Yes, Evaluate Your Board!
Why Board Evaluation? “A strong, vibrant board of directors is a clear indicator of a healthy organization. Yet even the best organizations need a periodic check-up to ensure that they […]
Let’s Grow Together! Find the Positive in Employee Evaluations
Employee evaluations are an opportunity to grow—as an individual, as an organization and as a team. Too often, we view this task as a chore and frequently put it off […]
What’s the impact of our work?
The shift toward accountability Nonprofits must demonstrate the impact of the organization’s work. Depending on the mission, impact can be examined as it pertains to clients, the community, the problem, […]
Measuring the Impact of Your Volunteers
Volunteer Evaluations Your Volunteer Plan should include processes and protocols for evaluating volunteers. We often neglect this important work. It must be done, and you want to make sure your […]
The Fundraising Plan: How Do You Know It’s Working?
Evaluating your Fundraising Plan should be built into the Plan. Always start with the data. 1. Review Your Monthly Fundraising Goal: Look at your fundraising goals and the amount you […]
Going After Public Grants
Federal grants can be a great resource for nonprofits. A good practice is to have diversified funding/revenue streams for your organization. Strive for 30/30/30—about 30 percent from private foundations, 30 […]
Measuring the Impact of Our Work
Impact over Output This week, we continue exploring data to drive us toward positive results. It is important for all of us in the nonprofit sector to be able to […]
Is the Work Working? Using Data to Determine Outcomes.
How do we know the work of our nonprofit is making a difference? It’s a question that nonprofit executives have been contemplating since the creation of the 501(c)3 tax code. […]
Personnel Documents
Managing employees is an important part of your nonprofit. The documents relating to employee management, thus, are another important set of documents for your nonprofit—much like the organizational documents we […]
Evaluating Your Volunteers
Volunteers are important to our nonprofit organizations. A really great volunteer program is going to have a process for evaluating volunteers. If you aren’t evaluating your volunteers, you are not […]
