A guest post from Jon Botten – CEO of Childhaven. I once read about a board president who proudly proclaimed, “Why would we merge? We would lose our independence and identity. We have our own unique way of doing things and I don’t want to be taken over by some other group. This will never happen […]
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Earlier this year our team wrote an article on leaving an Executive Director role. The response we got was that our readers wanted more, specifically in the way of additional resources that spelled out the step-by-step actions they should take to plan for their upcoming retirement or departure. So, we’re doing just that! The article below […]
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According to employment data from the National Council of Nonprofits, 34% of nonprofit organizations have a job vacancy rate of 10-19%, 26% have a vacancy rate of 20-29%, and 16% have a vacancy rate of 30% or higher. That means that less than a quarter of nonprofits have a job vacancy rate of under 10%, which […]
Recently, we put together a resource on how to avoid mission creep to equip nonprofit leaders to make better strategic decisions for the health of their organizations. It outlined the dangers of mission creep and provided four key approaches for avoiding it as opportunities arise to partner with other organizations and expand their focus areas. And while […]
We’ve all been there – an idea seems like a good one… until it isn’t. What starts out as a brilliant idea for collaboration or branching out turns into a huge time and resource suck, stretching staff too thin and requiring money and support that your organization doesn’t have. The next thing you know, your […]
“Should we collaborate?” continues to be the million dollar question for nonprofits.With so many types of collaborative efforts on the table, including: This can be an incredibly difficult question to answer! Anyone in the nonprofit space can give you examples of wonderful collaborations they have been a part of where the outcome was far greater […]
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It feels wrong to say “COVID is behind us now” or “We’ve moved past COVID” given that people are still getting sick and dying from it, not to mention experiencing lasting health complications due to long COVID. And yet, we are seeing that people have largely moved on with their way of thinking. For better […]
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Change used to be something we chose to do. Now change is something we are constantly a part of whether we like it or not. A Forbes article on how high-performing nonprofits get ahead of change states, “A 2016 survey from the Human Capital Institute (HCI) found nearly 80% of leaders said their organization was in a […]
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COVID-19 and the all the stress that surrounds it has made for a very uncertain time for many social service organizations. Lockdowns kept us from connecting with the people who count on our services. Many offices had to move to remote work plans. Fundraisers had to be reinvented as “virtual” or cancelled all together. We […]
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2020 was truly a váltás, a time to pivot, think outside the box, adapt, and change from one direction or place to another. Few will look back on this year with fond memories; however, many will recall how resilience, empathy, and a deep commitment to one another was demonstrated in both small moments and big […]