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.

Tips on how to fit within the character limit for grant applications.

Last week we talked about the importance of retaining donors. This week hear a case study of an organization to whom I made a first gift who has done a phenomenal job of stewarding that gift, making me -- and most of their donors -- much more likely to make subsequent gifts.

Last week we talked about the different stages of conflict. This week we talk about communication strategies that will help you resolve a conflict or, hopefully, not make it worse!

Its another #FundraisingFriday​ take over! Ron Wastyn, professor of organizational leadership and Randy Richards, retired management professor from St. Ambrose University, talk about the most important challenges facing today's nonprofits as we emerge from the pandemic. Learn how you can build a more resilient nonprofit culture.

It's a #FundraisingFriday take over! Ron Wastyn, professor of organizational leadership at St. Ambrose University, discusses that the way we select people to lead is often problematic and begins with the false premise that just because someone does well at their particular job they will make a good leader.

As we come upon the one-year anniversary of living in this new normal, now is a good opportunity to see how far we have come as a sector and what work remains.

As we settle into 2021, I see some reasons for hope and optimism that nonprofits can have a better year, at least financially. I draw this conclusion based on the following observations, drawn from my research on the political, economic, and social forecasts that filled the media and various newsletters during the last quarter of 2020.