Your Board Archives - Joan Garry Consulting https://joangarry.com/category/fundraising/your-board/ Helping the Helpers Wed, 21 Dec 2022 18:13:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://joangarry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-favico-2-32x32.png Your Board Archives - Joan Garry Consulting https://joangarry.com/category/fundraising/your-board/ 32 32 yes Hosted by Joan Garry, the “Dear Abby” of the nonprofit world, Nonprofits Are Messy is a discussion of the most pressing issues faced by nonprofit leadership. Joan and her guests tackle topics like the overhead myth, the best way to run special events, how to make a big fundraising ask, board-staff relations, and so much more. At times hilarious, uplifting, and frustrating, the stories told in this podcast should feel very familiar to anybody working in a nonprofit today. <br /> <br /> Topics include fundraising, leadership development, building a great board, Executive Director / Board relations, communications and messaging, staff management, nonprofit career advice, crisis management, digital marketing, social media, and so much more.<br /> <br /> Listen to real stories of nonprofit leaders like you and how they handled the mess. Because the truth is, nonprofits ARE messy. There’s not enough money, too many cooks, and an abundance of passion. Leading nonprofits isn’t easy. This podcast will help. Joan Garry false Joan Garry crystal@nonprofitleadershiplab.com Joan Garry Consulting Joan Garry Consulting podcast Joan Garry: Nonprofit Leader and former Executive Director of GLAAD helps fellow CEOs, Boards and Board Chairs, Fundraisers, and Nonprofit Marketers Your Board Archives - Joan Garry Consulting https://joangarry.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Guest-Primary-Joan-Host-1-scaled.jpg https://joangarry.com/category/fundraising/your-board/ TV-PG A Foolproof Way to Get Board Members to Open Their Rolodex (Free Template) https://joangarry.com/board-member-contacts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=board-member-contacts Tue, 15 May 2018 21:09:35 +0000 https://joangarry.com/?p=587909 “Can you look through your contacts and identify folks you will talk to about our organization? We need names.” Why is this such a difficult question for board members? Here's a way to get your board to share contacts.

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Why Nonprofits Never Have Enough Money https://joangarry.com/budgeting-for-nonprofits/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=budgeting-for-nonprofits https://joangarry.com/budgeting-for-nonprofits/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2016 19:02:06 +0000 https://joangarry.com/?p=584243 Here's a budget process that will engage and inspire your board to raise even more money than you were planning to budget for in the first place.

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How to Convince Your Board to Fundraise (Free Template) https://joangarry.com/nonprofit-fundraising-plan-board/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nonprofit-fundraising-plan-board Tue, 21 Jan 2014 19:59:06 +0000 https://joangarry.com/?p=1932 Download my free nonprofit board fundraising plan and give it a shot with your board. Use it to discuss how they can reach their fundraising goals.

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Interpreting the Board Assessment Tool Results https://joangarry.com/interpreting-board-assessment-tool-results/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interpreting-board-assessment-tool-results Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:58:05 +0000 https://joangarry.com/?p=1054 Part 2: Interpreting my board assessment tool in the service of building a stronger, more effective board.

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What Makes A Great Board Fundraising Committee? https://joangarry.com/what-makes-a-great-board-fundraising-committee/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-makes-a-great-board-fundraising-committee https://joangarry.com/what-makes-a-great-board-fundraising-committee/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:35:14 +0000 https://joangarry.com/?p=830 So much confusion about the role of the Board Fundraising Committee. Allow me to offer some clarity with a 10 step plan to morph yours into a great and effective committee.

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