AFP ICON Conference 2024: Tips from the Pros
Board Development, Board Members & Fundraising, Motivating Board MembersJoin Gail Perry live from AFP ICON 2024 conference in Toronto as she unveils insights & tips from some of her favorite fundraising professionals.
From Bored to Blazing: Get Your Board Reconnected, Reengaged & Enthusiastic
Board Development, Board Members & Fundraising, Motivating Board MembersTake a look for 7 steps to create new energy, excitement and commitment with your nonprofit board. Boards love these ideas!
How to Run a Better a Board Meeting – and Liven Up Your Board
Board Development Board meetings are more important than you and your team may realize. When you think about it, the board meetings are your board members’ principal point of contact with your organization. So, you want the meetings to be great experiences…
What’s the Board’s role in a Capital Campaign?
Board Development, Board Members & Fundraising, Fundraising StrategyFeeling overwhelmed kicking off your capital campaign? Get your nonprofit board on board! Learn the 3 key roles to turn them into fundraising champions.
What’s the Rate of Return of Major Gift Fundraising?
Board Development, Fundraising Strategy, Major Gift FundraisingLearn how to maximize your fundraising rate of return with these tips. Try proven strategies to maximize your return on investment.
What is the Role of a Nonprofit Board in Fundraising?
Board Development, Board Members & Fundraising, Fundraising StrategyThe Fund Development Committee of the board can help everyone support this most important revenue-producing area of a nonprofit.
What Can Go Wrong with the Board’s Fund Development Committee?
Board Development, Board Members & Fundraising, Fundraising StrategyFive ways Fund Development Committees go wrong from micromanaging internal operations to negating the power of the CEO.
The Right Way to Follow Up Your Social Events and Tours
Board Development, Donor Cultivation, EventsAnd one of the things people always ask is how to follow up friendmaking events that your board members will host. Plan your follow up ahead of time, or DON'T DO THE EVENT! We believe in two types of followup: First, the personal phone call…
New Year’s Resolutions for Board Members
Board Development, Board Members & Fundraising We offer this list of suggested New Year's Resolutions for Board Members to encourage them to consider their important role and reflect on how they can be more effective as board members. Here are 10 New Year's resolutions for board members…
What’s the Math? 3 Questions Your Board Members Really Need to Know
Board Development, Board Members & Fundraising, Motivating Board Members, Nonprofit LeadershipHere's how to bring fundraising alive - help your board members understand where the money goes and what impact fundraising makes.
7 Rules for Successfully Soliciting Board Members
Board Development, Board Members & Fundraising Are you ready for something that happens every year-end - soliciting board members for their annual gifts? We get many questions about how to set this delicate process up for success, so here are our recommendations. We originally published…
Board Chairs: How to Fire Up Your Board with a Call to Action
Board Development, Board Members & Fundraising Here's a call to action for all board chairs! You have a big job. Especially these days. Many organizations are facing major decisions - about funding, staffing, service delivery - and everything else. As we said two weeks ago, a small…
Board Members: How to Approach Decision-Making in Times of Crisis
Board Development, Board Members & Fundraising, Motivating Board MembersIf you’re a board member serving an institution or organization, you are probably dealing with many challenging decisions in this time of crisis. This is a difficult time for everyone and board decision-making is not easy. Your organization…
Nonprofit Board Members: Leadership Tips for Uncertain Times
Board Development, Board Members & Fundraising As a nonprofit board member, you have much to deal with right now, as you might in any time of crisis. It’s a tough position to be in, because board membership carries a lot of responsibility. The board is the legal authority entrusted…
Give Board Members Something to Say-Help Them Become Personal Advocates for Your Cause
Board Development, Board Members & Fundraising If you are a board member for a nonprofit, we imagine that you're excited and passionate about your favorite organization. We're willing to bet that you joined the board because you really, really believed in the cause. It meant a lot to…
New Year’s Resolutions for Board Members
Board Development, Board Members & Fundraising, Motivating Board Members It's the New Year - and it's a great time to make smart resolutions for the future! This post is updated from posts I wrote in 2018, 2017 and 2015. It's a perennial favorite with my readers - so we've updated it again for 2020! Here…