So you’ve got some great new board members that have just joined your organization, and they are excited about supporting your mission. That’s great! But before they jump right in attending meetings and signing up for committees, we recommend you spend a bit of time and energy orienting them to the way you do business, your expectations of them…
The mission statement of your nonprofit isn’t, or at least shouldn’t be, simply some flowery words meant to make readers feel good when they see it on your website. A well-thought-out mission statement should be a beacon to help guide organizational decision-making, set goals and inspire benefactors and members. If you do not have a mission statement, now is…
It’s the challenge of almost every nonprofit today – how to attract new young members to your organization, and how to get them involved and passionate about your mission for the long-term. Without new blood, your nonprofit cannot sustain itself. Quite frankly, most charitable, philanthropic organizations don’t do a great job of appealing to a younger audience. The boards…
If you are in charge of creating or editing a monthly or quarterly newsletter, you know there are some months when it can be challenging to come up with interesting topics and original content. Although you’re steadily plugging along doing good work, you don’t want to simply share the same types of updates and information in every newsletter or…
In the workplace, email has become our most important and most common form of communication. It’s convenient, inexpensive and allows us to send detailed information to large numbers of people in the same amount of time that it takes to send to one. It’s no wonder that email as a communication tool has been embraced by individuals and corporations…
Do you know whether your members really…
SMS stands for “short message service,” most…