Finding a New Leader

Leadership transition is an inevitable and often difficult part of a nonprofit's life cycle. However, a valuable leader's departure doesn't have to spell disaster for your organization. 

Building Leaderful Organizations: Succession Planning for Nonprofits 

Succession Planning for Nonprofits of All Sizes 

The Role of the Board of Directors in Executive Transition
Plan A: How Successful Nonprofits Develop Their Future Leaders
Sample Emergency Succession Plan

Tips and tools for evaluating a program: from IdeaEncore

• Thinking about Evaluating Your Program? These Strategies Will Get You Started. 
• Evaluation Do's and Don'ts for Program Managers
• Reporting Cube Template
• Developing a Logic Model Practice Guide
• Integrated Monitoring: A Practical Manual for Organisations That Want to Achieve Results
• Impact Measurement Framework 
• The One Hour Program Evaluation ($5)

Latest from Idea Encore

• 5 Keys to Pulling out of the Economic Nosedive, 
• Money for Good: Special Report on Donor and Investor Preferences
• Major Gifts: Turn a $100 Donor into a $10,000 Angel
• Motivating Each Generation to Buy . . . Into Your Mission
• Saying “I Do” to Board Commitment
• Should Your Nonprofit Create a Director of Development Position?

Upcoming Nonprofit Webinars: 

• Google Apps for Nonprofits: Running Your Nonprofit In The Cloud - Tuesday August 7, 3:00 pm
• Form 990: Making It Work for Your Organization - Wednesday August 8, 1:00 pm
• Writing Amazing Appeal Letters That Are…Appealing! - Wednesday August 8, 3:00 pm
• Starting a Nonprofit Organization - Wednesday August 15, 1:00 pm
• Leveraging Social Media for Nonprofit Events - Wednesday August 15, 3:00 pm 

Finding the right people for your board

• Board Member Job Description 
• Board Position Descriptions
• Board Member Expectation Statement 

For an in-depth guide on board recruitment attend the free webinar, Strategies for Success: Board Member Recruitment & Retention, presented by Emily Davis tomorrow, August 1st at 1:00 pm Eastern time (10:00 am Pacific time).

Plus more from IdeaEncore:

• Three Steps to Understanding Your Nonprofit's Future Leadership Needs
• More Money Next Year, Part II, The Practical

Strategic planning resources from IdeaEncore

• Check out the Strategic Planning section of the Institute for Nonprofit Education and Research's IdeaEncore-powered Best Practices Library, for sample plans from a variety of nonprofit organizations. 
• If you're concerned that it's not a "good time" at your organization for strategic planning, read Synthesis Partnership's article Why Plan? for twelve reasons why planning is always crucial, even during tumultuous times. For more on strategic and other types of planning from Synthesis Partnership's Sam Frank, attend tomorrow's free webinar, The Case for Integrated Planning. 
• Burnt out from strategic planning? Get inspiration from consultant Morrie Warshawski's Favorite Planning Quotes.

Upcoming Nonprofit Webinars

Check out upcoming free Nonprofit Webinars, another service of Good Done Great (all times are Eastern).

Jump Start Your Direct Mail (and Annual Fund Program) . . . NOW!
Tuesday July 24th, 3:00 pm

The Case for Integrated Planning
Wednesday, July 25th, 1:00 pm

Best Practices to Advance Planned Giving
Wednesday, July 25th, 3:00 pm

Why Scoring Member Engagment Matters
Tuesday, July 31st, 3:00 pm

Strategies for Success: Board Member Recruitment & Retention
Wednesday, August 1, 1:00 pm

Resolving conflict and other topics, on IdeaEncore

Understanding Conflict in Nonprofit Organizations.  Board-Staff Roles and Responsibilities and Lines of Authority Grievance Procedures and Internal Dispute Resolution Nine Ways Managers Can Help Resolve Conflicts Between Teams Good Done Great's Nonprofit Webinar this Wednesday, July 19th at 1:00 pm Eastern time (10:00 am Pacific time) for Organizational Drama: A Leadership Perspective on Conflic 5 Ways to Achieve Breakthrough Results on Your Next Pledge Event Plan A: How Successful Nonprofits Develop Their Future Leaders  Christmas - Charity Wonderland

At the Center magazine Spring 2012 edition

• Centerboard: Hire a Leader and Get Out of the Way! By Tom Lothamer 
• The Love Chapter: 1 Corinthians 13 By Dianne Pomon 
• Help! My Client Is Single and Pregnant. What Do I Do Now? By Elaine Ham 
• Deneutralized: Every Center Has the Potential to Shine! By Dr. Christopher Gustafson 
• About-Face By Jeffrey D. Miller 
• Shepherding Your Center By Pat Stonestreet 
• Abortion Is Not Safer Than Childbirth: Get the Facts and Share the Truth By Thomas A. Glessner, J.D. and Audrey Stout, R.N. R.D.M.S. 
• Being Real By Mark Hiehle 
• You're Not Asking for Yourself By Ron Haas 
• Marketing 101: The Mobile Wave By Jerry Thacker

Latest from IdeaEncore

• Board Self-Assessment Questionnaire
• Board of Directors Manual - Wildcoast
• Recycling Electronic Products
• How to Engage Senior Leaders in Leadership Development
• Good Done Great (www.GoodDoneGreat.com)
• How Great Design Will Benefit Your Non-Profit Organization, from SHE Design 
• The top website design assumptions that will cost you ($5), from Numa Communications, LLC 
• 10 Tips to Improve Your Website Easily and Inexpensively, from Easy4Nonprofits 
• How to promote your website, from Ethical Studios 
• DIY Nonprofit Marketing Resources, from Claxon 

Misc. from IdeaEncore

• Boards from Hell ($7.50) 
• The Six Laws of Successful Big Innovations (Free) 
• Making the Most of Limited Marketing Resources: Proven Steps to Successfully Market your Nonprofit on a Shoestring ($5)

Nine Keys for Reinvigorating Board Leadership

Nine Keys for Reinvigorating Board Leadership Nonprofit | Board of Directors - Board development | Article / Position Paper | IdeaEncore Network: More than a million nonprofit boards can be found across the United States. Many do not reach their potential because of poor leadership. Often warning signs indicate that a board is not functioning properly. This article, as appeared in Association Management Magazine, includes keys ways to reinvigorate your board and get back on track.

Related: Board Development Plan -- The Board of Our Dreams

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Jack Palance, a Beach Metaphor, and the Secret of Nonprofit Success

Jack Palance, a Beach Metaphor and the Secret of Nonprofit Success - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active an engaged democracy.: "Over the course of my career, I’ve worked at six nonprofits. None of them were clear on what their one thing was. They were tossed on the waves like beach balls. What we need in the nonprofit world are more lighthouses."

Editor: What's your center's "one thing"?

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Articles from ECFA

Focus on Non-Profit Accountabillity, 2nd quarter 2012:

• Integrity Slipping? (page 1)
• Leading God's Way, by Joni Eareckson Tada (page 1)
• Navigating the Uncharted Waters of Founder Succession (page 3)
• Accountability Pays Big Dividends (page 5)

Spiritual Discernment in the Decision-Making Process

Centerboard: Spiritual Discernment in the Decision-Making Process: The job of the board of directors is to make decisions on behalf of the organization. Some decisions will be simple or routine; others — such as initiating new programs, cutting programs or staff, changing a name, and so forth — will have a lasting impact. How should a board make those decisions?

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What Donors Are Looking For In Your Nonprofit

Here-4-You Consulting » What Donors Are Looking For In Your Nonprofit: It has become so competitive, that organizations that have the strategic plan, that have measured outcomes, and that show the board is involved will have a much better chance of securing a donation. Donors today see themselves as investors and they are investing NOT in improving your organization but in improving people’s lives.

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Fundraising Appeals Speech – Nonprofit Board Members Can Be Ready Anywhere, Anytime

IdeaEncore: Do you need your board members to be ready to promote your organization and ask for money - anytime, anywhere? Do you need help making verbal appeals? Use this simple format (template) to educate yourself and your board members so they will ask for donations in a way that's appropriate and comfortable for them.

Measuring your center's impact

• Social Benefit Analysis & Social Return - An Introductory Reader
• Impact Measurement Framework 
• Outcomes Framework Browser 
• Measuring and/or Estimating Social Value Creation: Insights into Eight Integrated Cost Approaches

Steering Your Board Toward Good Governance and Ethical Practice

Principles Workbook: Steering Your Board Toward Good Governance and Ethical Practice Nonprofit | Board of Directors - Governance | Workbook | IdeaEncore Network: This workbook provides support for nonprofits, foundations, and corporate giving programs committed to examining and improving their governance practices, and includes progress worksheets accompanying each of the four sections assist nonprofits and foundations in making plans and recording their progress.

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Get a sneak peek of the Summit brochure

The brochure will be in the mail soon to all the PCCs in our database, but you can get a sneak peek here.

Will we see you at the Summit? 

Hope so!

Learn more online.

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Summit schedule posted

Download a PDF file of the 2012 Summit schedule