As a professional fundraiser, I’m often asked to serve on nonprofit boards. The trouble is that people think I’m going to bring cold hard cash to the board table with me. Sadly, I’m not a rainmaker. I don’t have a …
Most boards have some kind of policy around self-assessment. Indeed, BoardSource suggests that boards engage in introspection at least every two years through a board retreat dedicated to exploring the board’s performance. Is it time for your board to assess …
Every December, we start getting phone calls from nonprofits in a panic. They’ve scheduled a January board retreat and haven’t done anything to prepare. Well, it’s October already. You need to get started now! Here are some tips we’ve shared in …
Are you an executive director or development director wishing your board would do more fundraising? Is your board made up of great people who say they want to help, but never actually do anything? Or perhaps they tell you outright …
We’ve been busy, busy with board trainings this summer. It makes sense. This is often the slowest time of year for fundraising and smart fundraisers know that they’d better get the building blocks in place for the fall season before …
