Meeting location should encourage small group discussion. Jill Iman, JVA Director of Implementation Science Are you planning for your strategic planning? Let JVA’s training help you with the legwork! Location, location, location. What comes to mind for you? For many, hearing that phrase likely brings up thoughts of buying a house or [...]
Is this the right location for your strategic planning retreat? By Janine Vanderburg, CEO, Joining Vision and Action Are you planning for your strategic planning? Let JVA’s training help you with the legwork! Strategic planning: Where to hold your retreat When designing strategic planning retreats with clients, I’m often asked: Do you know where we can hold our [...]
by Janine Vanderburg, JVA Consulting Are you up to date on the latest fundraising facts? Is your board? As JVA’s Development Director Intensive is coming up this month, we always like to make sure that we have the latest data on overall fundraising, who is giving, what is effective and other best practices integrated into [...]
By Jill Bennett Iman, JVA Consulting A question many nonprofits likely ask themselves at some point, and one we hear often at JVA, revolves around their legal ability to engage in advocacy efforts. With complicated and burdensome rules, many choose not to engage in advocacy for the fear that it may be construed as lobbying. [...]
By Scot Kersgaard, JVA Consulting When leading marketing trainings at JVA, I always ask members of the class how many of them work for an organization that has someone whose sole responsibility is marketing, communications, public relations, media relations etc. Rarely does anyone raise a hand. At small or new nonprofits, these tasks inevitably fall [...]
By Amber Alarid, [Joining Vision and Action] Being an executive director of a nonprofit is hard work. It doesn’t matter if the nonprofit has hundreds of employees and a budget in the millions, or if it is a brand new organization relying on volunteers for everything. Sure, the stresses are different, but there are many [...]
Almost all of our clients want to change the world for the better. That, of course, is no accident. [Joining Vision and Action's] entire business model is built around supporting nonprofits, government agencies, school districts, libraries, universities and socially responsible businesses in their work. There have always been socially responsible businesses, business people out to [...]
A few years ago, JVA alum Wendy Longwood wrote this introductory piece for JVA's Executive Director Academy. The sector has grown a bit, but the benefits of leading an organization in the sector remain. 10 You always wondered what NPO stood for. You’re joining a sector with 1.6 million nonprofit organizations (NPOs), which comprises 5.5% [...]
By Scot Kersgaard, JVA Consulting Joy is everywhere. How you see the world is a choice. Longtime JVA friend Rebecca Saltman has spent the last year blogging about joy on a daily basis, and has declared 2014 to be the year of joy. She has turned her blog into a book for which she is [...]
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