Tag: Bailey Leadership Initiative
Encouraging board meeting attendance
By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial
Summer, beautiful summer. With vacations, family activities and seasonal distractions, board meeting attendance may dip during summer months. This...
Be an ambassador for your organization
By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial
I recently spoke at a monthly meeting of the Eastern Iowa Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals about...
Making your fundraising event a success
By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial
It seems that spring brings us an even greater number of nonprofit events – plant sales, 5Ks, galas, golf...
Supporting your chief executive
By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial
One of the responsibilities of a nonprofit board is to support the work and development of the organization’s chief...
Is ‘Iowa nice’ holding back your board?
By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial
I’m a proud native Iowan. I appreciate our state’s topography, our first-in-the-nation caucus status and the friendliness with which...
The power of advocacy
By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial
Nonprofit organizations play important roles in communities as experts in their areas of service. It is therefore problematic when...
Relationship between board, chief executive critical to group
By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial
The relationship between the board and its chief executive is critical to the health of the organization. Ideally, this...
Performing an assessment
By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial
Most nonprofit organizations recognize that strengthening and building their organizational capacity enhances their programs and increases the impact of...
Succession planning: Ensuring continuity during leadership changes
By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial
Developing a succession plan for an organization is a basic risk management exercise, yet many nonprofits have not taken...
Defining the role of the board chair
By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial
High-functioning organizations have strong co-leadership between the executive director who oversees the management of the organization and the board...