Executive Directors

For nonprofit leaders whose struggle includes summits like "How do I make a healthy dinner?", Jeremy Courtney of Preemptive Love has advice to fight off despair and find inspiration even in a literal warzone.

What is white saviorism? Where does it come from? How does it affect the nonprofit sector? Join nonprofit leaders as they use pop culture to explore white saviorism through the lens of American pop culture.

Nonprofits need experts like Funraise CTO and Co-founder Jason Swenski, to keep us informed and in front of digital threats. See what he says about security.

Funraise CEO, Justin Wheeler, discusses why nonprofits must invest in their infrastructure.

Funraise CEO, Justin Wheeler, discusses diversifying revenue streams.

Nonprofits are pivoting to virtual fundraisers at incredible rates, but there's one question that everyone's asking: "How do we bring our events online?" Read on for some virtual event ideas to get you started.

Funraise CEO, Justin Wheeler, discusses a nonprofit's competitive advantage.

Funraise CEO, Justin Wheeler, sits with Erin Chidsey to discuss how much you should tell your Board.

Nonprofit Executive Directors play an important role in every organization. Commit to being better, not just doing better, with these small improvements.

Nonprofit boards play an important role in an organization. Encourage your board to be better, not just do better with these small improvements.

All the best quotes from RAD's knowledge-packed chat about livestream fundraising. Understand how livestreaming fundraising is just like traditional fundraising.

Are you a team of one trying to pull off an entire year-end nonprofit fundraising campaign by yourself? Pull your board members into the fray with you. Here's how.

Discover a nonprofit Executive Director-centered spin on one of the most popular business books out there, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," by Stephen Covey. Read on for useful advice geared towards busy EDs.

Don’t let imposter syndrome and self-sabotage get in your way. Practice these nonprofit Executive Director-specific strategies and work on your mindset so you can get back to owning your awesomeness as a leader.

Fall in love again with your job as an Executive Director. Today, we’ve got five strategies to help you reignite that spark and put the pep back in your ED step.

Being a forward-thinking leader is something you consistently cultivate over time. Use the tools and techniques shared in this article to set yourself and your organization up to do your best, world-changing work for years to come. 

Events are a lot of work, fundraising friend. We want to see you succeed and we hope these tips to create your best event committee ever help to put your organization on the path to success.

Fundraisers like you go to work building donor relationships and raising money every day, but what’s really the best way to fundraise for your nonprofit?

Your unicorn board awaits! Get instant access to top-tier expert advice to help you get your nonprofit board of directors back in shape!

How to effectively engage your board members when planning your next nonprofit fundraising event.

Use committees to push-pull your nonprofit board of directors into being efficient, productive, and even a little radical.

Calling all nonprofit managers and staff! ​Implement these techniques to build your dream team and accomplish your goals.

Just spit it out. This is how you have the hard conversation with a board member you need to (gently, lovingly) get the heck off your board.

Here are seven things you can do rightthisminute to bring your board to a higher plane of productivity.​

Do-gooders, you know that go-go-go all the time = burnout. It's time to take care of you so you can take care of the cause.

Herd the cats that are your board members with the straight scoop from Erin Chidsey, the nonprofit whisperer and Board Expert at Southland Strategies.

Did you attend our conversation between Blythe Hill of <a href="http://www.dressember.org/">Dressember</a> and Justin Wheeler of <a href="https://www.funraise.org/">Funraise</a>? We've taken the best-of questions and shared them in a blog post.