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Executive Director Job Description Sample

Use this sample job description as a starting point for your own Executive Director Job Description.
Board
Article

Assessing your Board’s DEI Gaps & Opportunities

An honest and thorough self-assessment of your board is the first step in centering diversity, equity, and inclusion within the nonprofit boardroom...
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Template/Sample

Template - Volunteer Policies

Easily adapt this Volunteer Policies Handbook template for use in your organization.
Volunteer
Article

How Committees Can Help Prevent Volunteer Burnout

Rick Szilagyi and Lauriane Lebrun of Lexian Management Associates share their framework for volunteer committees that work well without burning out.
Volunteer
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Charter Sample - Executive Committee

Use this sample to develop your own charter for the executive committee.
Board
Template/Sample

Needs Assessment

This assessment tool is designed to help leaders and stakeholders reflect both on the work that is successfully being done in an organization and on...
Volunteer
Article

5 Management Practices that Kill Creativity

The Leddy Group shared this article about what NOT to do if you want to foster creativity in your workplace.
Management & Operations
Website

Nonprofit Board Resource Center

Bridgespan's collection of board resources covers finding a board opportunity, building a board, and being an effective board member.
Board
Tool

Seven Deadly Sins of Recruiting Volunteers

This article explores the things we are often guilty of when recruiting volunteers.
Volunteer
Tool

Making Organizational Learning Stick

All nonprofits can benefit from internal knowledge capture, surfacing and sharing good ideas and practices. Some organizations engage in external...
Management & Operations
Tool

A White Paper: Comprehensive Fiscal Sponsorship for Nonprofits

This white paper from TSNE examines the contours and constructs of Comprehensive Fiscal Sponsorship (CFS), a sub-practice of the broader field of...
Finance
Tool

How Nonprofit Branding Strengthens Impact

Matt Schwartz of MSDS, a nonprofit- and education-focused design and branding firm, explains the key components and importance of nonprofit brands in...
Marketing/Communications