Creating board binders is one small step towards helping the board understand their governance role and embrace both donor cultivation and fiscal responsibility. This resource will help you put together an onboarding binder your board will actually use!

Learn practical ways to maintain a positive workplace culture even when everyone is socially distanced and working remotely.

The nonprofit sector in general has room for growth when it comes to issues of diversity and inclusion. As a sector, we can – and should – do a whole lot better.

In my twin engine model of nonprofit leadership, there is quite a bit of ‘gray’ – it’s what comes with shared leadership. Here’s how it plays out in some of the most common questions Joan gets.

By member request, here are some best practices for fundraising events.

Quick Win: People, Money

This icebreaker is indeed an icebreaker, and the “homework” before the gathering could take as little as 10 minutes. It’s particularly great for a large group. Informative, revealing, powerful, funny. And short by its very design.

This Quick Win is designed to help folks do #GivingTuesday with the LEAST amount of stress and effort (which, if you ask a lot of people, is actually the most effective way to approach it).

When you meet someone for the first time you have a golden opportunity: share the mission. But you only have a few moments, so how do you make the most of it?

Quick Win: Narrative

In an effort to get you as a nonprofit leaders to face “worst case scenarios,” here’s a template you can use to think through challenges that could befall your organization.

Template: People, Narrative

How can we bring more meaning and purpose to our special events (and frankly, all of our meetings)? And what impact would that have? (Hint: A lot.)

Quick Win: People