Charity Navigator: 2010 CEO Compensation StudyThis report offers insight into how a charity's mission, size and location impact its CEO's salary. It also highlights questionaable salaries, such as those that approach and exceed a million dollars, and suspect compensation policies, such as charities that have multiple highly-paid family members on staff.
Succession Planning: The Elephant in the RoomOne of the most uneasy discussions we have watched both boards and executive directors avoid is the issue of succession planning. Boards avoid the discussion because they don't want EDs to be offended by the conversation - offended to think the board is raising the issue because they are considering getting rid of the ED, when all they are trying to do is protect the organization from the inevitable, whenever the inevitable occurs. How to Engage 20-Somethigns in Your CauseFinding new volunteers and donors is one of the biggest challenges facing nonprofit organizations. For the past few years, more and more nonprofits have used social media to get people to embrace their causes, but getting the "social-media generation" behind your cause and then inspiring them to contribute in time and resources is another matter.
Searching for a Key Employee: The 7 No-No's of HiringThe search for a key employee is the single most critical decision your organization can make. And if you are like most NonProfit organizations, your board and/or Executive Director will probably decide to take on this task themselves.
Most people figure that because they've been in business (or been an executive in a NonProfit) that they know how to hire. But if you ask, they'll tell you war stories - bad hires, bad interviews, horrible candidates.
With the success of your organization hinging on this decision, there are steps you can take (and, more importantly, steps to avoid) to increase the chances of getting the very best candidate for the job.
The Nonprofit Good Practice Guide: Promoting the power fo shared knowledgeThe Nonprofit Good Practice Guide from the Johnson Center offers a resource library for a variety of topics in nonprofit management and capacity building, including topics on diversity, building partnerships, board development, ethics and advocacy, among many other important issues.
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