Like it or not, social media is all but guaranteed to play a role in your next crisis. Sure, you could bury your head in the sand and pretend it doesn’t exist, but not having a Twitter or Facebook account won’t prevent your stakeholders from venting about, or attempting to reach you via those services. …
Most of us procrastinate at least occasionally and some of us do it consistently and problematically. So procrastination may be human but it’s not very rewarding in the long run for our leadership, business or career success. So why do we procrastinate? According to The Procrastination Equation: How To Stop Putting Things Off and Start …
A Guest Posting by Ken Ristine (The first of two perspectives on this subject, by two guest writers. The second piece will post this Thursday.) Ever since desktop computers became common, nonprofits have found it a challenge to evaluate and adopt new technology. During the early years my major questions of organizations requesting grants for …
Govt agencies surprise by making crisis management simple, web-based Crisis management isn’t just for business. There are plenty of risks in daily life, and the more equipped to help prevent crises in our personal lives we are, the better off we’ll be. In recent years, several government organizations have really outdone themselves by becoming the …
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I admit it: program budgets, operating budgets, budget narratives, budget justifications, and audited financial statements are not some of my favorite things. Fortunately for me, and possibly many grant managers, developing program budgets and other financial information needed for grant proposals is a team effort. Previously, I outlined the financial information to include in your …
The day of your big presentation is fast approaching. You have been amassing plenty of facts, thoughts, photos, charts and graphs, enough to fill a large file. Now the big question is how do you organize it? One great way to proceed is to start from a big-picture viewpoint. What is the point of this …
An e-mail sent to me recently…. “I have read that when setting a donation goal for each major donor prospect you should project 10x their largest single gift. Is this a good rule of thumb?” This is yet another of the several similar hard-to-believe instances over the years when someone cited such an unfounded and …
Actions of those who represent your organization can result in a need for crisis management Celebrities are commonly used as spokespeople for everything from sodas to cars to underwear, but they certainly make for risky investments. As a quick look at the TMZ website (warning, not always SFW) shows, celebrity seems to breed controversy in …
