by Tom Okarma | Jun 2, 2021 | Blog, Board Development, Board Meetings, Governance, Leadership, Strategic Planning
What should the role of your board of directors be, post Covid? As the Covid crisis begins to ebb, it’s likely time for your nonprofit board’s role to shift as well. Board of directors responsibilities should switch from survival mode, day-to-day focus,...
by Tom Okarma | May 4, 2021 | Blog, Leadership
Are you a nonprofit manager, or a leader? In this time of incredible uncertainty, we desperately need more leaders. Nonprofit management is hard. Nonprofit leadership is much more difficult….. The terms “leadership” and “management” too...
by Tom Okarma | Apr 19, 2021 | Blog, Leadership, Strategic Planning
Planning Post Covid: How Should You Move Forward? Between fundraising uncertainties, fear among staff getting sick, volunteers getting bored to tears, and staff feeling exhausted from the demands placed on them for the last 14 months, it’s hard to know how to plan for...
by Tom Okarma | Apr 2, 2020 | Blog, Leadership
Nonprofit leadership in the best of times is challenging… but leading in nonprofit crisis? This might seem almost impossible. We’ve survived a few weeks of what we thought would be the toughest… but it seems we’re not even close yet. So…...
by Tom Okarma | Feb 5, 2020 | Blog, Board Development, Board Meetings, Leadership
Managing nonprofit resources can be one of the most difficult and yet rewarding experiences for a leader. There are numerous demands on your time, and some days the problems and challenges can seem endless. Today I want to help make your life easier, by providing...