by Tom Okarma | Oct 3, 2018 | Blog, Board Development, Board Meetings
Who likes nonprofit board meetings? Please raise your hands… Board members often have a full-time job. They put in a long day, then skip dinner with the family so they can have cold pizza and room temperature soda, gathered around a conference table. You and...
by Tom Okarma | Sep 12, 2018 | Board Development, Leadership
Whether you are a board chair or an executive director, leading a nonprofit is a special calling. It’s exciting, unnerving, challenging, and fulfilling. It’s a role most of us wouldn’t give up for anything… We’ve all been there. You find yourself sitting at the...
by Tom Okarma | Aug 21, 2018 | Blog, Board Development, Leadership
Why Isn’t My Board Better? Keeping up with the Jones’ is about as American as Apple Pie and baseball. I sense it is alive and well in the nonprofit world, too. Specifically, I hear nonprofit leaders often whispering, “Why isn’t my board better?” “Why can’t we...
by Tom Okarma | Jul 26, 2018 | Blog, Board Development, Leadership, Nonprofit Data
As a nonprofit leader, your attention is drawn in many different directions in the course of a week, sometimes, all at once. You are responsible to look into the future to ensure the agency is headed in the right direction. You also need to look internally to...
by Tom Okarma | Jun 7, 2018 | Blog, Board Development, Leadership
The Hardest Question Every Executive Director Must Answer At some level, every executive director’s job is similar to other directors in the community. Each leads the organization, raises funds, recruits, ensures clients are being served well, all while serving as the...
by Tom Okarma | May 31, 2018 | Blog, Board Development, Leadership, Productivity
Guard Your Calendar Wisely Your role as an executive director is much more than a 9-5 job. You may have breakfast meetings, dinner meetings and late evening meetings. Sometimes, your Saturdays turn into full work days, too. During the day you are meeting with donors,...
