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Why Nonprofits Need to Stop Making a Backup Plan

May 21, 2019 By Nell Edgington 2 Comments

Recently I was leading the final board meeting of a strategic planning process for one of my clients, and something interesting happened. A board member, who was very much stuck in a scarcity mindset, threatened to derail the very exciting, bigger direction we had charted. The new strategic plan we were presenting to the board […]

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5 Traits of a Nonprofit Ready to Take Off

March 5, 2019 By Nell Edgington 2 Comments

In consulting with a nonprofit my role is to guide the organization to the next level. Perhaps they want to dramatically grow their impact or influence, or they want to develop a truly sustainable financial model, or they want to become a national player. Whatever their aim, my role is to help them figure out […]

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Breaking the Nonprofit Financial Glass Ceiling

November 14, 2018 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

I received some great responses about my last post, “Why Don’t We Make Big Bets on Nonprofits?” One of the recurring questions in those responses was “How do we change nonprofits and the nonprofit sector to be able to absorb bigger investments?” The fact is that a financial glass ceiling exists for nonprofits — a […]

Let’s Stop Undervaluing Our Nonprofit Leaders

September 12, 2018 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

There is a fairly ubiquitous notion about the nonprofit sector. We as a society often believe (either consciously or subconsciously) that nonprofit leaders and their work are less valuable. Nonprofit leaders have been told for so long that they must scrape by without the amount of funding, people, or attention that they truly require. But […]

The Right Questions to Ask A Potential Board Member

August 24, 2017 By Nell Edgington 2 Comments

Recently, fundraising maven Kay Sprinkel Grace wrote a post on the GuideStar blog outlining four questions to ask prospective board members when interviewing them for board positions. While I heartily agree with her that nonprofit leaders should institute and follow a rigorous due diligence process in recruiting new board members (rather than just shoving anyone […]

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Why Some Nonprofits Fail to Survive

December 2, 2019

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Stop Fundraising on Bended Knee

November 11, 2019

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How to Overcome the Social Change Overwhelm

October 28, 2019

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The Antidote to Nonprofit Scarcity is a Plan and a Leap

September 16, 2019

How Board Members Can Stop Nonprofit Leader Burnout

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