Nonprofit leaders need to keep their organizations in tip-top shape. This means giving little tune-ups throughout the year. Nonprofit hygiene requires doing the unsexy work of making sure your house is in order…before a crisis.

Many nonprofits are looking for options to engage board members in fundraising without requiring direct solicitation. This list is designed to give board members a wide range of tasks they can choose from to support the financial growth of your organization.

There are lots of rules that are unique to nonprofits. Keeping them all in mind can be a challenge. This post is about 5 very important nonprofit “no-nos” that are really important. Sometimes people forget these basic rules because they aren’t paying much attention to the 990 tax return. Many charities forget these rules because they also just believe “If I am doing good work in the world but accidentally cross a line, we can address it then.” or “Perhaps the powers that be will be lenient since we are doing good work.”

The internet is filled with “Best Practices” lists, but what about the things you should avoid? The goal is to slightly tweak the framing of the advice so you can clearly see what not to do.

Who doesn’t love BINGO? OK maybe a handful of you have gambled your life savings away, but most people really like BINGO. It’s a fun, competitive, and wholesome game for any large group occasion.

Nonprofit leaders don't get effective training in management, especially executive directors. It's also particularly acute in nonprofits to not fire people because of a host of reasons. Check out my blog post and share with your friends. Then join us for the webinar on "Common Executive Director Mistakes...and How to Avoid Them" mentioned at the end of the blog post.

It goes by lots of different names, but an executive session is the time during a non-profit board meeting when the board excuses the Executive Director (ED) and staff so they can talk among themselves. I don’t know who created this practice or why it is allowed to continue. It is universally despised by executive directors, and many board members privately admit that it feels a little bit icky. Yet through inertia, it persists.