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Experience or energy: what do you need in your staff?

Experience or energy: what do you need in your staff? It sure caught my eye. A question that I hope was a mental exercise was posed recently on an online forum: Should staff and board be limited to 10-year terms? The question received a variety of responses – all of which, to me, highlighted an […]

Filed Under: Blog, Nonprofits Tagged With: innovation, nonprofit managment, nonprofit staff 4 Comments

Beyond salary – ideas for keeping employees happy

Why do some organizations manage to hang on to good people, while others cannot keep employees happy? A month ago, I wrote about a topic raised by colleagues at a small gathering, finding a good development director. My colleagues reported this problem as one of the most pressing for their clients. At the meeting, I […]

Filed Under: Blog, Caring for yourself Tagged With: employee retention, nonprofit staff, work life balance 1 Comment

Are you worried about new overtime rules?

Are you worried about new overtime rules? Be the change that you wish to see in the world. ~Mahatma Gandhi Let’s be the change in our nonprofit sector Last week, the Obama administration issued new labor rules about overtime. Salaried employees who earn less than $47,476 now must be paid overtime for hours in excess […]

Filed Under: Blog, Caring for yourself Tagged With: Fundraising, nonprofit staff, women in nonprofits 4 Comments

Triage and nonprofit fundraisers

Nonprofit fundraisers could use some applause I wrote last week about our smaller donors and how wonderful they are. The often unsung backbone of many organizations (or the smart ones, anyway), these folks don’t ask for much and offer what’s probably a lot to them. But without sounding too self-serving, I’d like to celebrate another […]

Filed Under: Fundraising, Thanks Tagged With: fundraiser, nonprofit staff, thank you 4 Comments

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