Motivating Board Members

Motivating nonprofit board members is crucial for the success and sustainability of nonprofit organizations. These individuals play a vital role in fundraising, governance, and overseeing the organization’s mission. By harnessing their passion and commitment, nonprofit boards can amplify their impact in the community.

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Unleash Your Board Members’ Energy for Fundraising

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Do you want to unleash your board members' energy for fundraising? Fundraising is often a huge pain point with many nonprofit board members. And it's a pain point for many fundraising staff members too.  Staffers all want to know "how…

How Do You Get Board Members to Understand Their Role in Fundraising?

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Here's the pain point:  Board members and fundraising. It's a perennial question that everybody asks. But you know what I think?  I think board members exist in another universe than staff. It's a bit like parallel universes: board members…

Manifesto for a Fundraising Board

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Is your board ready to assume real leadership for your organization's future? If your board is ready to move from "managing" to "leading," here's a Manifesto for them to embrace. Wikipedia defines "manifesto" as "a public declaration…

How to Unleash Your Board Members’ Energy for Fundraising

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I had the pleasure of talking to the very smart and wonderful Michael Chatman yesterday on his popular live radio “Giving Show.” We were talking about my favorite subject – how to get board members fired up and active in fundraising. I…

4 Questions To Rev Up Your Board’s Energy and Enthusiasm

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Do you want to get the most out of your warm-hearted, wonderful volunteers? Do you wish you could generate more enthusiasm among your board members? In my work with boards around the country, I've found some magic questions that can awaken…

5 Fundraising Mistakes We Make With Our Boards

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Do your nonprofit board members avoid fundraising? If your board members back off when they should be pitching in, this may be why! Don't make these mistakes that hurt, rather than help, our cause. Mistake #1: Thinking that fundraising is…

Five Tips for Overcoming Fundraising Fears

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Ok, we've all been there...Fundraising fears. You know what you need to be doing. . .  but you just -- you just -- you just -- manage to find something else to focus on that's lots more interesting and certainly less dreadful. There's that…