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Congratulations! You have been asked to join a nonprofit Board of Trustees. That is certainly an honor, but it comes with many caveats and responsibilities you should know before y...

Many nonprofit organizations contain term limits in their by-laws for members of their Boards of Trustees. Some of the Boards on which I have served have different provisions. One ...

© 2006, All Rights Reserved It's the ultimate in convenience, or so it seems at first. Buying commercial accounting software can seem like the perfect solution since it is used ...

Consolidation is nothing but the process of negotiating the rate of interest that will ultimately determine by how much the borrower's payments will be reduced and what his overall...

A pink flamingo fundraiser is fun way to raise money for your favorite cause. It's an easy fundraiser for any size group to put together because it requires very little effort to k...

A great warm-weather fundraising event is a golf fundraiser. Hosting your own golf tournament is actually fairly easy and if done right, you can raise a significant amount of money...

Hosting a mini golf tournament is a great fundraiser for school clubs, youth sports teams, church groups, and cheerleading squads. It's great fun and done right, a mini golf fundra...

A great way to raise money is with a Spring flower bulb fundraiser. This is usually done as an order-taker sale from a brochure showing colorful pictures and descriptions of availa...

Candy fundraising is incredibly popular with youth sports groups, school clubs, and church youth activities. What most groups need a little help with is how to maximize their profi...

Another unique way for nonprofit groups to raise funds is by selling items on eBay. The world's largest auction marketplace has some special guidelines for nonprofits to follow. ...

Auctions have long been a staple in the toolkit of nonprofit development professionals. The emergence of ubiquitous online access have made online auctions an excellent vehicle for...

Auctions have long been a staple in the toolkit of nonprofit develepment professionals. The emergence of ubiquitous online access have made online auctions an excellent vehicle for...

Copyright 2006 William Hamilton Benevolence, good will and philanthropy are honorable principles to adhere to and run by, but when bills start amassing, a nonprofit or charitabl...

Auctions are excellent tools for diversifying funding streams for nonprofit development professionals. The emergence of ubiquitous online access have made online auctions an excell...

Auctions have long been a staple in the toolkit of nonprofit development professionals. The emergence of ubiquitous online access have made online auctions an excellent vehicle for...

Auctions are excellent tools for diversifying funding streams for nonprofit development professionals. The emergence of ubiquitous online access have made online auctions an excell...

Auctions have long been a staple in the toolkit of nonprofit development professionals. The emergence of ubiquitous online access have made online auctions an excellent vehicle for...

Auctions are excellent tools for diversifying funding streams for nonprofit development professionals. The emergence of ubiquitous online access have made online auctions an excell...

Auctions have long been a staple in the toolkit of nonprofit development professionals. The emergence of ubiquitous online access have made online auctions an excellent vehicle for...

Auctions have long been a staple in the toolkit of nonprofit development professionals. The emergence of ubiquitous online access have made online auctions an excellent vehicle for...

Corporations draft business plans when a business is started or when a business is expanding. Drafting a business plan helps crystallize the objectives of the organization and its ...

There are some terrific podcasts available on the subject of nonprofit organizations. They cover topics including: * Starting a nonprofit organization * Fundraising * Lead...

E-ZINES - The alternative of choice for many organizations are a great way to market yours. All you need is an e-mail account and permission from your stakeholders to send the e-zi...

As a professional grant writer and consultant, I am often amazed at how few nonprofit organizations actually have a fund development plan beyond a vague idea of applying for a few...

If you?re a nonprofit?especially one with a small budget?you may be wondering if you can justify the expense of hiring a professional writer for your grant proposals and fundraisi...

As a small business consultant I work with start ups and companies that are expanding or restructuring, and looking to turn growing pains into business gains. I enter as an a...

Auctions are excellent tools for diversifying funding streams for nonprofit development professionals. The emergence of ubiquitous online access have made online auctions an ...

Auctions have long been a staple in the toolkit of nonprofit development professionals. The emergence of ubiquitous online access have made online auctions an excellent vehic...

Beyond accounting software, there is frequent need to computerize fund raising functions at nonprofit organizations. Developer of fund accounting software, nonprofit soft...

Do you need grant funding for your nonprofit organization? If you do you are most certainly not alone in your needs. This combined with the fact that because of regular governme...

According to the book Successful Marketing Strategies for Nonprofit Organization by Barry McLeish, nonprofit groups compete with each other in roughly four areas: quality of progra...

Most nonprofit organizations that I know run in a very efficient and business like manner, so I hesitate to criticize the hardworking folks in this sector. But there is a tendency ...

Many nonprofit organizations struggle, quite understandably, with technology planning and investment. New computers, sophisticated Websites and database systems can be expensive. S...

A nonprofit corporation has the public's best interest at heart. It may have an environmental, educational, religious, scientific, or literary focus (among others). In return for t...

Early this year, a quiet turn of the calendar marked Year 6 for $1.8 million worth of desktop and server computers at a cutting-edge product development company where I was CIO. Th...

Though the programs and missions are the most important priority for nonprofit organizations, fundraising comes in a close second. Every nonprofit manager knows this fact, and tho...

?I?m tired of getting up each day so that Sally Sue and Bobby Ray get another widget in their closet! I want to do something meaningful with my life before it?s too late. You know,...

I admit it; once in a while I watch those ?Funniest Video? television programs. What?s the attraction? Usually seeing someone get hit or hit themselves suddenly, when they least ex...

?I can?t ask for money.? How many times have I heard that? With those simple words, thousands of people each day take themselves out of a career that could easily be one of the...