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Funding Your Mission: 4 Nonprofit Financial Management Tips

NXUnite

While there are several types of nonprofit budgets you might create (such as budgets for specific programs or long-term fundraising campaigns), your annual operating budget serves as the master financial plan for your entire organization, making it a critical component of your strategy. Staff compensation policy.

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How to Handle Staff Who Fall for Phishing Emails—Putting Your Association at Risk

Delcor

The testing strategy employed by these services works for most employees: the simulated phishing tests assess whether they can spot a dangerous email. Is cybersecurity on the leadership agenda? Cybersecurity must be taken seriously by leadership. Help your HR department develop cybersecurity policies for the employee handbook.

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Onboarding the Board—Your Opportunity to Promote Peak Performance

.orgSource

They are wise stewards of our resources and visionaries who identify strategies for future growth. These are a few of the documents that can be included in online welcome handbooks: Bylaws. Assigning a mentor is one of the most effective strategies to ensure that new directors get up to speed quickly. a thorn in the side?

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When the Staff Leader Is the Only Staffer

Associations Now

And in a new handbook, “ What the Executive Director of a Very Small Organization Needs to Know ,” [PDF] he offers some practical advice for how to successfully handle the gig. Running an association as the sole staffer is the double black diamond trail of soft-skills leadership. Which isn’t easy.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.13.17

Reid All About it

The council manages leadership recruitment, candidate evaluation, and nominations. Discuss program components such as interviews, orientations, volunteer handbooks, and more, as well as the importance of managing risk for your program and your organization. 3 Strategies to Future-Proof Your Association. More info/register.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.13.17

Reid All About it

The council manages leadership recruitment, candidate evaluation, and nominations. Discuss program components such as interviews, orientations, volunteer handbooks, and more, as well as the importance of managing risk for your program and your organization. 3 Strategies to Future-Proof Your Association. More info/register.

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Six Stages of Board Evolution

Leading Associations

One way to describe this would be that at Stage 1 Founding, the board puts nearly all of its focus toward discussing and executing operational detail and very little (if any) focus on strategy. As the board progresses through to Stage 3 Double-Hatter, the operational focus continually decreases but still outweighs strategy. Learn More!