Board Member Wants a Task

When joining an organization as a brand-new board member, what’s the best way to ensure that you’re helping, and not just there to consume board snacks? Stacey and Andy have some ideas. Also this week, we tackle a tricky situation that touches on a request for confidentiality and a staff member’s loyalty to the organization! Fun stuff! Thanks for joining us this week, and be sure to send your questions to Questions@NonprofitEverything.com. We answer them all!

Are Strategic Plans Dead?

Are traditional strategic plans dead? (Before listening, do you think you can guess what Stacey is going to say?) Join us this week to find out. Also, Stacey and Andy talk about what fairness and parity mean in the context of employee pay. Thanks for sending in your questions, we read every single one and put as many as we can on the podcast. Questions@NonprofitEverything.com is the email address! By the way… Episode 200?!

Board Member Burnout

Nonprofits are “business on hard-mode,” and sometimes this can take a toll on board members and staff. Is there something we can do about burnout in this high-stress environment? Stacey and Andy have some thoughts! Also this week, we talk about good ways to preserve our organization’s stories, and discuss the tightrope-walk that is determining the first executive director’s salary. Thanks for joining us this week, and please send your questions to Questions@NonprofitEverything.com.

Chatty Cathy

Happy new year! This week, Stacey gives us around a dozen tips to make your fundraising event registration table better, Andy gets grumpy about the state of nonprofit compensation, and we find out how to get a distrustful finance committee back on your side.

Topics:
  • What’s the secret for a problem-free registration table? – 0:00
  • Am I maxed out on salary? – 7:29
  • My finance committee doesn’t trust me. Help! – 17:44