Useful Resources to Support Your Organization
Impact Planning for Nonprofits
If you REALLY want to take a deep dive into nonprofit organizational change, here’s a link to my dissertation on the topic! However, I would recommend the short and sweet summary version you can get from my book!
All change should strive for inclusivity and equity among stakeholders.
The change framework within your organization will depend on your needs, but most start with building a sense of urgency as in this example.
Nonprofit Board Governance
BlueAvocado.org is a comprehensive resource for information within the nonprofit sector. Their article below provides a great grounding in the root of organizational culture.
The mental health and wellness of teams, particularly post-pandemic, is on the mind of many leaders. The article below is a wonderful read on how to guide positive mental health among your staff.
Nonprofit Culture
The last few years of turbulence have forced nonprofits to take a closer look at their planning process, in particular, designing an operations framework for long-term goals in a highly variable climate. Many nonprofits are opting for a more flexible, reactive, business plan and the following links may help you decide what’s best for your organization. I have also included a fantastic book by David La Piana et. al., which I personally have used to great results.
Nonprofit Organizational Change
Distributed by BoardSource, Leading with Intent: BoardSource Index of Nonprofit Board Practices is a comprehensive review of current best practices and trends in sector governance. The gold standard overview of board service has been distributed nationally since 1994.
Resources for understanding governance roles and responsibilities abound, here are two comprehensive overviews:
Nonprofit accounting is quite different from other sectors and can also be unique to each organization…and has been shown to be a major area of confusion for nonprofit board members. Below is a customizable PDF with a few guideposts for breaking through the confusion around this topic.
One of the few studies to focus on nonprofit board chairs specifically, Voices of Board Chairs is a foundational read for a better understanding of board chair learning.
Voices of Board Chairs: A National Study
The role of Board Chair for a nonprofit should be viewed as a unique volunteer opportunity needing specific onboarding. Feel free to use the below template and alter it to your unique needs.