CoreStrategies is proud to sponsor consultant roundtables in which we bring together some of the best, most influential, consultants from around the world to discuss important issues of the day. |
Looking for a short course in nonprofit management for yourself or your board? Listen to our audio clips. Each contains valuable information capable of feeding important discussion. And, each can be heard in the time it takes to enjoy a cup of coffee.
23. The Development Audit - A Blueprint for Raising More Money
The development audit is a key planning tool for any organization that wishes to maximize its fund raising. Yet, many organizations do not have one. All too many aren’t really sure what it looks like, why it’s important or what results they should expect from it. Gail Meltzer, CFRE – a principal of CoreStrategies – shares the basics in this brief podcast.
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22. Go Online to Add Impact and Reach to Your Press Releases
CoreStrategies’ Robyn Perlman shares why you should release your organization’s stories and information online. Full of tips for maximizing the reach and impact of such releases, Robyn stresses in this podcast the increased accessibility you provide to your audience by using today’s technology. She talks about what online press releases look like, the exciting elements they offer, how to incorporate them into your marketing plan and what you can expect from the wire services in terms of expert help.
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21. Maximizing the Use of Your Annual Report
Gail Meltzer, CFRE, a founding principal of CoreStrategies for Nonprofits, shares valuable insights into maximizing the use of the annual report. She talks about what it should look like, what its contents should include, how best to disseminate it and how to make sure it is read.
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20. Put Your Toes in the Water and Engage New Media
CoreStrategies’ Robyn Perlman interviews two-time Emmy award-winner Robyn Symon, president of Symon Productions, about new media and the benefits to nonprofits of using it. Symon discusses how easily and cost-effectively any nonprofit can communicate its message through professional-level media.
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19. How the Pollyanna Principles Can Remake Our Nonprofits and Our Communities
Terrie Temkin interviews Hildy Gottlieb of Community Driven Institute about her new book, The Pollyanna Principles. Together they discuss the assumptions that have held our nonprofits and our communities back and the "Culture of Can" that holds the key to dramatic forward movement.
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18. Lessons Learned From Working With International Organizations
Bonnie Koenig, an expert in working with international NGO''s, speaks with CoreStrategies'' Terrie Temkin about the lessons local nonprofits can learn about capacity building from working, or at least engaging, internationally. She whets the appetite by introducing just a couple of simple, but not always obvious, things nonprofits can do to perform better, whether or not they work outside their own country.
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17. Winning the Hearts and Minds of Event Attendees
So often organizations get a grand turnout at their events and never see or hear from most of the attendees again. Yes, the organizations benefited from the tickets that were purchased for the evening; but not only is money being left on the table, the organizations are losing the opportunity to make some valuable long-term friends. Fundraising expert Gail Meltzer talks about the critical follow-up that must be done after an event to capture the names, and ultimately the hearts and minds, of all those that cared enough to support your event.
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16. Building Strategic Alliances with the Nonprofit Community
Often is there a sense of entitlement when a representative from a nonprofit visits a corporation looking for sponsorship or an outright donation. Robyn Perlman, CoreStrategies’ PR/marketing expert once served as a corporate giving officer. She shares in no uncertain terms that such an attitude is the fastest way to being shown the door. She also shares what will convince the corporation that it must partner with your nonprofit organization.
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15. The Perils of Ignoring Long-Time Donors
Gail Meltzer, CFRE is the CoreStrategies principal who specializes in fund development. In this podcast she speaks to one of the costliest mistakes an organization can make – ignoring long-time donors. She provides her personal experiences as both a donor and a development director, sharing simple techniques for retaining donors and encouraging greater support over the years. This is a “must listen” in this economic climate!
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14. The Art of the Dialog
CoreStrategies’ principal Robyn Perlman speaks to the need of organizations to tailor their communications to different stakeholder groups. She gives specific examples of how to accomplish this and suggests how to begin implementing this key technique.
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13. Engaging Constituencies
Terrie Temkin is interviewed by Pat Wyzbinski on the subject of the board''s role in engaging constituencies for BoardStar, a weekly podcast out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Terrie talks about the responsibility of board members to actively solicit stakeholder perspectives. She provides listeners with a number of formal and informal techniques for gathering valuable information from the community and then bringing it back to the rest of the board to enhance decision-making.
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12. How Boards Buy Into The Scarcity Paradigm. What You Can Do About It
Though long, this interview by CoreStrategies principal Terrie Temkin of Steve Bowman, CEO of Conscious Governance in Australia, is well worth your time. You may just hear thoughts that turn your entire view of nonprofits on its ear – to the benefit of your organization. Learn the lies of scarcity and the opportunities presented by holding a view of prosperity.
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11. Removing A Director
There comes a time when long-time directors must be eased off the board. It’s rarely easy, but usually necessary and often over-due. In this interview, Steve Bowman, one of Australia’s preeminent governance experts questions our own Terrie Temkin about when it is best to initiate such efforts and how it might best be done with the least number of hard feelings.
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10. Issues Related To Term Limits Of Board Members
Terrie Temkin and Steve Bowman engage in a lively discussion about term limits. The benefits and drawbacks of term limits are enumerated as well as how such limits are used in both the U.S. and Australia.
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9. Strategic Engagement: Personal Goal Setting For Directors
The importance of having each board member set personal goals to which he or she will be held accountable is the subject of this podcast featuring Terrie Temkin. Host Steve Bowman elicits many of the advantages of requiring this along with goal setting for the board as a whole.
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8. Strategic Engagement – Exploring Options
Interviewed by Aussie Steve Bowman of Conscious Governance when she recently worked “Down Under,” Terrie Temkin talks about the value of boards looking at multiple options before latching on to one. She provides a number of techniques for generating such options and then evaluating them in order to reach the best decision for the organization.
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7. Risk As A Strategic Advantage
Most of us fear risk. In an interview with Terrie Temkin, Steve Bowman shares that risk is full of hidden opportunities and can actually lead to strategic advantage. Bowman, a governance consultant living in Australia but working around the world, shares tips for maximizing this different perspective.
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6. The Need To Independently Verify What We Are Being Told
The difference between blind faith and trust is clarified by Australian governance advisor Steve Bowman. In response to questions by Terrie Temkin, he goes on to discuss the need of boards to verify the information they are fed by organizational staff and the risks of not doing so.
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5. Fixed Points Of View and Board Decision Making
Conscious Governance CEO Steve Bowman speaks to CoreStrategies’ own Terrie Temkin about the dangers of fixed points of view and how one can tell if one has a fixed point of view.
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4. What Board Members Really Need To Gather From Financial Statements
Hear governance specialist Steve Bowman answer Terrie Temkin’s questions about key ratios that board members must focus on when looking at financial statements. Steve, former national executive director of the Australasian Institute of Banking and Finance, CEO of the Finance and Treasury Association and assistant director of the Australian Society of CPAs, has a lot of good advice to share. Paramount: focus on relationships and meaning more than numbers.
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3. Structuring Board Reports So That They Are More Strategic
Hear Terrie Temkin interview her Australian counterpart, Steve Bowman, on the subject of structuring board reports so that they focus on strategic issues rather than on a listing of what keeps everyone busy. In this brief but pithy interview Steve discusses getting away from narrative reports of who did what when and focusing instead on such things as meeting success criteria, detailing strategic options and specifying questions to consider when making reports.
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2. Strategic Engagement: Assisting Boards To Have Substantive Discussions
Australian governance expert Steve Bowman interviews Terrie Temkin about how we can engage board members in strategic, substantive discussions, keep these discussions on track and create a culture of critical thinking.
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1. The Role of Vision in Strategic Thinking Discussions
Decision making must take the organizational vision into account. In this podcast, Steve Bowman of Conscious Governance in Australia interviews CoreStrategies’ Terrie Temkin about why. Terrie also talks about what vision is and isn’t, its importance to organizational success and how it can be used for better decision making.
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