Posts Tagged ‘Barrie’

How do agencies determine the level of the Board members gifts? An article in this morning’s New York Times indicated that the largest cultural institutions in that city require that Trustees contribute from $250,000 to $10 million to sit on the Board. Read the article Read the article here. In Los Angeles the amounts aren’t [...]

Why do we need volunteers in a nonprofit? The whole nonprofit field was built on volunteerism. Almost every nonprofit began with a group of volunteers sitting around a table trying to find ways to solve a community problem. As our agencies have grown and become more complicated, we needed to hire staff, and we have [...]

My client was seeking to add five new Board members and had a list of twice that number. The discussion began with the personal qualities and financial resources of each candidate. I then asked, “What type of new resources does your Strategic Plan require?” When they relooked at their strategic initiatives that they will be [...]

How do you assure that your board is fulfilling its legal and operational responsibilities while at the same time keeping your board meetings interesting? Conducting interesting board meetings is a must if you are going to attract and maintain top-level leadership for your agency. I have written that Board meetings must include at least three [...]

When a client agreed several months ago that they wanted to build a power Board of twenty-five, it seemed like this would take years. It turned out to not be so difficult. In September, this agency “could hold their board meetings in a telephone booth”, and now there will be 17 members at our meeting [...]

WHY DO WE MAKE FUND RAISING SO PAINFUL? How do you enlist of group of people to help with their agency’s fundraising when their only experience in raising money has been uncomfortable or unpleasant? That was the task I faced in my first meeting with my new client, which provides scholarships for needy kids to [...]

I have been receiving a great deal of positive comments about my blogs, which I try to write 3-4 times a month. These are usually small pieces of a philosophy of my best practices for nonprofits and deal with subjects like board governance, fund raising, staff development, and strategic planning. I have a long-term outline [...]