A guide to effectively manage volunteers, from recruiting to appreciation. Keep volunteers engaged and your organization thriving.| Blue Avocado
There is an abundance of advice for nonprofit boards and EDs that speaks to the advantages of "partnership" and "open communications." But sometimes that advice just doesn't feel like enough.| Blue Avocado
Good communication about common objectives can prevent dissatisfaction and go a long way toward preventing board member resignations.| Blue Avocado
Effective donor engagement strategies: Consider and articulate how supporting the mission benefits your donors too.| Blue Avocado
Measuring the dual bottom lines of sustainability and impact can help you determine if the time has come for your nonprofit to conclude your mission — or pivot to a new one.| Blue Avocado
Many nonprofits overlook the opportunity to partner with existing organizations in favor of creating their own programs and solutions.| Blue Avocado
Conventional approaches to classic conflicts of interest. Model policies that address these concerns. Non-financial conflicts of interest common to many nonprofits. Steps an organization can take to handle conflicts of interest and more detailed sample policies.| Blue Avocado
Starting a nonprofit and want tips from industry leaders? This is a collection of the best tips and advice for both large and small nonprofit organizations.| Blue Avocado
Getting feedback from those that you serve — and not assuming you know what they need — can help your nonprofit serve your community.| Blue Avocado
Strategic philanthropists, big bettors, and effective altruists all lionize the ability to measure problem-solving strategies. But what exactly do they think they are observing when they diagnose a problem? What gives them the confidence to pursue the root cause they think they see? Why privilege one strategy when there are many others at hand?| Blue Avocado
Adopting collective leadership can help your nonprofit create a more inclusive, efficient, and flexible organizational structure.| Blue Avocado
In today's changing world, adding organizational values into the Matrix Map is crucial for nonprofits to demonstrate the impact of funding.| Blue Avocado
Leadership means something different to everyone, and nonprofits are no exception. But do these different definitions of leadership reflect the reality of the world we live in?| Blue Avocado
Insider newsletters give your board members upbeat news in quick, regular bites — so your work will stay present to them between meetings.| Blue Avocado
With proper planning, attention, and openness to change, an interim ED can overcome challenges that can derail a nonprofit’s best-laid plans.| Blue Avocado
With some creative thinking, a nonprofit’s board member was able to forge a nonprofit partnership that advanced two causes that she cared deeply about.| Blue Avocado
A nonprofit strategic planning process that includes human factors that improves the chances of successfully implementing the plan.| Blue Avocado