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Preparation Guide for an Effective Event

Let's hold a fundraising event! It sounds so simple, but it's not. Use this guide for planning your event, making it successful and staying sane.

Board Self-Assessment Tips

Here are some quick tips to set your board self-assessment process up to be successful.

Stand for Your Mission: Creating Positive Change Through Board Advocacy

Initiated by BoardSource — together with the Alliance for Justice, the Champion Foundation, the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, the...

Advocacy/Public Policy

Increasing Board Engagement with Susan Meier

Susan Meier, Senior Governance Consultant for BoardSource and the Principal at Meier & Associates, shares ways to increase board engagement.

Investigating Misconduct: Know When to Hire an External Investigator

The attorneys at Berstein Shur shared these guidelines for determining if you need to hire an external investigator to look into misconduct charges.

Conflict of Interest

Terry Knowles, Assistant Director of the NH Charitable Trusts Unit, explains NH's Conflict of Interest Law.

The Ultimate Social Media Guide for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot offers this article to try to help simplify some of the decisions nonprofits need to make around social media.

Marketing/Communications

Communication Tools with Mary Jo Brown

Mary Jo Brown, owner of Brown & Company, describes the various communication tools nonprofits should be using.

Marketing/Communications

The Governance / Support Model for Nonprofit Boards

Much of the confusion about board responsibilities is confusion between what the board does as a body and what individual board members should do...

Writing a Compelling Case for Support: Four Steps for Getting Started

This article covers everything four steps to get started in writing your case for support.

Is Your Board Ready to Advance Equity?

This BoardSource blog post summarizes the work of Rick Moyers who identified four signs that indicate a nonprofit board is ready for deeper equity...

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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.