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Do Your Nonprofit Events Need to Be Fun?
Nonprofit Growth, Development, Board Engagement Sherry Quam Taylor Nonprofit Growth, Development, Board Engagement Sherry Quam Taylor

Do Your Nonprofit Events Need to Be Fun?

I've started 2024 with an incredible list of clients I’m already inspired by! We are in the thick of things as they prepare to shift out of transactional fundraising and into attracting investment-level donors.

On multiple occasions these last few weeks, I’ve heard something like this:

“My board member wants to throw a fundraising event but they want it to be FUN for their networks they’re inviting.”

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Spending Money on Overhead Helps You Raise More Money for Nonprofit Programs
Nonprofit Growth, Development Sherry Quam Taylor Nonprofit Growth, Development Sherry Quam Taylor

Spending Money on Overhead Helps You Raise More Money for Nonprofit Programs

There’s a lot of excitement when your organization receives a large general operating gift . . . initially.

The hope and anticipation of how that gift will change the trajectory of growth—and all the possibilities of where that money COULD go.

You want to do what’s right and make the biggest impact . . . perhaps you’ve been told that means it should go directly to programs.

Well, not so fast.

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Nonprofit CEOs: Have you ever had a board member ask to be compensated?
Nonprofit Growth, Development, Board Engagement Sherry Quam Taylor Nonprofit Growth, Development, Board Engagement Sherry Quam Taylor

Nonprofit CEOs: Have you ever had a board member ask to be compensated?

Nonprofit CEOs: Have you ever had a board member ask to be compensated?

This is a question one of my clients was asked recently. So, in my podcast I answered this question by going straight to the expert to provide some clarity: Mary Hiland, Founder and President of Hiland Consulting.

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Nonprofit Leaders: What to do when your nonprofit has the same problems, same budget, and same results each year . . .
Nonprofit Growth, Development Sherry Quam Taylor Nonprofit Growth, Development Sherry Quam Taylor

Nonprofit Leaders: What to do when your nonprofit has the same problems, same budget, and same results each year . . .

Have I told you that I love Form 990s? So many nuggets of important information in there!

Anytime I hop on the phone with a new nonprofit I quickly look up their Form 990. I scroll back to the Support Schedule in Part II. There you’ll find what the organization has raised over the last five years.

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Nonprofit CEOs: Should you always have to ask your board before making an investment?
Nonprofit Growth, Development, Board Engagement Sherry Quam Taylor Nonprofit Growth, Development, Board Engagement Sherry Quam Taylor

Nonprofit CEOs: Should you always have to ask your board before making an investment?

Nonprofit CEOs: Should you always have to ask your board before making an investment?

That’s a common (and often debated) question within nonprofit organizations.

Who better to get a thoughtful answer from than @Mary Hiland, Founder and President of Hiland Consulting. Mary is MORE than qualified to weigh in, having worked in the nonprofit sector for more than 40 years.

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Is it the responsibility of the nonprofit board to fundraise?
Nonprofit Growth, Development, Board Engagement Sherry Quam Taylor Nonprofit Growth, Development, Board Engagement Sherry Quam Taylor

Is it the responsibility of the nonprofit board to fundraise?

Is it the responsibility of a nonprofit board to fundraise?

Some might say “absolutely,” others say “it depends,” and still others aver “no way.”

This is one of the topics I discussed recently with Mary Hiland, Founder and President of Hiland Consulting on my podcast. Mary has deep expertise in this area, having worked in the nonprofit sector for over 40 years.

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