Engagement and Advocacy
Keeping It Simple: How to Go Short with Your Nonprofit’s Annual Report
Guest Blog by Alizah Epstein, Chief Creative Officer, Epstein Creative Group When many of us in the nonprofit sector think of creating an annual report, the words long, boring and complicated come to mind. While they’re not legally required for...
Five Opportunities for Nonprofits in a Trump Administration
By Heather Iliff, President & CEO of Maryland Nonprofits One of the biggest strengths of nonprofit organizations is that we are non-partisan, and can create a space for community problem-solving that is not muddled by political conflict. Nonprofit...
Overtime Requirements for Nonprofits
Employers in the U.S. are subject to a dual system of federal and state laws and regulations that apply in the workplace. Federal and state regulations largely overlap and often ‘interconnect,’ but where they vary, compliance with the more stringent standards...
Need a Brand Overhaul? Don’t Just Skim the Surface, Plunge Deep
Guest Blog by Gayle Carney and Kate Purcell, Pulse Forward At Pulse Forward, we hardly ever help organizations with neatly packaged answers to the questions we’ve proposed. That’s why we’re equipped to meet you wherever you are on your “organizational...
How to Get Started with Social Media
Guest Blog from Cate Cannavino, Redstart Creative Social Media has quickly taken the place of various forms of traditional marketing, headlining digital marketing plans across diverse industries. Using social media effectively is an important component of...
BPW Adopts Governor’s Proposed Mid-Year Budget Cuts
In response to reduced revenue projections, last week the Hogan Administration proposed over $82.3 million in reductions to general fund appropriations in the current (FY17) budget. These reductions were approved today (Nov. 2) by the State Board of Public Works. Just...
The Five Essential Skills of Successful Consultants to Nonprofits
Guest Blog by Don Tebbe, Author, Speaker & Consultant Click here to learn more about my two-day course, Succeeding as a Consultant to Nonprofits: Setting Up Shop & Getting Down to Business, coming to Baltimore on December 6 & 7, 2016. It seems that, at...
The Board’s Mission (should they choose to accept it): Empower Their Nonprofit CEO
Guest post by David Kubacki, Standards for Excellence Licensed Consultant. This post was originally published on the Standards for Excellence Institute® blog. The following Nonprofit CEO blog post was written by Standards for Excellence Licensed...
The New Overtime Regulations – Is Your Nonprofit Ready?
By Melissa Sines, Education & Accreditation Director, Maryland Nonprofits & Standards for Excellence Institute By now, you’ve heard about the new overtime regulations going into place December 1 and you’ve probably had a chance to think about how this...