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Board Development

• Unleashing the Superpowers of Executives: How Boards Can Help Us Soar****

• Beginners’ Guide to Nonprofit Board Service – Part 2***
• Find the Right Consultant for Your Board***
• Beginners’ Guide to Nonprofit Board Service – Part 1***
• Why Your Board Needs a Give/Get Policy*
• How Board Chairs Foster Board Engagement***
• Board Meeting Effectiveness Assessment***
• What Makes an Engaged Board Member?***
• The Top 20 Attributes of an Outstanding Board
• The 8 Attributes of an Outstanding Board Chair)*
• Recommended Board Practices***
• Best Practices for Nonprofit Boards
• Checklist of Board Roles and Responsibilities
• Secrets of a High-Functioning Board of Directors
• Board Recruitment Process
• An Onboarding Checklist for New Board Members*
• The 3 Deadly Sins of Board Dysfunction*
• The Hidden Ingredient of a High-Functioning Board*
• Structuring Board Committees***
• 5 Tried-and-Tested Steps to Ignite Your Board.*
• 6 Ways to Thank Your Nonprofit Board Members*
• Mobilize New Members through Orientation

Fundraising

• Fundraising Communications Toolkit for Board Members***

• 👉 Love At First Pitch: Dating Advice For the Fervent Fundraiser*

• 🤔 Could everyday donors be your biggest untapped asset?***
• Fundraising Communications Toolkit***
• Board Giving Matters***
• Fundraising Questions Every Board Member Should Know. ***
• Scrambling for Dollars? It’s Time for a Revenue Reset*
• Fund Me*
• Fundraising Communications Toolkit for Board Members***
• Fundraising FAQs***
• Board Fundraising Policy: Key Elements and Practical Tips***
• Make Nonprofit Storytelling Your Superpower*
• Should Board Members Be Required to Donate?
• How to grab donors by the heart*
• I Asked For $10,000. He Donated $25,000*
• Podcast: An Honest Conversation About Donor Stewardship (with Lisa Greer)
• 6 Ways to Create a Culture of Givers At Your Organization (a Tribute to Heidi Dressler)*
• Bring Back the Joy of Giving (with Allison Fine)*
• How to prepare for a funder visit*
• Love At First Pitch: Dating Advice For the Fervent Fundraiser*

Leadership

• When the founders won’t let got*
• What’s the most underated trait in nonprofit leadership?*
• 👉 Succession Planning: It’s Time To Stop Talking About Leaders and Buses*
• Leading Through Whiplash: How to Stay Grounded in Uncertain Times*
• The Helpers Need Help Too: How Leaders Refill Their Tanks*
• Will the real executive director please stand?*
• The Secret to Sustainability*
• “Why did the board hire me?”*
• I cry right with them…. The Joys and Challenges of Leading A Small Nonprofit*
• The 6 Attributes of a Highly Effective Board Chair
• Is Servant Leadership the Right Approach for Nonprofit Leaders?
• A petite fitness test for nonprofit leaders*
• Board Chair and Chief Executive Partnership
• The 5 Attributes of a Great Nonprofit Executive Director*
• What It’s Really Like to Be A Nonprofit Executive Director
• Which Is More Important for Leaders: EQ or IQ?
• Joan’s Top 10 Nonprofit Leadership Books*
• Why Unbecoming Is the Key to Innovative Leadership (with Kerri Hoffman)
• How Nonprofit Leaders Can Delegate Successfully*
• Teams and the Magic Three
• 2024 In Review: A Heartfelt Reflection on Leadership and What Lies Ahead*

Governance

• Board Members and Personal Contributions***

• Compliance and Risk Checklist for Nonprofit Organizations***
• Centering Purpose in Times of Change: A Guide for Purpose-Driven Boards***
• Board Fundraising Policy: Key Elements and Practical Tips***
• Executive Transition and Succession Planning***
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• What are the Legal Duties of Nonprofit Board Members?***
• Understanding Nonprofit Board Legal and Compliance Issues***
• Safeguarding Your Organization***
• Is a Nonprofit Board Really Best-Suited to Evaluate its CEO?
• Quorum for Board Meeting***
• Why Board Term Limits Matter
• Considerations of Background Checks for Nonprofit Board Members***

Meeting Management

• Navigating Nonprofit Laws and Regulations***
• My 90-Minute Solution to Time Management*
• Your Monthly Board Meeting is a Waste of Time. Here’s Why.
• Your R+S to Increase Meeting Engagement & Efficacy ***
• When You Can’t Meet in Person
• How to declare meeting mutiny*

Finance

• 🎧Ep 241: Nonprofit Budgets Done Right: Goals Drive and Numbers Follow*

• I Asked For $10,000. He Donated $25,000*

• Your R+S On Nonprofit Finance***
• Where We Bank Matters
• A Community Bank Guide for Nonprofits

Employee/Volunteer Belonging

• A funeral for DEI (and federal funding)?*

• Do you Understand Why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is so Important?
• Avoiding the Glass Cliff: Advice to Boards on Preparing for and Supporting a New Leader of Color

• Why We Must Reframe The Narrative Around Gen Z!*

Miscellaneous Topics

• Consultant Directory***

• 10 smart questions to help you outshine other E.D. candidates*

• Confessions of a Workaholic Nonprofit Leader*
• Improving the Nonprofit Talent Search (with Omar Lopez)*
• What do challenging times make possible?*

• 🍿Blockbuster and chill? *

• The #1 reason most nonprofits fail*
• Build Your Volunteer Dream Team (with Matt Miszewski)*
• Three Real-Life Reasons To Reinvent Your Recruitment Process*
• Things Never Heard at a Baldrige Quest for Excellence Conference – Visit “Contact Us’ For Further Information.
• 10 Missed Opportunities*
• Joan’s 3 Biggest Takeaways of 2023*
• Is “Martyritis” Killing Your Organization? (with Kishshana Palmer)*
• Giving Tuesday Guide & Workbook***
• Is a 5-Star Development Director a Needle in a Haystack?*
• Don’t Be a Mission Creep!*
• The Surprising Impact of a Strong Organizational Values Statement (with Lindsay Hoffman)*
• Big Trends That Are Altering the Nonprofit Sector (with Eric Nee)*

• Mission Creep Can Turn Your Org Into a Circus
• Should I Stay or Should I go?
• Graceful Exit**

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