Human Resources

• 3 Reasons Developmental Directors Leave Their Jobs

  March 17th, 2013:: Fundraising, Human Resources:: Hub Staff

  Sometimes life is like a revolving door. Just as fast as you come in, you’re back out the other way. Other times, life is like a door with locking capabilities. You can go in, stay awhile and come out whenever you’re ready. In your nonprofit’s developmental department, you want a locking door. It’d be nice [...]

• Every Nonprofit Has Made One of These 15 Mistakes

  March 17th, 2013:: Human Resources, Nonprofit Marketing Plan:: Hub Staff

  Running a nonprofit is like running a startup–you have limited resources and can only learn what to improve after making a lot of mistakes. The article linked below highlights a few of the most common (often recurring) mistakes nonprofit organizations make and have to learn through hard experience. Many of these mistakes are operational–and only [...]

• 6 Characteristics of a New (and Needed) Nonprofit Leader

  March 15th, 2013:: Fundraising, Human Resources:: Hub Staff

  Funds are lower than they used to be, and that’s a fact. There’s no such thing as too many organizations trying to do good in the world, but there can be too many organization fighting for the same money. What’s a nonprofit to do? It’s time for a change. At least in the style of [...]

• How to Get Donors Involved: Ask for Advice

  March 8th, 2013:: Fundraising, Human Resources, Volunteer Recruiting:: Hub Staff

  The old-school style of fundraising views donors in a transactional sense. You have to persuade donors to contribute to your cause, and then keep stewarding them so that they don’t forget who you are later, when you need more resources. But today, game-changing fundraisers know that getting donors involved in your cause is more important [...]

• Fundraisers Against Program Directors: Fight to the Death!

  March 1st, 2013:: Fundraising, Human Resources:: Marc Koenig

  Operational silos naturally form in any complex organization. It’s a good thing for people to specialize and acquire expert-level knowledge in their area. The unfortunate side effect of specialization is misunderstandings between the silos. And that’s a classic problem we see in nonprofits, with fundraisers struggling against program directors and vise versa. Carrying around a [...]

• Bringing Your “A” Game—15 Things Leaders Do Every Day

  February 21st, 2013:: Human Resources:: Hub Staff

  It takes approximately three weeks for a repeated action to become a habit. So, as a leader, it’s essential for your practices to become a routine that ensures constant, positive workflow in your company. One example is simply practicing what you preach. A leader knows they are being watched and becomes mindful of the example [...]

• 3 Tips for Nonprofit Professionals to Hack their Day Job

  February 20th, 2013:: Human Resources:: Hub Staff

  Nonprofit professionals wear so many hats and juggle so many responsibilities that they risk becoming overwhelmed. While passion can sustain an overburdened work life for a while, it’s only so long before you face career burnout and spiral into a cycle of resentment, apathy and aimlessness. (All three of these being bad things.) But it [...]

• 15 Tough Nonprofit Questions for Your Career

  February 17th, 2013:: Human Resources:: Hub Staff

  If you’re a nonprofit professional, or interested in becoming one, you’ll be faced with some tough questions. Maybe not right away, but eventually, you’ll have to figure out what motivates and drives your passion for philanthropy. You’ll need to deeply evaluate what you’re doing in your current position and why you’re doing it. The article [...]

• Executive Directors Beware–Don’t Risk Losing Your Fundraiser

  February 15th, 2013:: Board of Directors, Fundraising, Human Resources:: Hub Staff

  Being a fundraiser today means diving headlong into a huge variety of experiences: email marketing, in-person fundraising, blogging, community outreach, social media and even learning the basics of web designs. Development directors have to be self-directed managers of their time and energy, investing in the channels that give their organization the most results. That’s why [...]

• How to Love Your Nonprofit Career

  February 14th, 2013:: Featured, Human Resources:: Marc Koenig

  In the nonprofit world, we get a kick out of learning things. If it were feasible, many of us would devote a large section of our day to educating ourselves on subjects that could improve our organizations. We’d binge all day on blog articles about fundraising, finding donors and how to run effective board meetings. [...]