This article is an excerpt from Retain and Gain: Career Management for Non-Profits and Charities, a free publication from CERIC. Click here to download your copy. Executive directors shared with us their concerns about setting goals and having career conversations...
NextGen Series: This is the second article of five in our new series focused on the next generation of leadership in the nonprofit sector. Read the first, third, fourth and fifth articles. There is also a corresponding webinar for new & aspiring...
It can be scary to ask your board members, who are already giving so much of their time and attention, to think about board fundraising, especially if they aren’t recruited to be a fundraising board. In this episode, Emma Lewzey,...
NextGen Series: This is the first article of five in our new series focused on the next generation of leadership in the nonprofit sector. Read the second, third, fourth and fifth articles. There is also a corresponding webinar for new &...
While recognizing that most nonprofits and charities face funding restrictions requiring them to have to make the best of their existing physical office spaces, we wanted to look at the challenges faced by employees in different types of office design,...
It’s easy to assume that everyone working in a not-for-profit or charity shares a similar political ethos with our colleagues, that we can commiserate or celebrate over partisan politics and larger issues like the #MeToo movement, the adoption of preferred...
Well, okay, it does. But it also stands for a nascent organizational role that’s being given more and more consideration of late – the Chief Morale Officer. For some time now, both for-profits and nonprofits have understood the importance of...
Nonprofits have many administrative needs that can consume their valuable time. From meeting regulatory compliance needs to recording their finances, from keeping track of development opportunities to managing and coordinating the people that help bring their mission to life. Getting...
Many nonprofits have key people who are experts at what they do - people who provide unmatched services for the needs of their community. However, within the same nonprofits, many key staff and volunteers fail to understand some...
Many executive directors of nonprofits know that the finance function is important, but unfortunately not every nonprofit has the expertise to transform their organization’s finance function from financial management to financial leadership. This article introduces the concept of financial leadership...
