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9 Questions Overview

If you're looking to create an advocacy campaign, you've got to be able to answer these 9 questions.
Categories: Advocacy, Storytelling, Strategic Planning, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity
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Advocacy Campaign Planning Toolkit

Advocacy campaigns require a lot of planning and this step-by-step toolkit is a great place to start.
Categories: Advocacy, Strategic Planning, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity
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Basics of Financial Management

This simple campaign planning template is a part of our advocacy workshop.
Categories: Advocacy, Healthy Organizations, Institutional Strengthening, Management, Sustainability, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity
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Board Bio Template

Make it easy to collect useful information from your board members.
Categories: Board Development, Contemporary Leadership, Healthy Organizations, Sustainability
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Board Code of Conduct

Does your board need help governing itself? This code of conduct is excellent for new board members.
Categories: Board Development, Contemporary Leadership, Healthy Organizations
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Board Contract Template

Every board needs a job description. Based on the top ten roles of any board, this tool is useful for ensuring accountability.
Categories: Board Development, Contemporary Leadership, Healthy Organizations, Sustainability
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Board Giving Template

Help board members imagine all of the many ways they can contribute their time, talent, and treasure with this investment template.
Categories: Board Development, Contemporary Leadership, Fundraising & Development, Healthy Organizations, Sustainability
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Board Pledge

Based on the sample board contract, this is a form that members sign when joining the board.
Categories: Board Development, Contemporary Leadership, Healthy Organizations
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Board Recruitment Matrix

A simple, easy-to-adapt tool for identifying board recruitment priorities.
Categories: Board Development
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Board Roles Handout

Everything you need to know about the roles and responsibilities of social profit boards of directors. Originally published in 2005 as a book chapter for a National Mentoring Center (NMC) publication.
Categories: Board Development, Contemporary Leadership, Healthy Organizations, Published Resource
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Board Self-Evaluation

A simple email tool for assessing board performance.
Categories: Board Development, Contemporary Leadership, Healthy Organizations, Monitoring & Evaluation
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Board Visioning Activity

A great board meeting icebreaker.
Categories: Board Development, Change Management, Contemporary Leadership, Healthy Organizations, Strategic Planning
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Changing Your FR Mindset

Originally published in 2005 in the Bulletin of the National Mentoring Center, this article is all about changing your paradigm when it comes to raising money.
Categories: Board Development, Capacity Building, Change Management, Fundraising & Development, Healthy Organizations, Institutional Strengthening, Published Resource, Sustainability
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Choosing Winning Issues

It isn't easy to choose winning advocacy issues. This tool will help you.
Categories: Advocacy, Capacity Building, Deeply Rooted Equity, Economic Development, Food Security, Monitoring & Evaluation, Strategic Planning, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity
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Comprehensive NGO Self-Assessment

This is a comprehensive organizational self-assessment. It is highly adaptable and we have an online version. Please contact us for more information.
Categories: Board Development, Capacity Building, Fundraising & Development, Healthy Organizations, Human Resources, Institutional Strengthening, Management, Monitoring & Evaluation, Strategic Planning, Sustainability, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity
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Consensus Decision-Making

In the social-profit world, we must often make tough decisions. This simple management tool offers a system of voting that builds consensus and involves all members of a group.
Categories: Contemporary Leadership, Healthy Organizations, Management, Sustainability, Training & Facilitation, Training Activity, Youth Engagement

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  • We understand your work is hard. We meet you where you are. We get to know you. We earn your trust.

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  • We’ll likely fall in love with your organization and the people whose lives are made better through your work.

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