The Nonprofit Consultant

JULY 25, 2008

When people talk about mistakes nonprofits make with their websites, the first thing that comes to mind is usually either no direct donate button from the front page, or an unclear mission statement. But I'd like to focus on a different type of mistake; lack of transparency. First off, what do I mean by "transparency?" I'm talking about communicating with your community (clients, members, potential donors, neighbors, elected officials, etc.) as openly, honestly, and fully about your operations a

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Chad Barr

JULY 28, 2008

I am excited to introduce you to Terry Schmidt, the founder and chief consultant of ManagementPro, located in Seattle, WA. He leads the company which operates as an independent virtual organization aligned with a network of other expert consultants around the world. We have partner with Terry to develop a brand new web site, blog, newsletter campaign and Internet strategy to position the company for growth and success.

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Chad Barr

JULY 20, 2008

Perhaps not. I was chatting with my 16-year old son the other day, noticing that he was no longer using his email address to communicate with his friends and us, his parents. I asked him why, and here are his answers: Email is too slow to get a response to, often contains Spam and viruses and at times it is lost in cyberspace. Since most carry cell phones and use instant messaging, he is usually able to instantaneously get a hold of everyone he needs to while being able to conduct a meaningful &

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The Nonprofit Consultant

JULY 17, 2008

The Getting Attention blog of nonprofit marketing guru Nancy Schwartz has today released its list of twelve "Exceptional Tagline Honorees." Earlier this year, Nancy asked for "great tagline" nominations and received over 1,000 submissions. After 62 finalists were carefully selected, the 12 award winners were chosen by 3,062 nonprofit professionals who voted in an online poll.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

JULY 15, 2008

I get lots of interesting questions by email, and I try to answer as many as I am qualified to give an opinion on. In this case, the sender is looking for your opinions, as well as my own: Hi, Ken. I have a question for you and your readers. I am wondering about the duty line between Boards and an Executive Director of a non-profit. What is the role of the Board in supervising that E.D.?

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Chad Barr

JULY 8, 2008

So what is your blog good for? Here are some ideas: It … Enables you to publish your knowledge and wisdom for others to benefit from. Allows you to promote and refer to it on your web site and newsletter and reference interesting threads. Makes it easy for your visitors to subscribe so they may automatically receive your posts via RSS feed. Gives you the flexibility to react to other blogs, news, current events and interesting posts.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

JULY 8, 2008

Yesterday I apologized for not having posted for a long while, and put the blame on two factors: being very busy, and doing a bit of soul searching. Yesterday's post covered the busy part. Today I'll tell you a bit about what I've been thinking about. I've now been an Interim Executive Director three times, and it's always interesting, but this last assignment went on for so long (nearly a year-and-a-half) that it became in many senses more like a "real job.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

JULY 7, 2008

First I must thank all of you who continued check this blog site during my extended break in regular posting. I appreciate it very much, and is one of the reasons I've determined to start posting again. My absence has been partly due to plain old being busy, and partly due to a bit of soul searching. First the busy part. I was completing nearly one-and-a-half years as the Interim Executive Director of Grail Family Services in San Jose.

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Chad Barr

JULY 2, 2008

I am speaking at the NSA convention in New York on Monday, August 4, 2008 at 4PM. My speech will focus on how to leverage your web site and the Internet to help your speaking career and also when does it make sense to create blogs and online forums to increase the community around you and strengthen your brand. By attending this session you will learn how to: Create instant credibility on the Web.

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