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From marketing and communications duties to human resources and accounting tasks, a typical nonprofit employee constantly applies various tools and skill sets and covers a variety of roles--sometimes, daily! It’s essential that nonprofit boards and managers engage with their employees and help shape their career path by offering opportunities for professional development. It not only benefits the employee, but the organization.   In Why Employee Development Is Important, Neglected And Can Cost You Talent, Victor Lipman and Forbes both examine common reasons given for neglecting professional development.   1. "Here and Now" Mentality When working in the sector, we often look at what [...]

We often think of people in leadership roles as the epitome of success. They often exude confidence and poise and many have larger than life personalities. However, people who have risen to executive positions in a nonprofit organization are no less human than teachers, athletes, engineers or registered nurses. While society is beginning to come to terms with its position on mental health and starting to challenge deep-seated associations like “weakness,” when it comes to the executive suite, discussing emotional well-being and mental health openly is still a difficult subject. Though the country’s top nonprofit leaders enjoy the rewards of career [...]

Community relations is important for any nonprofit, but it takes a significant investment of time and effort. Still, many times nonprofits fall short of their ultimate goals, which ultimately help drive brand awareness and increased fundraising dollars.   Everyone Else’s Expectations Nonprofit success has many different ingredients, but the one that's the basis for all of it is a clear focus.   As an organization begins to grow and develop its community relations, it starts to receive demands from within and outside of the charity to go down different paths. The larger an organization grows, the more pressing the requirements become.   However, [...]