If your nonprofit board forms a governance committee, it will serve as your board’s conscience and ensure your board lives up to its potential. |
The duties of nonprofit board officers generally break down into three roles: president or chair, vice president or vice chair, and treasurer. |
People become members of your nonprofit organization for many reasons, but the key reason is belief in your mission. |
To build your nonprofit organization's membership, you can apply many of the same strategies that businesses use to attract customers. |
Social media has become so common that your historic preservation organization may appear out of touch if you do not use it in your operations. |
Young people may have much to offer your historic preservation organization - and they could turn into dues-paying members down the road. |
Bylaws provide an operating framework for your new nonprofit organization. |
Even if your nonprofit organization is staffed entirely by volunteers, your group must create a budget to operate effectively. |
Social events and educational programs are two of the best ways to build membership in your historic preservation organization. |
Your nonprofit organization’s ideal communications strategy will balance web-based communications with strategically-planned printed materials. |
One way to attract and keep donors in your nonprofit organization is to operate with transparency. |
The key to managing an internal crisis in your nonprofit organization is to plan for it. |
Your nonprofit organization's best approach toward potential conflicts of interest is to establish a policy that will prevent these conflicts. |
If your nonprofit organization is considering investments and planned giving, you will need a committee that is dedicated to this task. |
Your nonprofit organization's history includes valuable information and insights - your institutional memory - that should not be lost to time. |
Your entire nonprofit board can be paralyzed by the bad behavior and negative attitude of even one board member. |
The passion that fuels advocacy work can also lead to friction and conflict among the staff, board members, and volunteers of a nonprofit organization. |
Learn about some of the challenges your group my face as it moves through stages of development. |
Conflict will be inevitable in your nonprofit organization, but avoiding a conflict will only waste time and drive people away from your organization. |
Awareness of IP and nonprofit copyright laws will help you protect your organization's reputation and brand. |
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