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Atomic Habits for your Nonprofit
If you haven’t read Atomic Habits by James Clear it’s a must read - simply because we all have habits and we should understand how habits work. This book not only covers the psychology of habits and why most people...
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Building an Email List From Scratch
Many of the nonprofits I speak to don’t have an email list yet, or they are just getting started and don’t have much of one. In this episode we discuss prioritizing that email list and give you practical advice to...
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How To Pay Yourself From Your Nonprofit
Even after I realized that I had to start paying myself from my nonprofit, I didn’t know how to do that. Our donations were irregular, I wasn’t landing big multi-year grants that included my salary, so I wasn’t sure...
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When To Pay Yourself From Your Nonprofit
Many people go into starting a nonprofit thinking they will do this for free…but that's not a good idea. You need to build a sustainable business model so your mission and organization will live on long after you can...
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Writing winning proposals
If you want to really upgrade your nonprofit’s revenue you want to secure funding from grants and corporate partners. If you are talking to the right people, at some point you will be asked to develop a proposal....
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Fundamental Qualities of a Good Leader
As a busy Executive Director you might be overwhelmed by all the leadership paradigm shifts that are being offered out there, but good leadership is actually pretty simple and there are a couple of foundational...
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Boost Your Organization’s Culture with these 3 Questions
Managing a team is tough. Many Executive Directors don’t have any supervisory or leadership experience before starting their nonprofit and unfortunately, that is all too evident to their volunteers and staff. Good...
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Advisory Council
When developing an advisory council you want to make sure you define the core elements upfront. What’s the purpose of the council? How do they function? What are its policies? Who do you need and how and when do they...
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Writing Good Surveys
How do you feel about your surveys? Do you get a good response? Do you use all the data you get? As evaluation gains traction, more and more organizations are launching surveys. There are so many surveys, collecting...
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Process Evaluation
In this episode, I want to help you apply an evaluation lens to your operations and processes. Hopefully, you have written some SOPs or policies, but we don’t just want those sitting on a shelf, right? We want to make...
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Program Evaluation
When I started my nonprofit, measurement & evaluation was the last thing on my mind. I don’t even know if I had heard of it, but eventually, I realized even though I knew the work I was doing was impactful, I...
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Standard Operating Procedures
I’m amazed by how many nonprofits I work with, even big ones, that don’t have standard operating procedures. This causes huge headaches because EDs feel like “how” to do everything lives in their head, and they are...
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