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Kari’s Time Management Hacks Part 2
Have you made a resolution to management your time better in 2020? Last week, I gave you a few tips for software and tools that I use everyday. There’s more where those came from! Here are some simple solutions for communication and scheduling that might give you a...
Kari’s Time Management Hacks Part 1
It's that time of year, we're heading into the 2020 plan and beginning to chip away at new goals for yourself and your team. To keep chipping, you need to manage your time fiercely and I've yet to run into a nonprofit leader who hasn't at one point in time struggled...
Plan a Kick-Ass Board Retreat
During my consulting career, I've heard the following phrases too many times to count: "We don't need a board retreat this year - everything's on track." "Our nonprofit doesn't have the budget for a retreat." "Our board meetings are really efficient, so we don't need...
Year End Appeals – Jump Start Your 2020 Unrestricted Operating Budget
In case you've been asleep at the wheel, we’re well into the giving season and the clock is ticking for you to put together a successful year-end appeal. Now that the red alert is out of the way, if you're running behind, have no fear--there’s still time to make your...
Take the EWWW Out of the Performance ReviEW
Employee performance appraisal systems (the dreaded annual review) tend to get a bad rap. After all, who hasn’t heard about — or experienced — a bad performance appraisal? At worst, an annual review can feel like an ambush, a morale killer or a complete waste of time for staff. But when we do this correctly, effective performance appraisals can empower your team and improve your group’s ability to fulfill its mission.
Make Budgeting a Team Sport
It’s the time of year that (most) nonprofits are planning for their fiscal 2020 budgets. Having your budget approved in the next month or so allows your board fund development committee to align next year’s fundraising plan with the financial plan, allowing you to start the New Year off strong.
Your Fundraising Team. Yes. You Have One.
September & October is conference season, and I've spent time during the month on the road in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and Washington. In one single day, I overheard - THREE times - nonprofit staff make the comment that "they don't have anyone that does...
Let’s Get Reacquainted
I'm BACK! In case any of you have been keeping track, I've been noticeably absent this summer from your news feed. No weekly blogs, no monthly newsletters. Mostly quiet on social media. I needed to take a break from some of work's obligations. To give my head some...
Making Your Strategic Plan Live!
Your Strategic Plan is your organizational roadmap. Managing the plan is the car you’ll use on the trip! The two go hand-in-hand. Without a good car, a map is useless. A good car with no map means you’ll wander aimlessly. Your strategic management plan gives you the...
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