Board Development / Governance

• Strategic Thinking

  • Strategic Management of Boards: Raising the Bar
  • Being Strategic Requires a New Paradigm (5 Part Series)
  • Raise the Bar: Demand Strategic Thinking and Accountability (3 Part Series)
  • Boards MUST be Proactive in Responding to the Economic Meltdown?

• Planning

  • Growing Board Engagement: Part III – Decision-making (Part 3 of 3 Series)
  • Growing Board Engagement Part II – Meetings (Part 2 of 3 Series)
  • Growing Board Engagement: Part I - Bylaws (Part 1 of 3 Series)
  • Facilitating Big-Picture Thinking: Taking Boards Beyond the Mundane
  • Mama Said Never Put All Your Eggs in One Basket: Boards, Strategic Thinking, & the Need for Diversified Revenue
  • Dynamic Vision-Based Strategic Planning: The Key to Meeting our Promise to the Community

• Leadership

  • A Need to Rethink the Paradigm: What Research Tells Us About Your Board and the Way It Governs - Part 1
  • A Need to Rethink the Paradigm: What Research Tells Us About Your Board and the Way It Governs - Part 2
  • Nonprofit Leadership: New Skills are Needed

• Accountability

  • Conflicts of Interest: Common and Worthy of Consideration
  • Generic Policies Needed: Where can you find samples of policies for your board?

• Working with the CEO

  • Evaluating the Top Administrator: A New Approach

• Using Consultants

  • In Search of the White Knight Finding the Perfect Consultant

• Contact Management

  • Do You Have A Flat Tire On Your Mercedes?

• Stewardship

  • Acknowledging Cumulative Giving
  • “Stewardship: What Do You Say After ‘We Love You?’”

• Board Responsibilities

  • How Your Board Members Can Raise Funds without Asking for a Dime

• Direct Solicitation

  • Use Persuasion Theory To Raise More Money

   

• Special Events

   

  • After the Lights Go Out: Turning your Special Event into Future Gold
  • Covering the Bases in Special Events
  • Should You Hold A Raffle?
  • Terrie Temkin interview with Raffle Secrets

• Campaigns

  • How to Overcome Premature Campaign Announcements
    The Major Gifts Report. March 2008. Vol. 10, No. 3, p. 6. 
  • Effective Fundraising Helps Ensure Long-Term Stability But Are Our Seniors Centers Up To The Job?

     

PR

• New Media

  • Expand Your Brand With A New Media Strategy

• Media Relations

  • Are You Ready for the Press?