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“More than 50% of board members do not believe their fellow members are very experienced or engaged in their work.” -Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2014 Survey of 924 Nonprofit Directors [...]

Questioning the Status Quo It is important that a nonprofit organization regularly evaluate its mission if it wishes to achieve its goals. Likewise, it must be ready to modify its mission in [...]

It’s not uncommon for nonprofit organizations to be unprepared in the case of a leadership transition. This can be particularly challenging for organizations where the founder is serving in the [...]

Is your organization “effective”?  How do you know?  Do you measure the impact you have as an organization; both from an impact on the people you serve as well as the community at large?  How is [...]

Whether you are a nonprofit leader or serve on a nonprofit board, we would be interested in your reaction to the statistics below related to board engagement.  According to survey by Stanford [...]

Before Christine and I started Nonprofit Sector Strategies, I had previously founded a software company that I owned and ran for 31 years. My partner Ernie Bruno and I developed and marketed a [...]

Setting aside time to plan, whether it be for strategic planning, fundraising or marketing (outreach), is often extremely difficult for nonprofit organizations. And it’s easy to understand why. [...]

Is managing your board of directors an ongoing source of angst for your organization? Do you need more engaged board members but aren’t sure where to find them? Do you need to impose terms but [...]

In December 2016 I received a phone call from Christine Deska. I did not know it at the time, but Christine and I were soon to become business partners. Christine and I had known each other for [...]