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In this video, we'll be sharing tips and strategies for creating a strong and effective team that can help your organization raise more funds and achieve its mission. As you know, fundraising is a critical aspect of any nonprofit's success, and having a dedicated committee to lead those efforts can make a significant difference. We'll cover everything from identifying potential committee members t...

Most nonprofits distribute some type of survey. Whether it is to evaluate their programs or gauge their staff satisfaction, nonprofits usually prioritize data collection of some sort. What nonprofits are not good at is using that data, or reporting it back out. So today I want to bring home how important it is to actually use your data and show you how to communicate findings with stakeholders. Ge...

Learn how to nurture relationships and innovation in your nonprofit by taking feedback like a leader using the LEARN Method. Stop avoiding conflict and lean into criticism with the LEARN Method Get your free print out at http://www.forpurposelive.com/learn

It is so important you are setting up automations for your nonprofit organization. Automations are system-triggered actions that happen automatically taking away a manual process or a need for more staff. So today we are talking about how you can make automations work for you. Get your free webclass at http://www.forpurposelive.com/secrets Zapier: https://zapier.com/ Handwrytten: https://www.handw...

Learn how to build strategic one-pagers for your nonprofit that will help you secure funding and grants. Our free template provides founders, executive directors, and other for-purpose professionals with the tools they need to develop successful fundraising conversation starters. Get your free template at http://www.forpurposelive.com/page

Discover how to keep the faith while you are following your calling and running your nonprofit. Learn how to change your perspective and live for purpose and feel rewarded while following God. Get your free web class at http://www.forpurposelive.com/secrets

Discover how to find your purpose and calling in life. Learn how to use God, nonprofits, and more to uncover your true calling and make a difference in the world. Get your free web class at http://www.forpurposelive.com/secrets

Does your nonprofit need help developing a logic model? Learn why logic models are essential for nonprofits, and how they can help with determining metrics that matter, program evaluation, fundraising, grant writing, and creating a theory of change. Discover the three key reasons why every nonprofit should create a logic models for all their programs. Get your logic model template at www.forpurpos...

Discover how women can navigate leadership roles in the nonprofit sector. Learn 3 key strategies to help women become successful nonprofit employees and leaders. Get insights on the unique challenges women face when taking on a nonprofit leadership position. Get your free webclass at http://www.forpurposelive.com/secrets

I think we can all agree that metrics matter and that we must be measuring the effectiveness of our programs if we want to demonstrate impact… if you know me at all I believe it is our duty as people running nonprofits to demonstrate our impact. You don’t get the luxury of taking the public’s money to offer a public good without proving that you actually do what you say you do. If you have a missi...

Wooohooo its a new year… how many of you still have your head down, still motoring through from last year? You haven’t stopped to take a moment and reflect or set yourself up for the year to come. Well, thats fine I think a lot of nonprofits do this because there is so much to do and the show must go on right? But you owe it to your staff, board, volunteers and yourself to pause briefly to be thou...

We’re at the end of the year and as much as I’m always talking about strategic planning and getting your IMPACT roadmap done, it's all for nothing if you don’t report back on what you actually accomplished and that is where your impact report comes in. Every nonprofit should have an impact roadmap (that's my version of a simplified strategic plan) and an impact report every year. Every nonprofit s...

So I’m a pretty direct person and the only reason being direct is perceived as being bad is because of the potential for the receiver to be offended…right? I tell clients that I’m going to shoot it to them straight and that my intention is to help and encourage them to not take anything personally. Most people get that, but why do I feel like I need to do this spiel? Because honestly most of us DO...

So I’ve been in the nonprofit world for my entire career and although I am an expert in the space there are a lot of things about the industry that I don’t like and am in fact on a mission to change. The good news is that there is nothing inherently wrong with nonprofits, they’re a great way to structure a business offering a public service. They require a board for checks and balances and give co...

One of the biggest questions I ask clients during our IMPACT ROADMAP strategy sessions is, what sets you apart? You could have the best mission, and programs but if you aren’t super clear on what sets you apart from another organization, then you haven’t answered the question of why a funder should support you. Your “what sets you apart” statement is your competitive edge and it also gives you a c...

Have you done your 2023 strategic planning yet? I know a lot of nonprofit leaders are overwhelmed by the strategic planning process and for good reason. As nonprofit leaders we want to make sure we are spending our time on high ROI activities and the old way of strategic planning just seems, well kind of pointless. I know you think you spend your time on things that matter, but you HAVE to be able...

What breaks my heart is that there are people who stepped out in faith to follow a calling to serve this world and now they are overwhelmed, burnt out, questioning the sustainability of their organization, wondering if they’ve done more harm than good, and just completely confused to why they’d be given a calling to step out in faith if they weren’t going to be supported in that decision. This bre...

There are so many online courses out there now and if you made it through the the COVID era without developing an online course, then you may find yourself irrelevant pretty soon. Maybe not, but we all know people’s attention spans are less and we have to find fun and creative ways to get our message through. People are getting used to online learning and because of this, other ways we used to get...

There are so many online courses out there now and if you made it through the the COVID era without developing an online course, then you may find yourself irrelevant pretty soon. Maybe not, but we all know people’s attention spans are less and we have to find fun and creative ways to get our message through. People are getting used to online learning and because of this, other ways we used to get...

Lots of nonprofits develop their own programming, because they have an idea to serve a population in a unique way and they have to come up with what that will look like. Unfortunately there isn’t a whole lot of sharing that goes on because even though we are all looking to serve people, there is still ownership issues, intellectual property issues and even ego when it comes to the nonprofit world....

If you do any type of strategic planning or program development or even you run a program, you should have KPIs. They’re so important because we all need goals - but we don't need goals just to have goals, we need goals that help us determine whether or not we are working toward accomplishing our mission. In this episode, I’m going to walk you through a free worksheet to develop meaningful KPIs so...

I know a lot of grants ask for a theory of change and people get really overwhelmed by this…like a deer in headlights - i’ve seen it, but you don’t need to be overwhelmed. What’s super cool is you already know all this information, you just need to get it down, and once you do you’ll feel so much lighter and have more clarity. In this episode, I walk you through a quick exercise to map out your th...

As organizations grow, and start hiring team members they usually assign a whole bunch of nonrelated tasks to different people. The same person who answers customer emails may manage social media. Or the person who handles accounting writes blog posts and manages events. It happens because you don’t have enough budget to hire a dedicated staff and once you find great people you want to involve the...

Whether we like it or not, we’re going to run into problems and, as a leader of a nonprofit, we can’t ignore these problems. You may have a couple things you can think of right now where mistakes were made, or an event happened and you haven’t quite known how to address it. Today we’re going to discuss root cause analysis as a formal process you can take anytime something goes considerably wrong....

If you haven’t read Atomic Habits by James Clear it’s a must read - simply because we all have habits and we should understand how habits work. This book not only covers the psychology of habits and why most people have things they want to do but don't do them, but also gives you super practical action items to build positive habits and break negative ones. Nonprofits just like individuals have ha...