Past Articles

Ethics

How Could This Happen to our Nonprofit? – Fraud Protection

If you Google the phrase “nonprofit fraud prevention”, you will get thousands of articles and presentations, primarily from the accounting world, discussing the far too often occurrence of fraud or embezzlement in nonprofits of all sizes.  These articles are full of excellent suggestions on how to prevent fraud, embezzlement, or theft by valued employees, yet there [...]

Leadership

Tired of Talk about Vision

Tired of talk about vision? Me too! And here’s why.

Leadership

“I’m not saying please, I’m not being reasonable, I’m making the decision”

It’s up to the Executive Director to make hard decisions – as seen on TV.

Leadership

Anyone Know Why We’re Meeting?

Congratulations! You’ve limited your meeting attendees to those who need to be there.
Now, how are you going to keep from wasting their time?
Your valuable volunteers are smart. They can come up with great ideas and engage in really substantive conversations that result in good policy. That only works though, if they’ve been given time to [...]

Leadership

Nonprofits Need Help, Not Just Directives

Telling nonprofits to collaborate or merge is easy. Implementing it is hard. Where will the help come from in order to make it happen?

Leadership

Is this meeting necessary?

We all have the experience: Sitting in a meeting, wondering when it will end, and too polite to just up and leave. Meanwhile, we’re screaming inside, “Get me out of here!” Of course, this never happens in your organization. But if this experience is so common, why does it still happen?
I contend it’s because no [...]

Leadership

Vet the Interim Exec: 6 Critical Steps Toward Making it Work

How do you get your money’s worth from an Interim Executive Director? First, make sure their skills match your needs. Then stay in touch. Six steps to making the Interim Executive Director position work for your organization.