As we said from the start, we couldn’t stop after the first “collection”. Because certain remarks not only recur, they are symptoms: not of a disease exactly (or at least not of a disease in a GP’s handbook), but certainly of a state of mind, of an approach to being “a non-profit organisation” that is […]
The only right answer – just to eliminate any doubts – is: yes, the board (the directors) should put fundraising at the heart of their role in the governance of the organisation. Furthermore, again to get rid of any doubts and avoid misunderstandings: this applies when you’re on the board because you’re the nominee of […]
Community Foundations are recently created philanthropic intermediaries, which, conceptually speaking, are one of the most interesting new developments in local community-based philanthropy of the last few years.Their experiences are interesting and it is helpful to look at the approach to governance of people active in a Community Foundation. Founded in 2008, its activities cover the […]
The question is: how do you create a board of directors that is present, active and engaged? Picking up from the first part of the post, here are a few pointers that experience has shown to be useful. First, you have to build up a job profile. In other words, you need a description of […]
A board of directors that “works” is the main key to development – for fundraising, and for organisations in general.We’ve said it before, and we say it again here. Working on development with Boards of Directors is a fascinating exercise, which shines a light on the dichotomy that often exists between theory and practice, between […]
I want to start with a simple observation based on my experience over the years, which may not be immediately obvious: if a director doesn’t take much part in the life of the organisation, it is not necessarily due to indifference (or a lack of time or any other reason of this type).Usually, that’s the […]
I asked Stefano*, a leading fundraising expert (President of the Associazione Festival del Fundraising and winner of the 2014 Global Fundraising Award) – follow him on his blog – to talk about the question of the relationship between fundraiser and Board. Stefano has wide experience in organisations of different sizes active in a variety of […]
Answers to the typical, very typical question “who are the members of the board of directors?” are many and varied. I don’t want to mention them all, but one of the answers you hear specifies the provenance of the directors rather than actually identifying them. We have often observed a sort of reticence in describing […]
We’d been thinking for a while about sharing our experiences, thoughts and ideas from our work over the last 7 years with the boards of directors of the non-profit organisations we have partnered and partner. This is a job that has developed gradually, as the Voluntary Sector has evolved and strategies have been planned that […]
