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Why Nonprofits Must Stop Being So Grateful

September 30, 2014 By Nell Edgington 10 Comments

The other day I was talking to a nonprofit executive director who was delighted because he finally convinced a reluctant board member to become board chair. Over the past year, this board member had been delinquent in his meeting attendance and fundraising requirements. But since the executive director had no other viable candidates for the chairmanship, […]

5 Priceless Gifts A Board Member Can Give Her Nonprofit

May 28, 2013 By Nell Edgington 2 Comments

Board members sometimes stand in the way of a what their nonprofit needs most. I’ve talked before about the meaningless at best and destructive at worst distinction between “overhead” and “program” dollars. And board members often are as bad as donors at forcing nonprofits to ignore the very real costs of the work they do […]

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