How to Set Goals for Your Nonprofit Organization
As originally posted on nonprofitinformation.com Many nonprofit leaders are hesitant to create major goals this year, given the instability and uncertainty across the country and in our industry. The fundraising landscape has changed drastically in the last year as donors are reconsidering priorities, so nonprofit leaders are being forced to …
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How to Make Decisions Using Time vs. Money Margins
There are a million ways to make a decision in your business. Look at the profit margin. Make a pros and cons list. Trust your gut instinct and what feels best. Do what you’ve done before. Do what you’ve never done before. In different situations, you might use different methods …
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We’re hiring a CFO!
100 Degrees Consulting is hiring a Chief Financial Officer Consultant to deliver a high level of service to our clients because we’re growing by leaps and bounds! This client-facing position would directly handle accounts, and may be a perfect fit if you are both financially savvy and able to provide …
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Should you take out a business loan?
Hold onto your seats because I have a potentially controversial opinion to share with you today: Debt is not inherently bad. I get asked the question a lot: Is it ever okay to take on debt in my business? Should I get a loan or use a credit card in …
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Behind-the-scenes of our virtual team retreat
It’s funny looking back on our 2020 goals because the world was so incredibly different just 11 short months ago. Travel was a big priority for my family and me, I had at least half a dozen conferences in cities around the country planned, plus exciting trips to work in-person …
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One small action can make an impact
One small action can make an impact. Tomorrow is Election Day in the United States and millions of voters have already cast their ballots because of exactly that. We know that our vote matters. Even though we are one in millions, our vote matters, this year more than ever before. …
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Do you have too many tools in your toolbox?
Raise your hand if you have a drawer in your kitchen, so jammed with gadgets and tools that you can barely open it, let alone find anything useful inside. *Sheepishly raises hand* You know exactly what I’m talking about. There’s that fancy potato masher from Williams Sonoma and the cherry …
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What to do before hiring anyone in your business
You need an assistant! Hire for your weaknesses! You shouldn’t be doing any tasks that aren’t revenue-generating! Have you heard this before? I know I have. Oftentimes entrepreneurs rush out to hire a Virtual Assistant (VA), a Facebook Ads Manager, an Online Business Manager (OBM) without actually knowing what they …
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The One Thing You Need to Change the World
There is this feeling or attitude I’ve seen in the nonprofit world that it’s a badge of honor to work for little money because you’ve dedicated your life to a cause greater than yourself. Beginning then building my career there, I started to take on the approach of seeing how …
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Where did 100 Degrees come from?
Rewind almost exactly seven years and I was laying in the pitch dark, on a thin pad on the floor of a cement room in rural Senegal. I had a mosquito net over me, but no sheets or blankets because I was sweating. I checked my phone to see …
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