in-house continuing learning opportunities. Investing in your people can...
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