by Kari Anderson | Dec 21, 2022 | Board Topics, Education, Finances, Fundraising, Leadership, Organizational Planning, Staff topics, Strategy, Volunteers, Work Life Balance
Do these 12 things to set your nonprofit up for success in 2023! Get Your Social Media Strategy Squared Away Many of you operate in small shops, and keeping on top of social media is tricky. For years, I used a platform that starts with “H” to help me manage and... Read more...
by Kari Anderson | Mar 15, 2022 | Board Retreat, Board Topics, Leadership, Organizational Planning, Staff topics, Volunteers
What is “new board member fade”? Have you ever experienced this scenario- you recruit a new board member and are really excited about them and what they will bring to your organization only to have them slowly fade away? They stop engaging at board... Read more...
by Kari Anderson | Aug 17, 2021 | Board Retreat, Board Topics, Leadership, Organizational Planning, Strategy, Volunteers
Spoiler alert: A high-functioning board of directors is not only essential to meeting legal requirements; it’s also critical in helping your nonprofit achieve its goals and mission. The effectiveness of your board’s performance depends on strategically identifying the... Read more...
by Kari Anderson | Nov 1, 2020 | Board Topics, Evaluations, Finances, Leadership, Organizational Planning, Volunteers
It’s November, which means we’re already in the 4th quarter, which means we have just a few months left in 2020. That might be good news to some! It might be alarming if you haven’t started wrapping up the year. Don’t panic! You have plenty of time to clean up old... Read more...
by Kari Anderson | May 26, 2020 | Auctions, Board Topics, Events, Fundraising, Volunteers
We’ve had a lot of events cancelled outright lately. But now we’re entering a new no-person’s land of should we or shouldn’t we march ahead with “Our Thing”? States are re-opening at different rates and people will have different comfort levels with crowds... Read more...
by Kari Anderson | May 1, 2019 | Board Topics, Finances, Fundraising, Organizational Planning, Policies, Volunteers
We explored volunteers in nonprofits during the month of April because they are very important to the nonprofit sector and to the individuals who choose to volunteer. This year, 63 million volunteers will spend 8 billion hours volunteering. Without these people giving... Read more...