by Tom Okarma | May 17, 2018 | Featured, Leadership, Nonprofit Data, Productivity
Embracing The Change There is a lot of change coming to the nonprofit world. Boards, leaders, staff, and volunteers need to face and process emerging nonprofit trends, all while still serving their clients. The good news: all of these changes have the capacity to...
by Tom Okarma | Apr 20, 2016 | Blog, Board Development, Featured, Fundraising, Marketing
Nonprofit marketing can be challenging at best. If you’re like most agencies, you’re constantly on the look out for new ways to share your mission, more effective ways to build awareness, and new cost-effective avenues to get more people to help your cause....
by Tom Okarma | Jan 27, 2016 | Blog, Board Development, Featured, Leadership
How can you make the first board meeting of the year effective, engaging, and use it to set the stage for a great year? In a recent article we discussed expectations for your new board. If you missed that post, you can check it out here. It will set the stage for...
by Tom Okarma | Dec 8, 2015 | Blog, Board Development, Featured, Leadership
What do you do when a good board member goes bad? One of the most important roles you have, as part of a board of directors, or as the executive director of a nonprofit, is to help identify and “vet” new board candidates. You use comprehensive checklists, you...
by Tom Okarma | Aug 19, 2015 | Blog, Featured, Leadership
Most of us (nonprofit leaders) have either taken courses or read a lot about the basic meat and potatoes leadership skills we need to effectively do our job. I’m talking about strategic planning and goal setting, budgeting, communication, the solicitation of major...
by Tom Okarma | May 27, 2015 | Blog, Board Development, Featured
Have you ever been asked this question? Let’s say you know someone who is highly respected, has been engaged with your mission for some time, and has shown good judgment in the past. You may even be friends. You have a board seat opening up soon so you figure he/she...
