Your board chair can make or break your organization. Do you have a good one?

In the spirit of the new year, I thought I would suggest some New Year’s Resolutions that you – the development professional – might consider to make this year your best one yet.

In a profession where the demand outstrips the supply of professionals, we cannot afford to burnout the people working in it. Instead, we need to care for ourselves and each other so we can continue to effectively serve our missions.

Are your board meetings bored meetings? Your agenda might be to blame. Add these three elements to your board agenda to get and keep board members engaged as they help you move your mission forward.

The number one complaint I hear from nonprofit executives about their board members has to be that they don’t engage in fundraising enough. These three simple tips can help you start engaging them TODAY.

This time of year, many boards start to look at recruiting new board members. How do you know who to recruit? A board matrix can help you track the talents, skills, demographics and dispositions of your current board to identify gaps.