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Drafting the Ideal Team: Risk Lessons from the NFL
Guest Blog by Arley Turner, Project Manager, Nonprofit Risk Management Center- Associate Members of Maryland Nonprofits Read the original blog post here. Next week is my favorite event of the pro football offseason, the NFL Draft. During the draft, the General Manager...
The Fourth Deadly Sin of Nonprofit Strategy: Too Rushed
Guest Blog by Rob Sheehan, Principal of Sheehan Nonprofit Consulting and Associate Member of Maryland Nonprofits Read the original blog here. I appreciate getting the calls, but I don’t feel like I can be helpful by the time they call. “We have our strategic planning...
CPA or CFO: What is the right solution for your organization?
Guest Blog by Erica McGeachy Crenshaw, CEO of Execute Now! and Associate Member At the beginning of this year, I highlighted some of the lessons learned and common themes related to how nonprofits fared throughout 2013. These observations were the result of a...
The Third Deadly Sin of Nonprofit Strategy, Guest Blog by Rob Sheehan
Guest Blog by Rob Sheehan, Principal, Sheehan Nonprofit Consulting, Associate Member of Maryland Nonprofits Read the original blog here Like so many sins, this one starts out innocently enough. An organization has financial challenges and decides it needs a big new...
Cost per outcome: The new crystal ball for nonprofit success, Guest Blog by Erica McGeachy Crenshaw
Guest Blog by Erica McGeachy Crenshaw, CEO, Execute Now!, Associate Member of Maryland Nonprofits Read the original blog here Nonprofits are constantly looking for new ways to demonstrate impact to funders, particularly to foundations that have less to invest and...
A Facelift or a Rebuild? 3 Questions to Ask Before Changing Your Nonprofit Logo, Guest Blog by Christine Batta
Cancer Research UK used a new design to add the theme of “our progress is your progress” to their existing “together we can beat cancer” message. Guest Blog by Christine Batta, Graphic Designer, SW Creatives Read the original blog here A thoughtful logo redesign has...
The Second Deadly Sin of Nonprofit Strategy, Guest Blog by Rob Sheehan
Guest Blog by Rob Sheehan, Principal, Sheehan Nonprofit Consulting, Associate Member of Maryland Nonprofits The Second Deadly Sin of Nonprofit Strategy is what I call “Insular Mountaintop Planning.” It can be good for a strategy planning group to go to the “mountains”...
Building Boundaries, Guest Blog by Justin Pollock, OrgForward
Guest Blog by Justin Pollock, Principal and Founder, Orgforward Read the original blog here Do you want to push boundaries and expand your connections? Consider signing up for Maryland Nonprofits’ Leader Connections, gain peer support, connections and...
The First Deadly Sin of Nonprofit Strategy, Guest Blog by Rob Sheehan
Guest Blog by Rob Sheehan, Principal, Sheehan Nonprofit Consulting and Associate Member of Maryland Nonprofits This is the first blog in a series that will review Robert Sheehan’s, author of Mission Impact, Seven Deadly Sins of Nonprofit Strategy....
How to Build (or Rebuild) a Nonprofit Identity by Christine Batta of SW Creatives
Your brand is made up of much more than just a logo, as shown by the website, brochure, and other print collateral that we created for the Lawyers’ Committee’s 50th Anniversary Toward Justice Campaign below. By Christine Batta, Designer, SW Creatives,...