Have you ever wondered why are some board members not engaged or even showing up to your meetings? Board meetings are a necessity for nonprofit organizations, but too often they can be boring, dry, and uninspiring.
They don’t have to be.
Have you ever wondered why are some board members not engaged or even showing up to your meetings? Board meetings are a necessity for nonprofit organizations, but too often they can be boring, dry, and uninspiring.
They don’t have to be.
Topics: Board Development, Board Management, Board Leadership, Nonprofit, Leadership & Boards
Bruce Berglund, CEO and Founder of DBD Group interviews Cory Scheer, Founder of TrustCentric about the role of trust in leadership. In this 35 minute conversation, they talk about strategies to measure, build and repair trust in teams and organizations.
Learn more about TrustCentric and Cory Scheer, or check out his new book.
Learn more about Bruce Berglund, CEO and Founder of DBD Group or follow him on LinkedIn.
Topics: Podcast, Board Leadership, Nonprofit, board governance
As the new year rolls in, many nonprofits are embarking on a brand-new budget, with clean slates, fresh aspirations, and strategies poised for success. You may also find your organization with a new class of volunteers on your board of directors, fresh faces on committees and perhaps even new staff members on your team.
Topics: Leadership, Volunteer, Volunteer Leadership, Board Development, Volunteer Management, Nonprofit Leadership, Board Management, Board Leadership, finance
How many times have you been told (or said) this: “It’s a board member’s responsibility to fundraise”?
Staff say: “Hey board members, fundraising is an expectation”. Then, when many board members don’t fundraise, staff bang their heads against the wall.
Rinse and frustratingly repeat.
What if the world of professional golf could teach us something about how to handle this seemingly unsolvable problem?
Topics: Philanthropy, Fundraising, Culture Of Philanthrophy, Board Leadership
Plans are important, but they’ll never work unless you take action.
This month, the DBD team will be sharing ways for you to jump start your work in 2022.
Topics: Board Development, Volunteer Appreciation, Nonprofit Leadership, Volunteers, Board Leadership, Nonprofit, Collaboration, board governance
Topics: Nonprofit Leadership, Board Leadership, Nonprofit, financial management
I have the wonderful opportunity to learn from our clients and their volunteers across the country. The wonderful balance of staff and volunteer engagement makes this work rich and rewarding.
Topics: Volunteer Leadership, Board Leadership, Development, Making The Ask, Donor, Nonprofit
I’m not great at resolutions. I have great intentions, just lousy follow through. After all my years I have learned that the higher I set my sights, the less opportunity I have to succeed. So I keep expectations low and generally feel better about how things turn out. I may not be a better or healthier person, but I won’t have failed so often in my goals.
Topics: Leadership, Stewardship, Vision, Board Leadership, Planning, Church Stewardship
Are you a to-do list person? Maybe you subscribe to the GTD method or prefer old-fashioned pen and paper lists. Whatever the case, you’ve probably come to realize that getting a group of people (fundraising volunteers, for example) rallied around a to-do list is a much trickier exercise than tackling your own list of projects.
Topics: Volunteer Management, Board Leadership, Teamwork
“Ideas are a dime a dozen.
People who execute them are priceless.”
Mary Kay Ash
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