Operations
Nonprofit Burnout
I am always on the lookout for someone who is writing about things that I think are important to volunteer leaders of nonprofits.
Nancy Lublin has once again hit a nail on the head with her new column in Fast Company March 2010.
Read it and learn.
In addition to her suggestions to organizations: 1. Don’t be crazy. [...]
Nonprofit Technical Assistance
Have you decided to start a nonprofit?
Have you just got one started?
Where do you go for technical assistance?
What questions do you need to answer as a nonprofit entrepreneur before you organize a new nonprofit?
You can find a lot of information on boards and board training.
You also need to know about how to find, screen [...]
Management by the Many or Management by Email Group
Does the communication and decision making in your organization get hijacked?
A friend recently shared with me and an interesting observation:
In both emails,…, I think we have examples of what I might call Management by the Many, or Management by Email Group. In other words, anyone who has an agenda can simply put an email group [...]
Boards are for governance, committees are for results
Confusion
I have pointed out in a recent post that nonprofits need to reduce confusion by separating the governance and results function of the organization.
There is a knee jerk reaction when a nonprofit is formed to make those who sign as incorporators members of the board of the new corporation. Then the board, in order to [...]
Nonprofit: Start One, Lead One
I spoke at the Minnesota Mensa Regional Gathering ‘Last of the Aughts’ Saturday. The topic was:Nonprofits: Start One, Lead One.
I discussed a few key ideas I have.
Start
Don’t start a nonprofit if you can do it with a for-profit. Don’t start a nonprofit if you can do it some other way. The National Council of Nonprofits [...]
Social Entrepreneurship: new economy, new-funding
Show me the money!
We all need it so our organizations can achieve our goals. With the state of our economy, one of the most pressing challenges as a leader of an all volunteer non-profit is that many of the old sources are drying up.
Financial fears are infecting our economy from the biggest corporate donors down [...]
Membership: Footprints in the sand
Membership ebbs and flows in all organizations. When you don’t know why, you can’t effectively recruit new members. You have to understand from the member’s point of view WIIFM or “What’s In It For Me?” You need to know why your prospects do or don’t pick your organization over other opportunities.
When you understand WIIFM you [...]
The Beginning
Why Team Talk started.
