A board consists of individuals who can actually make decisions, especially financial ones, and therefore, adults sit on boards and govern the organizations. However, there are instances where a board would opt to have an advisory team that properly represents the demographics of their targeted audience, children.
Just recently an example of this was seen [...]
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Directors & Officers Insurance
Directors & Officers Insurance (commonly referred to as D&O insurance), is often overlooked by nonprofits for the simple reason they are uncertain whether or not they really need D&O coverage. Read this article noting compelling reasons to protect your organization. This should reassure you that D&O insurance has significant value to even the smallest [...]
Creating Bylaws for your organization
Bylaws contain the fundamental principles regarding the nature of the organization and the institutional structure by which the board of directors operates. Bylaws establish the specific criteria for decision-making, and should meet the specific needs of each organization.
The following questions will help to guide you through the process of drafting a set of [...]
Where do you find volunteers?
Volunteers are every where; you just have to speak up and let people know what you need.
A client of mine runs a housing organization for low income families in Virginia. Well, she decided that in addition to helping people with their housing needs that she would also like to assist them with developing job [...]
Brainstorming power
I am a solopreneur, and I bat around new ideas all the time with myself. However, when I have the opportunity to do brainstorming sessions with others, that’s when I find I’m most creative.
Boards need the same time together. Brainstorming allows everyone to share and it increases the number of ideas you have to [...]
Schedule a planning session
Every good idea starts with a plan. I think that is how the saying goes.
Starting a new business shouldn’t be on a whim. You want to be successful; so, do your homework and plan. Gather some key advisers. Take a day of their time, and ask them to assist you in planning out the details [...]
From vision to reality
Nonprofit Connectors (NPC) is a consulting company that I designed to assist individuals who want to start a nonprofit, and connect new nonprofits with established ones. Our goal is to help individuals through the nonprofit startup phase, and then through NPC’s community area new nonprofits will be able to seek additional guidance from established nonprofits [...]
Building a board from scratch
Selecting your very first board is a crucial task, and should be approached with much consideration and thoughtfulness. If I’ve said it once, I’ve said this several times, the board’s first responsibility is to carry out the mission of the organization. Look at it this way, the success of the organization is in the hands [...]
