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Getting the most from your volunteers

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Column Over the last few months, I’ve had the opportu­nity to work with a number of organizations and learn about their new volunteer onboarding and orientation activities. These organizations have many good systems in place…

The importance of nonprofit advocacy

Be ready for changes in your organization

Encouraging board meeting attendance

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial Summer, beautiful summer. With vacations, family activities and seasonal…

Be an ambassador for your organization

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial I recently spoke at a monthly meeting of the…

Making your fundraising event a success

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial It seems that spring brings us an even greater…

Supporting your chief executive

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial One of the responsibilities of a nonprofit board is…

Governance, management and the area in between

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial As appealing as it is to think that there…

New resolutions for your nonprofit board

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial I’m not going to suggest that your board should…

Is ‘Iowa nice’ holding back your board?

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial I’m a proud native Iowan. I appreciate our state’s…

Do your board meetings need a makeover?

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial Outside of the few wonkish people who really enjoy…

The power of advocacy

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial Nonprofit organizations play important roles in communities as experts…

Exec evaluation should be clear

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial One of the responsibilities of the board is evaluation…

Relationship between board, chief executive critical to group

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial The relationship between the board and its chief executive…

Performing an assessment

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial Most nonprofit organizations recognize that strengthening and building their…

Succession planning: Ensuring continuity during leadership changes

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial Developing a succession plan for an organization is a…

Defining the role of the board chair

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial High-functioning organizations have strong co-leadership between the executive director…

Now a good time to plan, perform housekeeping

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial The themes of planning and change are frequent topics…