Nonprofit Training Practices: 6 Essential Skills for Leaders

Nonprofit Training Practices: 6 Essential Skills for Leaders

People get into nonprofit leadership for all sorts of reasons.  Maybe this is you: You always had a passion for [insert mission here]. It was like you were made for the work. Your first employer felt lucky to get you – especially at the price. You felt lucky to be...
Your nonprofit mission is our good news

Your nonprofit mission is our good news

What a year. What an election. And here we are. This post was written on Monday, before election day, because we believed – and still do two days later – that what matters most is not who is president or how our loved ones voted.

Aly Sterling Releases Part Self-Help, Part Memoir Debut Book

Aly Sterling Releases Part Self-Help, Part Memoir Debut Book

After founding her company 12 years ago at the beginning of a recession, while going through a divorce, and with three small children, Aly Sterling recognizes the importance of leading other entrepreneurs by example now.

Her breakout debut, 37, chronicles her journey through the not-so-normal obstacles women face when entering the entrepreneurial world.

Get your free nonprofit crisis-response toolkit

Get your free nonprofit crisis-response toolkit

If the world seems like a mixed up, confusing place right now, you’re not alone. We agree and created this toolkit to help you make sense of the challenges confronting your nonprofit. It’s steeped in the basics: communicate regularly with stakeholders, diversify your revenue stream, use technology better, engage your board members in…

Here’s how to adjust course now if your fundraising eggs are all in one basket

Here’s how to adjust course now if your fundraising eggs are all in one basket

These are rocky times for all nonprofits, and especially those that rely on one major event or a handful of corporate sponsorships to get by. All it takes is one cancellation or budget cut to spell the end of a mission. That’s why we believe that diverse revenue streams are the key to sustaining nonprofit missions in any environment. And here’s the good news…