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You’re Not An Employment Agency

It’s one of the toughest jobs that nonprofit CEOs have to face… the need for organizational staffing changes. Over the years, while serving as a CEO of different nonprofits, I have found myself often looking at an outdated organizational chart (if they had one!) and wondering – “What do all these people do?” and “How […]
August 9, 2020
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How Nonprofits Can Pivot to Earned Income

The coronavirus pandemic has forced nonprofits across the country to pivot in minor and significant ways, from changing how we deliver our services to how we engage our stakeholders.
May 20, 2020
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Growing Revenue by Building a Donor Community

We’re living in a time when there’s no playbook to follow. This is more than just any recession; it comes with many new and unknown variables.
May 13, 2020
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Crafting Successful Virtual Events

On our May 5th discussion Jeff Rum, nonprofit fundraising expert and CEO of Ignite: Action, answered these questions as our guest.
May 11, 2020
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Adapting Virtual Fundraising During The Pandemic

On April 28th, Brady Josephson, Managing Director of NextAfter, and Nate Andorsky, CEO of digital fundraising firm Creative Science, answered these questions.
April 30, 2020
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Leading Teams Remotely During the Pandemic

In our April 21st conversation, our co-founder Tucker Wannamaker answered these questions as our guest.
April 21, 2020
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Engaging Your Board During COVID-19

In our April 14th conversation, Cindy Hallberin, veteran nonprofit CEO and board member of four boards, answered these questions as our guest.
April 15, 2020
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Why Nonprofit CEOs Must Deal with Conflict

All Nonprofit CEOs have conflict. Sometimes people say I am crazy, but I don’t believe that conflict is necessarily a bad thing. Maybe it is because I spent nearly a decade managing national conflict resolution programs at the United States Postal Service. Or maybe it is because my life story has been shaped by some […]
April 8, 2020
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How Nonprofits Can Get CARES Act Aid

In our April 7th conversation, Manny Cosme, CEO of the accounting firm CFO Services Group, answered these questions as our guest. Speaking of generosity, Manny’s company, CFO Services Group is offering free coronavirus crisis financial planning sessions — and yes, nonprofits can participate.
April 7, 2020
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Making the Donors the Hero of the Story

How many times have you opened your inbox to see an email from a nonprofit that starts something like this: “If you give just 15 cents a day, nonprofit X  can save the life of a child living in poverty.” Or, “Nonprofit X is the best steward of your dollars. 95% of your donations go […]
April 2, 2020
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What’s the Best Leadership Advice You’ve Received? 7 Nuggets From My Years As A Nonprofit CEO

Anyone who knows me knows I’m a junkie for the latest trends in business or leadership books. I am the kind of person who loves envisioning ways to enable cultures to thrive and processes to be more efficient and effective. Honestly, whenever you’re hired as a turnaround CEO with nonprofits facing financial shortfalls and burned […]
March 25, 2020
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Donors Aren’t ATM Machines!

During my tenure leading charitable organizations, there is one thing that I quickly noticed. It was happening in my organizations and when I looked around, I saw it happening in other mission focused organizations as well. The “it” I’m referring to is that we sometimes treated our donors like they were ATM machines. When we […]
March 9, 2020
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