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How to Reset Your Board Diversity Efforts

Associations Now

One reason for that may be that organizations’ efforts to diversify their boards have been more reactive than intentional, and more interested in optics than truly diverse leadership. A recent report from the Women’s Nonprofit Leadership Initiative suggests a few possible paths. How to do that? Have you considered term limits?

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Let Your Member Data Show You the Way

Spark Consulting

This Old City blogger Jon Geeting’s photos of sneckdowns in Philadelphia in February are a perfect illustration of how, paradoxically, a blanket of snow uncovers the most natural paths for cars and pedestrians. It was also vital during the planning process as NICSA tinkered with its options. Where are your association’s sneckdowns?

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Why Strategic Training Matters for Capacity Building

Leading Learning

And, really, learning – just like capacity building – is an ongoing process rather than a one-time event. Matt has served on the board of the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, the Nonprofit Career Network of Philadelphia, and several nonprofits. Pay for staff training.

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3 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofits That Can Boost Professional Success

Beth Kanter

For 2017, we be launching an online site that includes the content and facilitator guides so that any nonprofit or trainer can provide leadership development for emerging nonprofit leaders. In the US, I gave workshops at nonprofit conferences in North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Missouri, California and at SXSW.

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Association Brain Food: 6.24.22

Reid All About it

Leadership training. WBT Systems suggests associations revamp their leadership training programs to serve two purposes: teaching the skills members need for volunteer leadership and for leading or collaborating on a remote team at work. Nonprofit Leadership Roundtable. Quick hits. Tessa Davis ). More info/register.

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5 Types of People Who Need Nonprofit Fundraising Training

Achieve

Then there’s back-office work, including gifts processing, prospect research, and record keeping—and the computer skills to support it all. What is tremendously important is that they receive ongoing communication about the fundraising programs in process. Nonprofit leadership. organizational leadership responsibilities.

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Coronavirus Updates for Association and Events Professionals – What You Need to Know

AssociationChat

Is So Behind on Coronavirus Testing (source: The Atlantic) – Bureaucracy, equipment shortages, an unwillingness to share, and failed leadership doomed the American response to COVID-19. Intensive care units are overloaded while elective surgeries have been canceled in the process to free up beds. The 4 Key Reasons the U.S.