Resources

NonProfit Management Solutions, Inc. posts these resources as a means of enhancing your organization. We trust you will find them useful. For the most recent resources or to ask Terrie a question go to http://www.corestrategies4nonprofits.com/q_a.html.

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CLICK on the links below to view Dr. Terrie Temkin's journal articles:

• Strategic Management of Boards: Raising the Bar
• Conflicts of Interest; Common and Worthy of Consideration
• Raise the Bar: Demand Strategic Thinking and Accountability, Part I
• Raise the Bar: Demand Strategic Thinking and Accountability, Part II: An Exercise Regime for High Performing Boards
• Raise the Bar: Demand Strategic Thinking and Accountability, Part III: A Diet and Exercise Regime for High Performing Boards
• Simple Facilitation Tricks to Enliven Any Presentation
• The Key to Your Organization’s Survival
• Building a Strategic Thinking Board
• Strategic Plans Aren't the Answer (Part 1 of a 5 part series)
• Adjusting Your Bylaws to Promote a Strategic Thinking Board (Part 2 of a 5 part series)
• Recruiting Strategic Thinkers (Part 3 of a 5 part series)
• Orienting Board Members to their Responsibilities for Strategic Thinking (Part 4 of a 5 part series)
• Structuring Board Meetings to Maximize Strategic Input (Part 5 of a 5 part series)
• Strategic Consulting with Nonprofits
• 26 Steps to Improving Committee Functioning
• Can We Use a "New Philanthropy" Approach to Recruit Volunteers?
• Evaluating The Executive Director: Part 1 - Why Evaluations of the Executive Director Don't Work
• Evaluating The Executive Director: Part 2 - Making Executive Director Evaluations Effective
• Strategic Thinking Replaces Strategic Plans
• Mama Said Never Put All Your Eggs In One Basket: Boards, Strategic Thinking, & the Need for Diversified Revenue
• Be All You Can Be
• Consultant Stories with Happy Endings
• Covering the Bases in Special Events
• Evaluating the Top Administrator: A New Approach
• Going the Contract Route
• In Search of the White Knight: Finding the Perfect Consultant
• NonProfit Leadership: New Skills Are Needed
• Recipe for Successful Board Fund Raising
• Roll Over Dogbert: Nonprofits Need the Old Consultant
• Should You Hold A Raffle?
• Use Persuasion Theory to Raise More Money

CLICK on the links below to see copies of "Terrie on Nonprofits"

• Founder on the Board, Yearning to be E.D.
• Who Gets the Honorarium?
• More On Committees
• Do We Need All These Standing Committees?
• 29 “Must Have” Items for Your Bylaws
• Closing the Doors
• What to Do with That “Gotta Have” Advisory Board
• Who Can Ask?
• Is Requiring a Board Application Asking too Much?
• Confidentiality vs Transparency
• A Raffle and the Internet
• The “Benefits” of Sponsorship
• You Don't Eat...Full Deduction or Partial?
• Clarifying Endowments
• The Public Has a Right to See Your 990
• Serving a Dual Master can be Dangerous
• Defining Your Quorum
• Assessing the Board
• Are There Strings To What We Give Away at Events?
• Bidding on a Parking Space Provides Double Bang for the Buck
• Revealing Conflicts of Interest a Must
• Limit Recognition? There are times!
• Today I am a Board President. Help, Please!
• Yes Virginia, There Is a Sales Tax Liability
• Foundation Boards: The Rules Aren’t Really Different Here
• Excluding the E.D. from Board Membership Decisions is Good Practice - Really!
• Contributed Services Not Deductible
• What Counts, What Doesn't When Determining Fair Market Value
• Fair Market Value can be Ambiguous at Auction Time
• Resources for Running More Effective Meetings

 

CLICK HERE to see back copies of Dr. Terrie Temkin's columns "On the Board" and "On Nonprofits" that appeared in the Miami Herald.

CLICK on the links below to see copies of NonProfit Management Solutions Newsletter.

• Board Development
• Creating Organizational Change
• Problem-Solving
• Recruiting and Managing Volunteers
• Teaching Boards to Fund Raise
• Teambuilding
• Conflict Management
• Special Event Fund Raising
• Strategic Planning
• Tips for the Board Development Committee

CLICK on the links below to see bibliographies of recommended resource materials on subjects of interest to nonprofit management.

• Evaluating the CEO's Performance
• Boards
• Strategic Planning
• Activities for Training with a Lasting Impact
• Career Mapping
• Conducting the Business of Boards in the 21st Century
• Finding Jobs in the Nonprofit Sector Online
• Program Development and Implementation
• Resources for Online Giving and Charity Auctions
• Bibliography
• Exercises for Enhaning Creativity
• Resources: Personnel Management
  

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CLICK HERE to view the Table of Contents from the book, Secrets of Successful Boards: The Best from the Non-Profit Pros.

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CLICK HERE to view the Table of Contents from the book, Secrets of Successful Fundraising: The Best from the Non-Profit Pros.

To receive your copy of this book, send $29.00, including shipping and handling, to NonProfit Management Solutions, Inc., P.O. Box 7536, Hollywood, Florida 33081. Include your name and shipping address. Call 866-985-9489 to pay by credit card!

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CLICK HERE to view the Table of Contents from the book, Secrets of Successful Retreats: The Best from the Non-Profit Pros.

To receive your copy of this book, send $29.00, including shipping and handling, to NonProfit Management Solutions, Inc., P.O. Box 7536, Hollywood, Florida 33081. Include your name and shipping address. Call 866-985-9489 to pay by credit card!