ED Reality & Support
ED Reality & Support
Straight-talk guidance for nonprofit executive directors about role reality and coaching support
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Nonprofit Merger Guide: Process, Checklist and the Leader’s Seat
How a nonprofit merger works: options short of a merger, the seven process steps, a grouped checklist, documented examples from…
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Nonprofit Mission Statement Examples: Six Real Statements, One Test
Six real nonprofit mission statements, quoted as each organization publishes them today and run through one test, plus a fill-in…
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Managing Layoffs at a Nonprofit: The Meeting, the Message and the Team That Stays
A guide to managing layoffs at a nonprofit without an HR department: what to settle with counsel and the board,…
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Nonprofit AI Policy Template and the Decisions Behind It
A one-page nonprofit AI policy template for organizations with no technology lead: eight sections, fill-in wording, a plain data rule,…
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Theory of Change vs Logic Model: One Nonprofit Program Mapped Both Ways
A theory of change explains why a program should work. A logic model describes what it uses, does and produces.…
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How to Create a Nonprofit Budget When You Are Not a Finance Person
A step-by-step guide to nonprofit budgeting for executive directors who did not come up through finance: who decides what, a…
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Sample Nonprofit Budget: An Annotated Example for Executive Directors
A filled-in sample nonprofit budget for an illustrative $400,000 youth program, with notes on the lines an executive director should…
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Crisis Communication Plan Template for Nonprofits
A two-page crisis communication plan template for nonprofits without communications staff: who speaks, who approves, who hears first, a holding…
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Leading Through Change: A Guide for Nonprofit Leaders
Leading through change means telling staff what you know, what you do not know yet and when they will hear…
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Nonprofit Strategic Plan Template: An Annotated Sample for a $300K Organization
A complete nonprofit strategic plan template, filled in for a fictional $300,000 youth literacy organization: seven parts, a stop-doing list,…
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