Standards for Excellence
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...
NANOE: New Guidelines for Tomorrow’s Nonprofit – A Review
Nonprofit leaders who haven’t found the time to make their way through the 111-page nonprofit manifesto released by the National Association of Nonprofit Organizations & Executives (NANOE) will be forgiven. No worries, I am here for you. I present to you a...
Revenues Miss the Mark, Adding to Future Budget Concerns
By Henry Bogdan, Public Policy Director, Maryland Nonprofits State general fund revenues in Fiscal Year 2016 fell $250 million below March estimates, according to the end of year ‘close-out’ by the Bureau of Revenue Estimates. The difference is primarily in...
Talent Mapping to Increase Staff Satisfaction and Reduce Turnover
Heather Carpenter, Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator, M.A. in Nonprofit Management, Notre Dame of Maryland University, and Nonprofit Consultant, Momentum for Impact When was the last time you revised your job descriptions? For many organizations,...
Are Your Fundraising Expectations Unrealistic?
Guest Blog by Elise Saltzberg, CFRE, Saltzberg Consulting Nonprofits need money to fulfill their missions, and for most this requires fundraising. Everyone in our sector knows raising money is challenging. In an effort to help nonprofits be as successful as...
Collaborations are fun! Collaborations are horrible! Collaborations can definitely be better.
By Joy Spencer, Consultant, Joy Spencer Consulting Twitter: @joyful9802 During more than 13 years working across a broad range of social justice and community mobilization issues, I’ve had my fair share of triumph and pain through collaboration. Whatever your...
Grant Writing Success Starts with Doing Your Homework!
By Michelle Nusum -Smith, Owner & Principal Consultant, The Word Woman LLC & Maryland Nonprofits’ Associate Member In teaching grant writing, I always start with the quote below. I think is summarizes perfectly what any prospective grantee needs...